Overview
Aiden is the platform's built-in AI study guide — accessible via the chat bubble in the bottom-right corner of any student dashboard page. Aiden is built around the Socratic method: instead of simply telling you the answer, it asks guiding questions that help you discover the reasoning yourself.
This approach produces deeper understanding and better retention than reading a solution directly — because you're doing the thinking, not just consuming the answer.
How Aiden works
Aiden is powered by a large language model (GPT-4o mini) with a custom system prompt that instructs it to:
- Ask before telling — respond to a question with a clarifying question or a hint, then let you attempt an answer.
- Break things down — if you're stuck on a multi-step problem, Aiden walks through one step at a time, checking your understanding at each stage.
- Use concrete examples — explains abstract concepts with real-world analogies and examples relevant to the Indian curriculum context.
- Encourage, not criticise — wrong answers are treated as learning opportunities, not failures.
Quick prompts
The chat panel shows four quick-start prompts you can tap to begin immediately:
- "Help me understand my weakest topic"
- "What should I study today?"
- "Explain this concept step by step"
- "I'm stuck on a problem"
Tapping one of these sends it as your first message and Aiden responds immediately. You can then continue the conversation naturally.
Using the chat
- Click the 🧠 chat bubble in the bottom-right corner of your dashboard (any page).
- The panel slides open with Aiden's greeting and the quick prompts.
- Type your question or tap a quick prompt.
- When Aiden asks you a guiding question, reply with your attempt — even a partial or uncertain answer. The more you engage, the more useful the guidance.
- Continue the conversation until you understand the concept.
- Close the panel by clicking the × button. Your conversation is preserved while you stay on the page (it clears on navigation).
Best practices
- Be specific about what you're stuck on. "I don't understand Newton's third law" gives Aiden more to work with than "I don't understand Physics".
- Attempt Aiden's guiding questions. If you reply "I don't know" to every hint, the conversation stalls. Try to articulate even a partial thought.
- Follow up. After Aiden explains something, ask "can you give me a similar example?" or "what's a common mistake here?" to cement your understanding.
- Use it alongside flashcards. When a flashcard stumps you, open Aiden and ask it to explain the concept behind that card.
Limits
- Chat history resets when you navigate to a different page.
- Aiden has no memory of past conversations across sessions.
- It cannot access your specific assignment submissions or test answers.
- For highly complex or lengthy problems, break them into smaller questions for best results.