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Time: 5 minutes | Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: None

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What You’ll Learn

  • What Peanuts actually does (in 30 seconds)
  • How to create an account
  • How to log your first entry
  • Where your data lives

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What is Peanuts?

Peanuts is your AI-powered personal assistant that tracks anything you tell it. Instead of downloading 10 different apps for expenses, workouts, recipes, and habits—you describe what you want to track, and Peanuts creates a custom tracker (called a Helper) just for you. Three things that make it different:
  1. Natural language — Type “coffee $4.50” and Peanuts understands it’s an expense
  2. AI-powered — Ask questions about your data: “How much did I spend on food this week?”
  3. Works everywhere — Log from the app, Telegram, WhatsApp, or email

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Let’s Get Started

1

Create your account

Go to peanutsapp.com and sign up with your email or Google account. Takes 30 seconds.
2

Land on the Home screen

After signing up, you’ll see the Immersive Hero — a full-screen home experience with a Unified Input bar at the bottom. This is where everything happens.
Peanuts Home Screen
3

Type your first entry

In the input bar at the bottom, type something simple:
coffee $4.50
Press Enter or tap the send button.
4

Watch the magic

Peanuts will either:
  • Create a new Helper called “Expenses” and log your coffee there, or
  • Show you the Context Cloud confirming where it’s going, or
  • Ask you what you’d like to track (if this is your very first entry)
Either way, your entry is saved. You just logged your first thing!

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Where Did My Entry Go?

Your entry lives inside a Helper. Think of Helpers as smart folders that understand your data. To see your entry:
  1. Look for the Helper card on your Home screen (probably called “Expenses”)
  2. Tap it to open
  3. You’ll see your coffee entry with the amount, date, and time
Pro tip: The Home screen shows recent entries from all your Helpers. You’ll see your coffee entry right there too!

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The Context Cloud

As you type in the Unified Input, you’ll notice a Context Cloud appears above the input. This shows:
  • Which Helper your entry will go to
  • Which fields will be filled
  • Confirmation that Peanuts understood you
It’s real-time feedback so you always know where your data is going.

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What If Nothing Matches?

If you log something that doesn’t match any Helper, it goes to the Shoebox — your universal capture surface. Nothing is ever lost. You can organize it later or let Peanuts suggest new Helpers based on patterns.

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Exercise

Practice: Log 3 more things

Try logging these (one at a time):
  1. lunch $12.50 at Chipotle
  2. groceries $45
  3. taxi $8.50
Notice how Peanuts extracts the amount, category, and description automatically. Watch the Context Cloud confirm each match.

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Key Takeaways

Remember:
  • Type naturally in the Unified Input bar — Peanuts understands plain language
  • Everything goes into a Helper (created automatically or by you)
  • The Context Cloud shows you where entries are going in real-time
  • Unmatched content goes to the Shoebox — nothing is lost

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You Did It! 🎉

You’ve logged your first entries. That’s the core of Peanuts—telling it what happened, and letting AI organize it for you.

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Next Steps

Create Your First Helper

Learn to create custom Helpers for anything you want to track

Unified Input Feature

Deep dive into the intelligent input experience