Guides

Get more out of PocketPhantom.

Step-by-step guides for setting the app up, feeding it your own material, and driving it from the keyboard — plus plain-English explainers on how the technical bits work.

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Start here
Getting started with PocketPhantom

From download to your first answer in about five minutes — install, activate, and learn the toolbar.

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How-to
Using Context to study with PocketPhantom

Load your notes and slides once, and every answer is grounded in your own material instead of generic explanations.

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How-to
Hotkeys and profiles: driving PocketPhantom from the keyboard

Bind every action to the keyboard or a mouse button, then flip whole sets at once with profiles.

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Comparison
Hosted AI vs. bring your own API key: which should you use?

Included hosted Claude, or your own Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google key? How they differ on privacy, cost, and model choice.

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Explainer
Is a screen-share AI assistant detectable?

A straight, technical answer to the question everyone asks — what's visible, what isn't, and the honest caveats.

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Technical
How to keep a window off a screen share on Windows

The Windows display-affinity flag that keeps private notes out of a shared screen — how it works and where it stops.

Download for WindowsRead the setup guide