Some topics are easier to see than to read about. Atlas, in the chat's side panel next to Research and Audio, turns a topic into a map: one idea in the middle, the main parts around it, and as much detail as you ask for.
From a topic to a map
Type a topic, from photosynthesis to the French Revolution or how a mortgage works. The model you chose in the chat returns its structure: a central idea and five to eight branches, each with a short description. Your browser then draws it, and the map grows on the screen branch by branch. It is written in the language you use Kayts in.
Going deeper
Click any part of the map to open it. Each one has three actions:
- Expand: the model adds three to five new ideas under it, never repeating what is already there.
- Explain simpler: a description written for someone new to the topic; the original stays.
- Ask in chat: a new conversation starts with the whole map attached as text, and your question about that part. You can see exactly what is sent.
On a phone, the panel slides up from the bottom of the screen.
Keeping it
Your maps are saved with your account and listed in Atlas, so you can come back to one and keep expanding it. A map can be downloaded as Markdown, a nested list that opens in any notes app. Maps are part of your data: they are in the export from Settings → Account, and they go with the account if you delete it.
What it is good for
- A first look at something new, before reading about it in detail.
- Revising: the structure of a subject at a glance, with the gaps easy to spot.
- Planning: an essay, a talk or a project laid out as parts and sub-parts.
Atlas is in every plan; Settings → Usage shows how much of it is left. Next we want it to draw a map from a document you add, and the web of papers that cite each other.
