PearData user guide
End-user documentation for the Pear desktop client and day-to-day monitoring workflows.
For install and agent ops, see Getting started.
For engineers (protocol, REST deep-dive, architecture), see docs/.
Contents
| Guide | What you’ll learn |
|---|---|
| Overview | What PearData is, planes (agent / desktop / REST), mental model |
| Connect | Public key, invites, admin seed, restoring saved agents |
| Overview tab | KPIs, spark charts, fleet strip, spotlight |
| Charts | Metrics wall, time bar, pins, board, gestures |
| Metric Correlations | Highlight → Find Correlations → filtered wall (full walkthrough) |
| Related metrics | Per-chart ⇢ related (taxonomy + Pearson) — different from Correlate |
| Alerts | Anomaly list, Show / Correlate actions |
| Logs | System log stream — journal (default), anomalies, audit; Follow / search |
| Fleet | Multi-host roster, set active, reconnect, forget |
| Settings | Theme, motion, spark depth, reconnect |
| Keyboard shortcuts | Charts and shell shortcuts |
| Weights API | REST / RPC for Metric Correlations from scripts |
Quick path
- Connect an agent
- Skim Overview
- Open Charts — Charts guide
- Investigate with Metric Correlations, Logs, or Related
- Manage hosts in Fleet