What is a notebook?

A notebook is a document that does things. It looks like a web page -- text, headings, images. But between the text sections, there are cells that run code. You click a play button, the cell runs, and the result appears right below it.

You don't need to write code

You don't write the code. We've already written it. Your job is to fill in a form, pick an option from a dropdown, or type a question -- then click play.

And if you ever want to add something new, you can chat with Gemini (built into Colab) to write new cells for you in plain English.

Text cells and code cells

Every notebook has two types of content:

1. Text cells -- Instructions, explanations, context. You read these.

2. Code cells -- The working parts. They have a play button. You run these.

When you run a code cell, it does something: calls an API, processes data, generates a document, saves a file. The result appears directly below the cell as a styled card, table, or message.

Text cells and code cells

graph TD
    T[Text cell
You read this] --> C[Code cell
You click play] --> O[Output
Results appear here]

What is Google Colab?

Google Colab is a free tool from Google that runs notebooks in your browser. No download, no install, no setup.

When you open a notebook in Colab, Google gives you a free cloud computer to run it on. Nothing runs on your machine -- your laptop could be ten years old and it wouldn't matter.

Colab is used by over 7 million people monthly -- researchers, data scientists, students, and now, anyone using pysolvr products.

How it all connects

graph LR
    A[Your Browser] --> B[Google Colab
Free cloud computer] --> C[pysolvr API
Does the work] --> D[Results back
to your notebook] --> E[Saved to
your Google Drive]

How our products use notebooks

Each pysolvr product is a pre-built notebook. We've written all the code. You interact through forms, dropdowns, and text inputs that appear when you run each cell.

1. You open the notebook in Colab -- Free, in your browser.

2. You fill in what's asked -- A question, a selection, a file.

3. The notebook calls our API -- Which does the heavy lifting.

4. Results appear in the notebook and save to your Google Drive --

Your Google Drive is connected (mounted) when you run the first cell. From that point, everything the notebook generates is saved directly to a folder in your Drive -- like any other file on your computer.

Why notebooks instead of an app?

1. Transparency -- Every line of notebook code is visible. No black box.

2. Ownership -- It's a file in your Drive. Cancel anytime, keep everything.

3. Free compute -- Colab runs free. No servers to pay for.

4. Extensible -- Chat with Gemini to add new features, or write your own cells.

A notebook is just a document that works for you. No installs, no technical knowledge required. Open it, click play, get results.