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Get startedOverviewLearn what a Loupist keeps, how it uses evidence, and where to begin your first research question.Get startedQuickstartInstall Loupist, connect an AI account, and check the evidence behind your first answer.Get startedInstall and verify the BetaInstall the macOS Beta and check that the download matches the public release workflow.Get startedConnect an AI accountConnect the account or API key that will answer your questions, and understand which work uses it.Get startedCreate a LoupistCreate a separate research companion with its own focus, conversations and Memory.Core conceptsHow a Loupist learnsFollow the path from a retained original to a method used in a later answer, and inspect what changed.Core conceptsMemory recordsTell retained evidence, analysis and your own judgments apart, and find each record in the app.Core conceptsWorld and MapTrace a relationship to its evidence, navigate your Map, and export an image or growth replay.Core conceptsLens and your principlesTeach a research rule, inspect pages built from evidence, and see why a learned method changed.GuidesFollow assets and import holdingsBuild the list your research uses, import a holdings snapshot, and distinguish following from automatic checks.GuidesWatching and alertsChoose automatic checks, inspect their source coverage, and pause or refresh them without an AI call.GuidesBriefings and ScheduleCreate timed research in Bot, inspect the result, and control future runs from Schedule.GuidesBot and research sessionsUse Bot for ongoing work and open a separate research session for a question that needs its own conversation.GuidesRead an answerCheck a finding against its original sources, inspect calculated figures, and distinguish a receipt from proof of correctness.GuidesRun calculations with run_pythonAsk for reproducible numerical work and inspect its code, files and limits.GuidesJournal entries and later reviewsRecord your own judgment with an optional dated check, then compare it with later evidence.GuidesPrivate chatTurn off Memory use and saving for a conversation while understanding what still persists and leaves your Mac.GuidesData connectionsSet up a built-in source or a custom read-only service and choose which Loupists may use it.GuidesMove or back up a LoupistPreserve a Loupist folder, reopen its saved identity, and know which shared settings need separate setup.ReferenceData sourcesFind the source for a research task and identify the setup or coverage to check before using it.ReferenceKeyboard and command paletteNavigate the app and find research without the mouse, with the current shortcut list available in Settings.ReferenceSettingsFind the right settings scope for accounts, defaults, appearance and a single Loupist.ReferenceWhat leaves your Mac and securityCheck which requests leave your Mac, where credentials stay, and what the app permits research tools to do.ReferenceUpdates and Beta limitsCheck for an update, understand version compatibility, and confirm the supported Beta platform.ReferenceTroubleshooting and FAQRecover from common setup, account, source and schedule problems without treating missing evidence as a successful check.ReferenceLicenceFind the terms for the app, distinguish them from data-provider rights, and keep private research separate from code licensing.

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Overview

Learn what a Loupist keeps, how it uses evidence, and where to begin your first research question.

Get your first answer QuickstartUnderstand learning Core concepts

A research companion for one topic#

A Loupist is a research companion for what you invest in. It watches the assets you follow, keeps the material you read together, and explains what changed with evidence attached. Each Loupist has its own local folder and can contain several research sessions.

The name comes from a loupe: the small lens used to examine something closely. The World is what your Loupist knows about companies, people and their connections. The interface draws it as the Map. The Lens holds your principles and the ways your Loupist researches a question.

Find your way around#

PlaceUse it for
BotThe standing conversation, briefings and alerts
FollowingAssets you follow, holdings imports and Watch-for choices
MapConnections, their evidence, and the Library
LensPrinciples, perspectives, methods, topics and ideas
ScheduleTimed work and its saved runs

Start with Quickstart to install the app and get your first answer. Use Memory records to distinguish a retained original from analysis or your own judgment.

What to expect#

Learning means retained Sources, a Map, principles and revised methods that later relevant answers use. It is not model retraining. A saved method or a delivery count alone does not establish better research.

The app runs on your Mac. Messages and the material used by answers or background reading go to your AI provider. Schedules and Watching need the app open or running in the menu bar. There is no Loupist account or cloud sync.

Based on the app’s source documentation and English interface labels. Report a docs issue.