Getting started

Core Concepts

A quick mental model for how Stet works.

Your document

You write and edit markdown files in an editor. What you see is formatted text — headings, bold, lists — not raw code. Your files save automatically as you type.

Suggestions

When someone (a person or an AI) wants to propose a change to your document, they work on their own copy. Stet detects their proposed changes and shows them to you in the sidebar as suggested changes.

The three panels

Stet has three side-by-side areas:

• Left — Files: Your project's documents, organized by folder
• Center — Editor: Where you read and write
• Right — Suggestions: Incoming changes from contributors, organized by who made them

You can hide the left or right panel anytime to focus on writing.

Inline previews

When you hover over or click a suggestion, you see it previewed directly in your document — right where it would be applied. This lets you judge the change in context, not in the abstract.

Accept or reject

Every suggestion gets a clear decision. Accepting applies the change to your document. Rejecting dismisses it permanently.

Review modes

You choose how much review each folder needs. Everything can wait for your approval, everything can land on its own and stay marked until you read it, or Stet can grade each change and only hold the significant ones. See Accepting and Rejecting Changes.