A non-profit tool and library for researchers
Make a guide worth trustingorFind one that someone has already tested
The Guide Guide is two things. A step-by-step method, with copy-and-paste prompts, for turning a stack of papers into an interactive guide with an AI assistant. And a library where researchers publish those guides, and readers mark the ones they followed and found to work.
- PlanEnter your topic, your reader, the reading time and the features you want.
- BuildRun the prompt chain: notes with exact quotes, an outline you approve, one checked chapter at a time, an independent audit.
- PublishAdd the finished guide to the library if you like. No account needed.
- TestReaders who follow a guide mark it “I followed this and it worked”.
Why not just ask an AI to “write a guide on X”?
One prompt gives you fluent text with nothing behind it that you can check. The method puts the checking into the process.
| One prompt | The Guide Guide method | |
|---|---|---|
| Where the facts come from | The model's general memory. A claim cannot be traced to a page. | Notes on your own sources. Every finding records its page and the exact words that support it. |
| Who sets the scope | The model decides the length, level and order without telling you. | You approve an outline before a single chapter is written. |
| Checking | None, unless you do it afterwards. | Each chapter is reviewed against the notes. A fresh session then audits the whole guide. |
| Numbers | All look equally certain. | Each one is tagged: stated, derived, read from a figure, or illustrative. |
| When sources disagree | Usually smoothed over. | Shown in the guide, with each side and its location. |
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What the labels mean
UnreviewedAn AI screen found the guide appropriate to publish. No person has verified its science yet. Read it as you would a preprint.
VerifiedA named person has checked the guide against its sources.
Human-tested · 3The number of readers who followed the guide and say it worked for them.
What every guide contains
- Prerequisites: what you need to know before you start.
- Core concepts: the ideas, in the order they build on each other.
- Worked examples: real numbers from the sources, step by step.
- Common pitfalls: where newcomers go wrong.
- Key papers: what to read next, and why.
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The Guide Guide is a non-profit project. There are no accounts, no adverts and no tracking. If it saved you time, you can buy me a coffee. It is entirely optional, and very much appreciated.