Socratic mode changes how a tutor responds. Rather than giving direct answers, a tutor in Socratic mode guides students with questions so they work things out for themselves. You choose how strongly it does this from four levels: Off, Guided, Adaptive and Socratic.
Setting a Socratic level
1. Open the tutor you want to adjust from the Tutors page.
2. Go to the Settings tab and scroll down to Socratic mode.
3. Choose a level. Each option spells out what the tutor will and will not do, so you can see at a glance whether it answers questions, does calculations, or only ever responds with a question.
4. Click Save Changes.
The four levels
Off - direct answers and full solutions, with no Socratic questioning.
Guided - answers questions and does calculations, but always follows up with a question to extend the thinking.
Adaptive - our recommendation for most tutors. It leads with questions, then adapts if a student is struggling, without giving the answer outright.
Socratic - purely Socratic. It never answers directly or does calculations, and only guides through questions.
For help picking the right one, see Which Socratic Mode is right for me?
Testing your changes
After saving, start a new chat with the tutor to see the new behaviour. Existing chats keep the settings they began with, so always open a fresh chat when you test a change. In Socratic mode the tutor should reply to questions with probing questions of its own rather than direct answers.