This article is written specifically for Viewers — if you're an Account Admin, Team Admin, or Expert, see "Navigating the Spekit Chrome Extension" instead, which covers the fuller navigation available to those roles.
As a Viewer, you can consume content, share it, track engagement, create Deal Rooms, and complete assigned training — but content creation and org-wide administration live outside what you'll see here. This article goes deep on every section of your navigation bar, plus what you can do once you've opened a Spek or a File.
1. Your top navigation bar
As a Viewer, your navigation bar has eight elements: + Deal Room, Recently Viewed, Favorites, Notifications, More Options (…), Sidekick & Search, Deal Rooms, and Assigned. Each is covered in detail below.
1. + Deal Room button
The + icon at the top of your navigation is a quick-create shortcut for starting a new Deal Room without leaving whatever page you're on.
- Clicking it opens the Deal Room creation modal directly.
- This is meant for speed — if you need to manage a Deal Room you've already created (add content, check analytics, edit branding), use the Deal Rooms tab instead (see Section 8), not this shortcut.
Think of + Deal Room as "start something new" and the Deal Rooms tab as "manage what already exists."
3. Recently Viewed
Click the clock icon to see a running list of the Speks, Files, and other content you've recently opened.
- This is the fastest way to get back to something you were just looking at without re-searching for it.
- It's ordered by recency — the most recently opened item sits at the top.
- Useful mid-deal: if you're bouncing between a case study and a battlecard while prepping for a call, Recently Viewed keeps both one click away instead of making you search twice.
4. Favorites
Click the star icon (★) to see everything you've explicitly saved for quick access.
- Unlike Recently Viewed, Favorites is curated by you — content stays here until you remove it, regardless of how long ago you looked at it.
- Favorite anything you reference often: a pricing one-pager you send every week, a battlecard for your most common competitor, or a template you reuse constantly.
- To favorite something, open it and click the star icon on the content itself (see Section 10 and 11 below).
5. Notifications
The Notifications icon keeps you informed about changes to content you care about.
- Spek Updates — see who updated a Spek, when they did it
- Buyer engagement updates - notifications when your buyers engage with your deal rooms
- Assigned Learning Paths- Learning you're assigned to take
- Red Indicator — a red dot appears when there's new activity you haven't seen yet.
- Unread stays unread — an alert stays marked as new until you actually click into it, so nothing gets silently marked "seen" just because it appeared.
Check Notifications periodically if you rely on specific content being current — a battlecard you use in live deals is worth knowing about the moment it changes.
6. More Options (…)
Click the ellipsis (…) to access a menu of tools and resources:
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Open web app | Launches the Web App in a new browser tab. If you have a Spek open in the extension, it automatically opens that same Spek in the Web App — handy when you want more screen space to read something. |
| Topics | Browse your organization's central shared content library — explore by searching for specific Topics or browsing categories. |
| Trackable Links | Manage and share links you've generated, and see who's engaging with them. |
| Ask an Expert | Send a direct question to the Expert assigned to a piece of content — or a default fallback contact if none is assigned. Use this when a Spek looks outdated or you have a question the content doesn't answer. |
| New in Spekit | Opens the product changelog, so you can stay current on recent updates and new features. |
| Request feature | Takes you to the Canny feedback board, where you can submit ideas or vote on existing suggestions. |
| Report a bug | Submit feedback or flag an issue directly from the extension. |
| Support | Opens the Spekit Help Center. |
Note: as a Viewer, you won't see an Analytics or Settings-for-others option here — those are Admin/Expert-level tools. Your own extension display preferences (Spek icon behavior, sidebar zoom, dock visibility) are covered in "Getting Started: Install and Set Up the Spekit Chrome Extension."
7. Ask Sidekick & Search
This is a single, unified input field that toggles between two modes:
Chat mode (AI Sidekick) — your default view:
- Website-specific Topics — automatically shows Topics relevant to the exact page you're on.
- Gong Call Insights — surfaces Call Recaps, Key Points, and Next Steps for up to three recent external calls, each with a direct link to the recording.
- AI Content Recommendations — intelligent suggestions based on your browsing activity, guiding your next step.
Search mode:
- Search your entire content library from the sidebar, regardless of which browser tab you're on.
- Enter a keyword, a process name, or a specific term.
- Filter results by content type — Speks, Files, Topics, Deal Rooms, Spotlights, Knowledge Checks, and more.
By default, the input opens to chat mode. Flip the toggle any time you want a straightforward keyword search instead of an AI-generated answer. For the full walkthrough on getting the most out of chat mode, see "Using AI Sidekick Chat."
8. Deal Rooms
The Deal Rooms tab is where you manage every Deal Room you own or collaborate on — this is a full management view, distinct from the + Deal Room quick-create shortcut in Section 2.
From here you can:
- See a list of all your existing Deal Rooms.
- Open any of them to add content, check buyer engagement analytics, adjust branding, or share the link.
- Create a brand-new Deal Room the same way the + shortcut does.
This tab is your home base any time you're actively working a deal rather than just starting one.
9. Assigned
The Assigned tab gives you one-click access to your Learning Paths and Knowledge Checks — the training your organization has assigned specifically to you.
- Learning Paths are structured, step-by-step training sequences.
- Knowledge Checks are short quizzes that test your understanding of a topic.
- This is the fastest way to see what training you still owe, without digging through Topics or waiting for a reminder email.