> For the complete user guide index, see [llms.txt](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/llms.txt).

# Easel

[Canonical page](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/easel/)

Ask research questions, follow up, and review answers and files.

- [Easel overview](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/easel/what-is-easel.md): Understand how Easel plans multi-step research, which sources and workflows it can use, what it returns, and where its limits apply.
- [Ask Easel a research question](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/easel/start-a-session.md): Ask a scoped research question, follow Easel's progress, verify the response, and return to the saved conversation.
- [Research, documents, and market data](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/easel/research-and-data.md): The sources Easel draws on — documents, market data, time series, ownership, the web, and your existing Portrait research.
- [Financial estimates from Visible Alpha](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/easel/financial-estimates.md): How Easel retrieves Visible Alpha consensus estimates and revision history, and what your data tier includes.
- [Use My Library in Easel](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/easel/your-library.md): Upload your own files during a conversation, mention library items with @, and have Easel save new deliverables back to My Library.
- [Create and use an Easel skill](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/easel/skills.md): Create a reusable written procedure for Easel, reference it in a request, and verify the output against that procedure.
- [Save and export Easel work](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/easel/export-and-save.md): Copy an Easel response, export a supported response to PDF, and verify the resulting file before sharing it.
- [Inspect and update Easel memory](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/easel/memory.md): Inspect saved profile and company memory, understand session context, and recover safely from conflicting edits.
- [Email a result from Easel](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/easel/email-delivery.md): Request email delivery from an interactive Easel session and verify recipients, attachments, and delivery outcomes.