1. Sign up
Go to /auth/register. You'll need:
- A working email address (we'll send a verification link)
- A password of at least 8 characters
- Agreement to the Terms and Privacy Policy
The Cloudflare Turnstile widget at the bottom of the form runs a silent bot check — no puzzle, no clicks needed in most cases.
2. Verify your email
We send a verification link to the address you signed up with. The email arrives within ~30 seconds; check spam if you don't see it. Click "Verify my email" in the message — you'll land back on the app, signed in.
If the link expired or you didn't get it: hit /auth/verify-email and click the resend button (rate-limited to one per 30 seconds).
3. Land on /welcome — your starter vault is ready
On first sign-in we auto-create "My Peptides Vault" so you have somewhere to ask immediately. The three-step tour on /welcome walks through:
- Try a question — opens chat with the canonical first query already filled in ("What's the evidence for BPC-157 in tendon repair?")
- Add a source — upload a PDF, paste a URL, or add a YouTube video to your vault
- Set up auto-updates — configure ScholarFlow topics so new peptides papers get ingested automatically (Pro)
4. Your first chat answer
Click into the vault, type a question, and hit Send. Every answer is cited with [1] [2] markers that point to the source + page the claim came from. We refuse to answer off-topic questions instead of fabricating — see how citations work.
What you get on the free plan
- 1 vault, 100 sources
- 50 chat queries / month
- ScholarFlow search (manual, no auto-cron)
- 1 ScholarFlow paper ingest per day
- $1/day Gemini cost ceiling
See plans & pricing for the Pro comparison.