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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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Bot and research sessions

Use Bot for ongoing work and open a separate research session for a question that needs its own conversation.

Choose the conversation#

Bot is the standing conversation for one Loupist. Briefings, alerts, research handoffs and items needing you arrive there. It cannot be renamed or deleted. New research starts a separate conversation for one question, with its own title and draft.

  1. Select your Loupist in the header.
  2. Use Bot for setup, follow-up questions and scheduled work.
  3. Choose New research for a focused investigation. Example: “Compare these filings' explanations of capacity costs and list what is still unknown.”
  4. Find it again under Research sessions or Search.

A Bot answer can hand a deeper question to a research session. Its card changes from Researching to Researched, or reports Couldn't finish or Stopped. Open takes you to that session.

Include context deliberately#

The composer's + menu offers Files…, images and Add from Evidence. Use @ to find available files, knowledge, work and connections. Use / for commands and Skills. Selecting context prepares the message; it does not send it.

Panel kind offers Map, Lens and Chat materials beside Chat. Chat materials contains Evidence, Work, browser pages and workspace-file readers. Opening a reader does not itself submit the material as model context. Use Add to question to attach selected text.

Guide a running answer#

Send next queues another message after the current response. Guide this response adds text guidance to the response in progress. Attachments and references belong to a queued next message. Stop response stops the current answer; already-written files can remain.

A failed or stopped reply offers Try again. It resubmits the original request with its attachments and as-of date using current settings. Inspect partial work before retrying.

Save or print research#

The session menu offers Export chat… as Markdown and Print or save as PDF… through the system print dialog. Markdown export includes citations and the models that wrote the answers. Files, charts and documents remain available in Work.

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