Getting started

Continuum turns plain text into a live model. You do not need a spreadsheet grid, a special formula mode, or a setup wizard before the first useful result.

Your first model

Write one fact per line. Give important values a name with =, then refer to those names later. Results appear beside the source and update whenever an upstream value changes.

Live calculation

A living monthly plan

Change income or rent and watch every dependent result update.

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Editable source# Monthly plan income = 5200 in usd rent = 1650 in usd groceries = 620 in usd flexible_spend = 12% of income remaining = income - rent - groceries - flexible_spend

Live results

1. 1—
2. 2$5,200.00
3. 3$1,650.00
4. 4$620.00
5. 5624
6. 62,306

Read the workspace

The sidebar holds documents and folders. The editor remains the canonical source. The result rail aligns each evaluated output with the line that produced it. On a narrow screen, results move into a mobile sheet instead of squeezing the editor.

1. 1
   Create

   Choose New → Blank Document, or start from a production template.

2. 2
   Write

   Add facts, assignments, headings, comments, and natural calculations.

3. 3
   Inspect

   Read line results or open Preview for a supported template.

4. 4
   Explore

   Change an assumption and use dependency and impact feedback to follow the consequence.

Guided learning

On first use, Continuum can build a guided document around the decision you are trying to make. The Learn entry in the sidebar can replay focused examples later without deleting existing documents. Restarting onboarding also preserves your work.

• Explore freely introduces variables, derived expressions, percentages, and natural math.
• Lifestyle, job, and buying examples create fresh documents with calm inline prompts.
• Workspace spotlights introduce sidebar and result-rail controls with reduced-motion fallbacks.