THE DORK MANUAL
Dork Manual
Learn how to connect a Lab, assign research, and review reports.
Getting started
Set up a Lab and give your first AI researcher a bounded research question.
Install Dork on macOS
Install an available Mac build and understand the current release and update limits.
Sign in and connect your plan
Distinguish your Dork account, Lab access, and model-provider subscription.
Your hosted Lab
Understand where research runs, what happens when you disconnect, and what can pause work.
Providers and models
Use your model connection with an accurate view of subscriptions, API keys, and availability.
Researchers and roles
Choose an AI research role, inspect its work, and keep human judgment separate from model confidence.
Read research reports
Separate checked evidence, researcher accounts, experimental scope, and your judgment.
Triage and sign-off
Review returns, record corrections, and confirm the meaning of a checked statement.
Use the Library
Add sources, inspect extracted text, save passages, and control model access.
Privacy and data controls
Understand research context, model-provider processing, optional reporting, and deletion limits.
Frequently asked questions
Answers about Dork access, models, research evidence, hosting, and data.