BecauseAI

The guide to mapping arguments with Because: how to find the conclusion, where objections attach, which unstated assumptions to supply, how to map cases and analogies, with worked examples; then the outline format, the edit operations, and working with the person. Use it before drafting the first map in a conversation.

get_guide

Run every check on a map, including the word-overlap tests for conjured concepts and danglers, and list the judgement tests that apply to it (the falsity test for each multi-claim bracket, the assumption test for each single-claim reason). Use it before a map is finished.

check_map

Create an argument map in the connected Because workspace from an outline of the whole argument, in the conventions get_guide sets out: the conclusion on the first line, then "reason:" and "objection:" brackets under claims and claims under brackets, two spaces per level, with unstated assumptions marked [implicit]. Saves only to this workspace; the input cannot select another account, external service or destination. Returns the map with numbers and ids, the checks, and an editor link granting access to this map so the person can watch, edit and comment on it. Anyone with this map's editor link can read and edit it; changes are visible to them.

create_map

Apply a list of targeted edits to a map in the connected Because workspace, all or nothing. The map name resolves only within this workspace; the input cannot select another account, external service or destination. add puts an outline under a claim (brackets, notes) or a bracket (co-premises, an objection to its inference); replace rewrites a node and its subtree; set changes text or flags; move re-attaches a node (claim onto bracket = co-premise, claim onto claim = new reason, bracket onto claim or bracket = attach it there, "top" = detach); delete removes a node and its subtree. Refer to nodes by id (c4, g5, n6). Anyone with this map's editor link can read and edit it; changes are visible to them.

edit_map

Show the person's edits since the last look, their open comments, and whether they pressed Send feedback in the editor. Use it when the person says they have looked at the map. With wait_seconds (up to 55), it waits until they press Send, which suits a person who has said they will press Send feedback; if the time runs out first, the result says so in one line, and a further call keeps waiting.

get_feedback

List the argument maps in the workspace with their conclusions, versions and open comments.

list_maps

Show a map as an outline with claim numbers and ids, together with the person's edits and comments since you last looked and the checks.

read_map

Append a reply to a comment stored on a map in the connected Because workspace, mark the comment resolved, or both. The map and comment ids resolve only within this workspace. The reply is stored with that map and shown in its editor; this tool sends no email, chat message or notification to an external service and accepts no recipient or external destination. Anyone with this map's editor link can read and edit it; changes are visible to them.

reply_to_comment

Send the people who make Because a report on how mapping with it went: what the person found wrong, confusing or good, in a map or in how the assistant worked, in their own words where possible. Use it when the person asks to tell the Because team something. It carries only what the person agrees to share; the map named is attached with its comments and history.

report_to_team

Replace a map in the connected Because workspace with a revised outline. The map name resolves only within this workspace; the input cannot select another account, external service or destination. Lines that keep their [id] keep their node; lines without one are new; nodes the outline leaves out are deleted. Flags left off a line are cleared, and a line with an id may omit its text to keep it. Edits the person made since your last look are merged in rather than overwritten. Anyone with this map's editor link can read and edit it; changes are visible to them.

write_map