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Concepts

How MindMax works, one idea at a time

A handful of rules hold everywhere in MindMax — whether you are reading a paper, thinking on the canvas or writing a long draft. Each one has its own page: what it is, why it is there, what it does not do, and where you meet it in the app. For the industry vocabulary around them, see the glossary.

Reading and answering

What happens between a question about your documents and an answer you can trust.

Full-text-first answeringMindMax conceptA document that fits a stated reading budget is read whole; a book is read by its structure. Retrieval is the fallback.Checked quotesMindMax conceptEvery claim carries the verbatim words it rests on, matched against the source before you see it.

Writing

How AI writing reaches your files without taking them over.

Edits wait for youMindMax conceptThe AI may add to your folder, but a change to what you wrote is marked and written only when you accept it.Argument ledgerMindMax conceptA running record of what a long draft has argued, defined and promised, handed to every later section.

Why these get their own pages

Each of these is a design decision with a cost, and a page that only lists benefits would not help you judge it. So every concept page says what it leaves to you, and links to the features where you can see it working.