Getting started

Using Nora (for invited users)

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

1. Get your Nora address. Your operator registers you and gives you a private address, e.g. [email protected]. (Behind the scenes, your "From" address is on an allow-list, so only mail from you is acted on.)
2. Forward a thread to that address. On the first line, put what you want:
   • WIYOW or RE → draft a reply
   • S → summarize
   • AC → analyze
   • PR → write a report
   • or plain English, e.g. "draft a warm reply proposing Tuesday." Add refinements with dots (NB-RE-MN.I) and notes in [brackets]. See Command codes.
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.