How Q works.
Start with a question. Go deeper only when you need to. Inspect what shaped the answer, challenge it, compare material, and retain what matters.
Q proposes. You govern.
The path
Ask. Answer. Inspect. Challenge. Retain.
Start simple. Open more only when you need it. The question, answer, sources, interventions, and what you retain stay connected to the same record.
- Step 1.
Ask Q
Start with a normal question.
Ask Q the way you would ask any capable AI. No setup or system knowledge is required.
- Step 2.
Starting point
Keep the original visible.
Your question and material stay distinct from what Q adds, so the starting point does not disappear.
- Step 3.
Answer
Q proposes an answer.
The answer can stay simple. Q's output remains a proposal rather than becoming your decision.
- Step 4.
Inspect
See what shaped it.
Open the record when you want more context around scope, sources, conflicts, inference, or uncertainty.
- Step 5.
Challenge and compare
Test the answer.
Question it, compare material, or correct the starting point without losing the original answer or source records.
- Step 6.
Retain
Choose what stays.
You decide what belongs in the record, what remains unresolved, and what you want to keep.
- Step 7.
Receipt
Keep the path connected.
Where available, a Receipt can preserve the question, material, interventions, uncertainty, and what you retained.
Inside the record
Inspect what matters.
Open only the part you need. Each area gives you more context without changing the answer or deciding for you.
Identify
What did Q understand?
See the question Q understood and any assumptions behind it.
Go deeper when you need to
More detail stays optional.
Open claims, sources, conflicts, branches, notes, and Receipts only when they help. Visible material does not automatically enter Q's scope, become evidence, or get retained.
Claims
Claims Q is examining.
Contradictions
Conflicts that stay visible.
Branches
Alternative lines of inquiry.
Sources
Material and where it came from.
Notes
Notes that stay separate from the answer.
Receipts
A portable record of retained work.
Your control
Nothing important happens silently.
Scope stays explicit
Opening material does not automatically put it in scope for Q.
Retrieval stays explicit
Q does not search the web unless that permission is given.
Sources stay sources
Retrieved or parsed material does not automatically become evidence.
Receipt
Keep the record, not just the answer.
Where available, a Receipt can preserve the question, material, challenges, comparisons, uncertainty, and what you retained so the path remains reviewable.
A Receipt records what happened. It does not make Q infallible or turn a proposal into truth.
Begin with Q
Start with a question.
Use Q normally. Inspect more only when you need to.