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`/capy/` used to be a desktop-only experience — open it on a phone and the layout fell apart. We just rebuilt the mobile shell. Same vault, same Capy, same pages, sized for the screen you actually have on you.

## What works on a phone now

Open `https://docapybara.com/capy/` from a mobile browser and you'll see:

- **A bottom switcher** between Pages and Chat. Tap to flip between editing a page and asking Capy something.
- **A left drawer** with your full file tree — same hierarchy as the desktop sidebar, accessible from the menu button.
- **The page editor**, with markdown shortcuts that handle mobile keyboards correctly. Tap Enter and you get a line break, not a chat-style submit.
- **Capy chat**, with the input pinned at the bottom and the conversation scrolling above.

You can record audio from your phone too, which is where mobile actually earns its keep — the [recorder we shipped this week](/guides/meetings-people/record-meetings-in-docapybara/) works inside a page, on a phone, the same way it works at your desk. Walking between meetings? Open Docapybara, hit record on the next one.

## How the chat pane behaves

Chat on mobile is a session pane. It stays mounted while you flip between Pages and Chat in the same session — your message draft doesn't disappear when you peek at a page. But it does drop on refresh. That's intentional: chat history isn't backed by storage, and we'd rather the pane be transparent about that than fake permanence.

If you started a Capy conversation, switched to a page to copy something out, then switched back — the conversation is still there. If you reload the tab, fresh start.

The page selection works the other way around: it's persistent. Whatever page you had open in a section last time, the section opens to it again when you come back. (One row per section in the database, no localStorage games.)

## What it isn't

To save you the FAQ:

- **Not a native app.** It's responsive web. Open the URL.
- **Not offline.** Docapybara is cloud-hosted; you need a connection.
- **Not a separate mobile build.** Same code as the desktop, with a layout that adapts under 768px.

If you live mostly in mobile and want a native shell, [Obsidian](/blog/vs-obsidian/) and [Mem](/blog/vs-mem/) handle that case differently. We're a single-user web app that now also works on the device you carry — see [Docapybara for everyday knowledge work](/blog/ai-for-knowledge-workers/) for the broader shape.

## Try it

Open `https://docapybara.com/capy/` on your phone. If you don't have an account, [sign up](/accounts/signup/) and we'll drop you straight into a starter vault.