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Concept walkthroughs for how River works in practice.

Start Here#

• How River Fits Together — A friendly walkthrough of the six layers and how a single email becomes work.
• Edit, Plan, and Ask — When to use each SpaceChat mode — and what each mode guarantees.
• The Senses — Perception as a Layer — Why integrations, the browser extension, and computer use are River's perception layer, not just data sources.
• Automation Mental Model — A practical way to decide between SpaceChat, Skills, Agents, and Workflows.
• Data Flow Basics — How information moves from the outside world into River, and where it lands.
• Signal Intelligence Basics — How River decides what deserves your attention — before you ask.
• Build Anything — Views, Dashboards, Custom Apps — How River turns 'I wish I had a tool for this' into 'here, the AI just built it.'

Notes#

• This documentation set is intentionally concise in the first iteration.
• Additional pages can be added without changing the route architecture.