# Limestone

> A local-first lab notebook you and your agents can both use. Notes are
> Markdown files in a folder you own.

Every page below is also served as Markdown at the same address. The
whole corpus in one file: /llms-full.txt

## Docs

- [Limestone](https://docs.limestone.bio/index.md): A local-first lab notebook you and your agents can both use
- [Installing Limestone (macOS beta)](https://docs.limestone.bio/installing-limestone.md): Limestone runs on your own computer — your notes and data stay in your folders, and nothing goes to our servers
- [Platform differences (browser vs desktop)](https://docs.limestone.bio/platform-differences.md): A living log of every place the desktop shell intentionally differs from the browser build (ADR-0099)
- [Writing notes: blocks, slash commands & @ mentions](https://docs.limestone.bio/note-editor-guide.md): The note editor is a block editor that saves plain Markdown to your vault — what you see is what's on disk, so your notes stay portable
- [Searching your notes](https://docs.limestone.bio/note-search-guide.md): Limestone can search the full text of your notes — titles _and_ bodies — from a dedicated search window (ADR-0096)
- [Trash & deleted notes](https://docs.limestone.bio/trash-guide.md): Deleting a note doesn't destroy it — Limestone moves it to a Trash collection (ADR-0052/0097), where it stays read-only until you restore it or it's purged
- [Limestone personalization](https://docs.limestone.bio/personalization-guide.md): Appearance, language, and time settings (ADR-0094)
- [Syncing your vault across devices](https://docs.limestone.bio/syncing-your-vault.md): A Limestone vault is just a folder of Markdown notes, notebooks, and attachments
- [Limestone encrypted vaults](https://docs.limestone.bio/encrypted-vaults-guide.md): Encryption for shared vaults (ADR-0091, key custody per ADR-0125)
- [The agent console (TUI)](https://docs.limestone.bio/agent-console.md): The Limestone agent runs in a terminal-style console in the bottom dock (ADR-0100)
- [Organizations & the active organization](https://docs.limestone.bio/organizations-guide.md): A Limestone account can belong to several organizations
- [Inviting members](https://docs.limestone.bio/invite-members-guide.md): Bring teammates into your Limestone organization from Settings ▸ Invite Members (ADR-0098)
- [Limestone cloud setup — accounts, organizations & billing](https://docs.limestone.bio/cloud-setup-guide.md): Operator guide for the hosted backend that powers accounts, organizations, and seat billing (ADR-0078)
- [Operations](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/operations.md): Everything an agent can ask Limestone to do, whether it is the agent in the app or one connected over MCP
- [Settings](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/settings.md): Every preference Limestone stores, with its default
- [Skills](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/skills/index.md): Short instructions an agent reads before working in a vault
- [Attaching a file](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/skills/attaching-a-file.md): When a research file — a PDF, CSV, notebook, image — should live in the vault attached to a note: importing a paper, capturing a figure, filing a dataset
- [Importing from Dendron](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/skills/importing-from-dendron.md): When a user asks to import a Dendron workspace (a folder with dendron.yml and flat Markdown files whose names are dot-hierarchies like project.tasks.md)
- [Importing from Evernote](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/skills/importing-from-evernote.md): When a user asks to import an Evernote export (.enex)
- [Importing from Google Keep](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/skills/importing-from-google-keep.md): When a user imports Google Keep notes exported via Google Takeout (unzip it and pass the Takeout or Keep folder)
- [Importing from Joplin](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/skills/importing-from-joplin.md): When a user imports a Joplin JEX file (.jex) or a RAW export folder
- [Importing from Logseq](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/skills/importing-from-logseq.md): When a user asks to import a Logseq graph (a folder with journals/, pages/, and a .logseq/ config)
- [Importing from a Markdown folder](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/skills/importing-from-markdown.md): The generic fallback for any folder of Markdown + YAML frontmatter that isn't a recognized app — a Zettlr project, a static-site content dir, a hand-rolled expo…
- [Importing from Notion](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/skills/importing-from-notion.md): When a user imports a Notion export made with Export → Markdown & CSV (a .zip, or its unzipped folder)
- [Importing from Obsidian](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/skills/importing-from-obsidian.md): When a user asks to import an Obsidian vault — or any plain folder of Markdown + YAML frontmatter (Zettlr, generic exports)
- [Importing from Roam Research](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/skills/importing-from-roam.md): When a user imports a Roam JSON export (Export All → JSON — unzip it first and pass the .json)
- [Importing from Standard Notes](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/skills/importing-from-standard-notes.md): When a user imports a Standard Notes backup
- [Importing from TextBundle / TextPack (Bear, Craft)](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/skills/importing-from-textbundle.md): When a user imports notes exported as TextBundle — a .textbundle folder, a .textpack, or a Bear .bear2bk backup
- [Limestone vault conventions](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/skills/limestone-vault-conventions.md): Read this before creating or editing any note in a Limestone vault
- [Working with collections](https://docs.limestone.bio/reference/skills/working-with-collections.md): When you need to add a row to a Limestone collection, set a note's typed properties, or find notes across the vault
- [Reporting bugs in Limestone](https://docs.limestone.bio/bug-reports-guide.md): Limestone can send us bug reports and crash logs so we can fix problems fast — without ever sending your notes (ADR-0095)