# SciShield application guide

Practical documentation for researchers, lab members, principal investigators, and compliance staff using the SciShield Scientific Management Platform.

This guide was verified on **12 November 2026**, using the logged-in local application at `http://earth.127.0.0.1.nip.io:8083`. The footer identifies the build as **v3.10.3.20261103.2621**. Examples use the available Bruxner Lab Group and the current member account. Your institution, enabled modules, memberships, and permissions determine what you see.

## Start with your task

| I want to… | Read |
| --- | --- |
| Understand the home page and navigation | [Getting started](getting-started.md) |
| Find my lab, members, rooms, or documents | [Labs, members, and spaces](labs.md) |
| Find overdue work and compliance requirements | [Compliance dashboard](compliance.md) |
| Take training or find a certificate | [Training and courses](training.md) |
| Check equipment status or audit dates | [Equipment](equipment.md) |
| Read inspection history and required checks | [Inspections](inspections.md) |
| Track approvals or submit a lab form | [Lab forms](forms.md) |
| Review biological registrations and certification | [Biological safety](biological-safety.md) |
| Find isotope authorizations, vials, or pickup tools | [Radiological management](radiological-management.md) |
| Find an SOP, SDS, document, or contact | [Research resources and SOPs](research-resources.md) |
| Report a safety concern, incident, or near miss | [Safety reporting](safety-reporting.md) |
| Review my profile and messages | [My account and messages](account.md) |
| Resolve missing menus, records, or integrations | [Troubleshooting](troubleshooting.md) |
| Run or host this documentation | [Hosting and maintenance](README.md) |

## A useful daily routine

1. Open the home page and review **Needs Attention**, **Required Training**, and **Messages**.
2. Select the correct lab in **Compliance Summary for**.
3. Open **View Dashboard** and review training delinquencies, equipment audit dates, and authorization status.
4. Use the lab's **Requirements**, **Lab Inspections**, and **Self Inspections** pages for detailed follow-up.
5. Open the relevant source record before acting. A summary count is a starting point; the record contains the context.

![SciShield home page with required training and lab compliance summary](assets/screenshots/home.jpg)

Screenshots are expandable: select an image to view the original. Names, dates, counts, and sample records belong to this local dataset and will change.

## Read as Markdown or HTML

Every guide has a **View Markdown** link above its HTML content. The Markdown files are the canonical source; the server renders them at request time.

Agents can start from [the AI index](/llms.txt), [the JSON index](/api/pages), or [the complete Markdown corpus](/all.md). Individual files are available directly, for example [training.md](/training.md). No browser JavaScript is needed to retrieve guides or search results.

## Search behavior

Search checks the full Markdown source of each page, including its title. Every space-separated word must occur somewhere in the same page. Matching ignores case and uses literal substrings; word order and adjacency do not matter.

- `training overdue` and `overdue training` return the same pages.
- `bio` can match `biological`.
- Quotes, `%`, and `*` are literal characters, not special operators.
- A blank query asks for search words rather than returning every page.

See [scope and verification](coverage.md) for what was inspected and which downstream actions remain unverified.