1. Start a session
Open Purna and sign in. Select New Session from the sidebar or top navigation. In the message composer, describe the result you need. Include the biological context, comparison, constraints, methods, or desired outputs when they are important. For example:2. Add files or project context
Use the + button to attach a new file, or type@ to mention a file already available in Purna.
Select a project when the request belongs to an existing study. Projects keep related sessions, files, papers, jobs, and results together.
3. Choose how Purna should work
Most focused questions can be sent directly. For specialized work, select one of the available actions or workflow modes:
Availability can vary by plan and organization configuration.
4. Review approvals
Some tasks require confirmation before research, external providers, or compute begins.- Review the proposed approach and deliverables.
- Confirm assumptions, constraints, and validation criteria.
- Check any provider or compute notice.
- Approve the task, request changes, or cancel it.
5. Follow the work
Purna keeps the response in the session while longer work runs in the background.- Open View reasoning to inspect the execution timeline attached to a handed-off task.
- Open Compute from the right-side workspace to inspect active and completed execution.
- Open Files to review scripts, datasets, figures, structures, and final answers.
- Open Approved roadmap to review the accepted plan.
6. Continue in the same session
Ask follow-up questions without repeating the complete context. You can refine a comparison, change a threshold, request another output, or ask Purna to use files generated earlier in the session.Continue learning
Plan Mode
Review and approve complex work before execution.
Deep Research
Conduct a transparent, source-backed literature review.
Bioinformatics
Analyze biological datasets with reproducible outputs.
Files
Upload, organize, reference, and download research files.