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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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Read an answer

Check a finding against its original sources, inspect calculated figures, and distinguish a receipt from proof of correctness.

Start with the evidence#

  1. Read the claim, date and period in the answer.
  2. Open its citation or Sources to inspect the source used.
  3. For a retrieved web page, use View saved passage to compare the retained evidence with the live page. Other retained originals open in Evidence.
  4. Inspect Coverage before treating an excerpt or limited preview as a complete document.

A read receipt establishes that material was delivered, not that it is true. Search results are discovery; they are not a substitute for reading the relevant passage.

Check a number#

Linked figures can show the source or the math. Open a number with the keyboard or a click. A calculated number lists its formula and input sources; a source figure identifies its retained evidence. A rounded value can show its exact value.

If the app says a number is not in the cited source as written, check the original and ask for a correction. A source can still use a different accounting basis, period or unit. A comparison should make those differences explicit instead of combining them.

Inspect the receipt#

The activity line under an answer expands to show what was read, calculations, failed attempts and steps in their original order. Learned and the saved Memory row report committed changes. Used your principle or a principles/methods count lists what was supplied.

A delivery count is not evidence of influence or correctness. Read the concrete check in the answer. Not this time leaves a received item out of later turns of this chat; Edit or Archive changes its saved use.

Ask about a problem#

Select answer text and choose Ask about this, or attach a saved passage with Add to question. State the problem and the evidence you want rechecked. Feedback's Suggest a correction can help teach a principle; check what was actually saved.

Look back to a date#

/asof sets a date for an answer based only on what was known by the end of that day. The answer reports sources it could not show and later Memory left out. Principles still apply as they are today. This is bounded by source coverage, not a reconstruction of all past knowledge.

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