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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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Journal entries and later reviews

Record your own judgment with an optional dated check, then compare it with later evidence.

Write your judgment#

  1. Open Map → Library → Journal and choose New entry. The command palette also offers New Journal entry.
  2. Enter What do you think? and optional Why?.
  3. Choose + Add a check if you want an observable later test.
  4. Choose Save entry, then inspect the saved entry.

You can also state your own judgment in Chat and ask it to be saved. A request for research or the Loupist's opinion does not authorize inventing a judgment for you. The Loupist's saved analysis belongs in Notes.

Make the check observable#

A check names What to watch, Metric, Direction (Above or Below), Threshold and By date. Unit and Confidence are optional. Confidence is yours to enter; the app does not infer it.

Example: “I think this business can recover its margin. Check whether operating margin is above my chosen threshold by the next review date.” Choose the actual threshold and date yourself. A Journal entry remains valid without a check.

Review Then and Now#

The reader's Then shows your creation date, judgment and captured sources. Now shows a pending check or a later outcome: Came true, Didn't come true or Unclear.

A due review needs dated evidence on or after the check date. Inspect the observation and date. Reviewing does not silently rewrite the original evidence or invent a new judgment.

Look back with only what was known then opens a research draft with the creation day set as its as-of date. Review and send the draft yourself. Under an as-of date, later outcomes are left out and a review before the check date is refused.

Reasons and lines on an asset page#

Why you follow it and What would change your mind are Journal entries attached to an asset. A line is an observable threshold and can omit a date. An undated line is checked on the asset page rather than becoming a due Journal reminder.

The Loupist's Holding up, Weakening, Challenged or Broken read is separate from your judgment and does not mean you own the asset. Open Thesis history to inspect evidence behind a change; Undo applies only to the latest Loupist move.

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