> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.selah.so/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Selah: AI-powered Bible study and teaching workspace

> Selah is a Christian-native workspace for pastors, Bible study leaders, and anyone devoted to studying God's Word. Capture thoughts, write notes, and get AI-powered study help.

Selah brings together everything you need for deep Bible study in one focused workspace — whether you're preparing to teach or growing in your own walk with God. Capture thoughts as they come, build structured notes, track prayers, and let an AI companion help you study more deeply — all without switching between a dozen different tools.

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  <Card title="Quick Start" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Create your account and take your first steps in Selah in under five minutes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="AI Companion" icon="brain" href="/features/companion">
    Chat with your AI study companion, use /prep for sermon prep, or run a Socratic /interview.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Capture" icon="pen-to-square" href="/features/capture">
    Quickly capture thoughts, observations, and scripture references as you study.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Notes" icon="book-open" href="/features/notes">
    Write rich study notes with a Notion-style editor, scripture blocks, and study stages.
  </Card>
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## What Selah does

Selah is built around a simple workflow: **capture → study → grow**. Here's how each part of the app fits together:

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  <Card title="Prayer Board" icon="hands-praying" href="/features/prayer-board">
    Track prayer requests on a kanban board with drag-and-drop columns.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Knowledge Graph" icon="diagram-project" href="/features/knowledge-graph">
    Auto-extracted theological concepts, themes, persons, and places from your notes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Search" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/features/search">
    Hybrid search combines keyword matching with semantic similarity across all your content.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Import" icon="file-import" href="/features/import">
    Bring in existing study material from Markdown, Word, PDF, CSV, and plain text files.
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## Get started in four steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create your account">
    Sign up at Selah and complete the short onboarding flow to set your role — pastor, group leader, or personal disciple — and your preferred Bible translation.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Make your first capture">
    Head to **Capture** and type a thought, observation, or scripture reference. Selah auto-detects scripture references as you type.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Write a note">
    Open **Notes**, create a new note, and use `/scripture` or `/passage` to embed a verse. Move notes through Capture → Study → Done stages as your understanding deepens.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Talk to the Companion">
    Open **Companion** and type a question, or try `/prep` to begin a guided sermon preparation interview.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  You can also connect Selah to Telegram and chat with your AI companion from your phone. See [Telegram integration](/integrations/telegram) to set it up.
</Note>