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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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Briefings and Schedule

Create timed research in Bot, inspect the result, and control future runs from Schedule.

Ask for timed work#

  1. Open Bot and make a clear request with the work and timing. Example: “Send me a briefing every weekday at 8:00 AM.”
  2. Read the receipt for the cadence and next execution time. Creating a Loupist alone creates no schedule.
  3. Open Schedule and select the task to inspect its details and saved runs.
  4. Use Ask Bot to draft a change to its time or prompt, then review and send the request.

The default morning briefing is 08:00 Monday through Friday in this Mac's time zone. Custom scheduled research supports once, interval, daily and weekly work. Daily and weekly schedules use a time zone.

Read a result#

A finished or failed run appears in Bot with From: and Open. Open its research to read the answer and linked evidence. Schedule keeps run status and timing, including failed work. Briefings can include dated asset changes, results, alerts and checks against principles.

Briefings and scheduled research use your AI account for each run. Watching uses no AI. Unattended research has fewer permitted actions than interactive Chat; it cannot save your Journal judgment, change schedules or publish charts and table cards.

Pause, run or stop#

ControlEffect
PausePrevent future starts
ResumeEnable future starts again
Run nowAttempt a run immediately, including on a paused task
StopCancel the current run separately
More → DeleteRemove a custom task after confirmation

Run now does not turn a paused recurring schedule back on. Briefing and results tasks are paused rather than deleted. A completed one-time task needs editing before it can resume.

Keep the app running#

Schedules need Loupist open or running in the menu bar. Settings → General → Keep running in the menu bar controls window-close behavior. Without an earlier explicit choice, the first briefing or Watching opt-in turns it on. Cmd+Q quits the app.

Missed recurring occurrences combine into one due run. Three consecutive failures pause a recurring task; rejected credentials or a missing model can pause it immediately. Inspect the failed run, repair the account or data access, then resume.

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