The Story
How and why aitutors.me was built — the methodology, the technology, and the choices behind it.
Built for One Daughter, Sharing with Yours: The aitutors.me Story
Why aitutors.me was built — the origin story behind the AI tutoring service designed for over-scheduled UK secondary students.
What Is Energy-Aware Tutoring? The GREEN/AMBER/RED System Explained
Energy-aware tutoring adapts session intensity to a student's weekly energy state. aitutors.me uses a GREEN/AMBER/RED traffic light. Here's how it works and why it matters.
What Is the Socratic Method in AI Tutoring?
The Socratic method in AI tutoring means refusing to give the answer and guiding through questions. Here's how aitutors.me's Professor Pi implements it for KS3 maths.
Personality-Adaptive Tutoring: How an AI Gets to Know Your Child
Personality-adaptive AI tutoring uses a student's interests and strengths to shape every analogy. Here's how aitutors.me's student-context profile works.
Why aitutors.me Is Built on Claude (Anthropic)
We picked Anthropic's Claude as the model behind every aitutors.me tutor. Here's the technical reasoning — safety, instruction-following, MCP support, and Constitutional AI.
The Show Your Working Protocol Explained
Show Your Working is a tutoring protocol where the AI diagnoses student errors at the line they appear. Here's how aitutors.me implements it.