Getting started

Using Nora (for invited users)

You don't install anything — Nora is just email.

1. Get your Nora address. Email [email protected] from the address you'll use. If you're on the invite list, Nora replies with your own private address (e.g. [email protected]) and a quick-start — no setup, no app. Your "From" is verified by its email signature (DKIM), so only mail from you is ever acted on. Not on the list yet? You'll get a short "request access" note instead.
2. Forward a thread to that address and, on the first line, just say what you want in plain English — "draft a warm reply proposing Tuesday", "summarize this", "give me a critical analysis", "write a short report". Nora figures out the action, tone, and length. (Prefer shorthand? Short codes like RE, S, AC, PR still work — see Talking to Nora.)
3. Read Nora's reply in your own inbox — a receipt plus a copy-ready draft.
4. Send it yourself, or reply to Nora with a change to get a revised draft.

First time

Forward any recent email to your Nora address with WIYOW on the first line and watch a ready-to-send reply come back. Nothing is ever sent on your behalf.

Running your own Nora (self-hosting)

Nora is open and self-hostable — a small Python/FastAPI service with an email provider and an AI key. The setup (inbound routing, outbound sending, secrets, and an always-on host) is documented in the project repository under deploy/.

Questions?

See Contact.