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

# How Gobi works

> Capture, context, action: the three steps behind everything in the app.

Most tools make you file things. Gobi runs the other way round: you have the conversation, and the filing happens behind you.

```mermaid theme={null}
%%{init: {'theme':'base','themeVariables':{'primaryColor':'#F7EDE7','primaryBorderColor':'#C4622D','primaryTextColor':'#202020','lineColor':'#A89F99'}}}%%
graph LR
  CAP["<b>Capture</b><br/>You talk.<br/>Gobi listens."] --> CTX["<b>Context</b><br/>A note, and the<br/>people in it."]
  CTX --> ACT["<b>Action</b><br/>Ask, share,<br/>come back later."]
  ACT -.->|"the next conversation<br/>starts here"| CAP
```

## 1. Capture

You tap once and talk. There's no setup screen, no agenda to fill in, no bot to invite, because the conversation usually starts before you're ready for it.

Gobi captures the room you're actually in. See [AI notetaker](/capture/ai-notetaker).

## 2. Context

A capture doesn't stay a recording. Gobi turns it into a note and into people, at the same time.

* **A [note](/introduction/glossary#note).** The [AI summary](/introduction/glossary#ai-summary) on top, the full [transcript](/introduction/glossary#transcript) underneath, the audio attached.
* **People.** Gobi separates the [voices](/introduction/glossary#voiceprint) and links them to the people in your [directory](/directory/overview).

The second one is the part that compounds. Every capture with the same person lands on that person's page, so a profile you never wrote gets deeper each time you talk. That's the difference between notes you have to remember to search and context that's already sorted.

## 3. Action

Once it's context, you can use it.

* **Ask.** `Chat with agent` is in the bottom bar on every screen. In a space it answers from that space's context. See [Ask Gobi](/ask-gobi).
* **Share.** Post a note into a [channel](/introduction/glossary#channel) and your team reads the summary. See [share a note](/notes/sharing).
* **Come back.** Before you meet someone again, open their profile: what they said last time, what you promised, what to bring up.

<Note>
  All of this starts in your **Home**: the captures, the notes, the people, the devices you connect. Home has one member, you, and nothing leaves it on its own. Sharing a note into a [space](/introduction/glossary#space) is what puts it in front of a team. See [where your captures go](/privacy/your-captures).
</Note>