Private beta · Windows

Your assignment,
on the board.

Tutor is a desktop app that teaches you through the coursework you actually have to hand in. It reads the brief, asks what your part is, and takes you there step by step. It explains and draws, and it quizzes you. It never writes your answers.

Free during the private beta. We read every application and let people in a few at a time.

Tutor

Chat server · step 4 of 8

Many clients at once

server list one lock, many threads

Your loop only ever serves the first client. Why?

How it works

From a PDF brief to work you understand

  1. 1

    Drop in the assignment

    Point Tutor at your course folder, or drag in the brief, the rubric and any starter code. Add the syllabus and it learns the course too: units, deadlines and what each assignment needs.

  2. 2

    It asks what it can't work out

    Which option you picked, what your part of the group work is, what language you're using, and how much time you've got. It's a short conversation, not a form. Then it writes your plan as milestones, each with a clear "done when".

  3. 3

    Work toward one milestone at a time

    Each session picks up where you are. Ideas come in right before you need them. Tutor reads your work, leaves notes beside the lines that need a look, and ticks a milestone when it sees the evidence and you agree.

Two sides to every course

Finish the work. Learn the course.

Assignments Finish the work

  • Milestones for your part, even in a group project
  • Teaching just in time: sockets right before the socket step
  • Progress shown by what's actually in your files
  • The plan shrinks to what's required when the deadline gets close

Course Learn the material

  • Units and learning goals built from your syllabus
  • A quick placement chat and quiz, so you skip what you know
  • A goal is ticked only when you pass a short checkpoint on it
  • Flashcards keep finished goals fresh

Both sides share what you know. Something you learned doing an assignment counts toward the course, so you're never taught it twice.

On the board

A teacher at a chalkboard, not a chat window

Diagrams that draw themselves

Graphs, flowcharts and sketches chalk on stroke by stroke, the way a teacher would draw them.

Worked maths

Every formula is typeset properly and checked before it reaches the board.

Quick checks and quizzes

Short checks along the way. Get one wrong and it teaches it again, a different way.

Flashcards

Spaced review of what you've learned, a few minutes at a time.

Practice exercises

A scratch editor with tests for practice problems. Your real lab file is never touched.

Notes on your work

Corrections pinned to the file and line they're about, so you know exactly where to look.

Built so it can't do it for you

It helps more and more, but never hands you the answer

When you're stuck, Tutor's help gets more specific one step at a time. Most of the time the first step is enough.

Tutor can read your course folder but has no way to change it. That isn't a setting you could switch off. The app is built without the ability to edit your files, and a test fails if that ever changes.

  1. a question"What happens to the second client while the loop is busy?"
  2. the ideaThreads, and why a server needs more than one.
  3. a worked exampleOn a different problem, so you still do yours.
  4. the exact line"Look at line 42 of server.py."

Privacy

Plain answers about your data

Your files stay on your computer

Tutor reads your course folder where it is. Your plans, notes and flashcards are saved on your computer too.

Lessons go through our server

To teach you, Tutor sends our server the text a lesson needs. We pass it to our AI provider for a reply and don't keep it.

What we do keep

Your email, your plan, and how much tutor time you've used. No ads, no selling your data, and your coursework is never used to train AI.

FAQ

Questions

Who is the beta for?

University and college students with real assignments due this semester. Tutor does best with a syllabus and a written brief: maths, computing, science and engineering courses especially.

What does it cost?

The private beta is free. Each tester gets a monthly allowance of tutor time, which is plenty for regular evening sessions. Paid plans come later, and we'll tell you before anything changes.

What do I need?

A Windows 10 or 11 PC and an internet connection. No admin rights needed to install. Mac comes later.

Windows says "Windows protected your PC". Is that safe?

Beta builds aren't code-signed yet, so Windows doesn't recognise them. Click More info, then Run anyway. Only install Tutor from the link in your invite email.

Is this cheating?

Tutor is built not to do your work. It teaches, asks questions and points at problems, and it can't write to your files. You still check your school's rules on AI help, and you say you used it if they ask.

How does approval work?

We read every application by hand and invite people in small groups so we can listen to each one. If you're in, you'll get an email with the download link. Sign in with the same email address.

Which AI does it use?

Tutor uses Claude, from Anthropic, through our own server. You don't need an account or an API key.

Private beta

Apply for the demo

Tell us a little about you and what you're working on. If there's room, you'll get an invite with the download link.

  • Free during the private beta
  • Windows 10 and 11
  • We only email you about your application and the beta
Use the one you'll sign in with. A school email is fine.