Learn how to use SLAN

SLAN Building Blocks

How Courses, Frameworks, Thinking Paths, and Assistants fit together.

Creating a Course

How to set up a course, the top-level container for frameworks, thinking paths, and assistants.

Getting Started with Frameworks

Create your first framework in five minutes, from wizard to sync.

Use a Framework

How assistants use frameworks, syncing for auto-discovery, and linking to a Nudge.

Frameworks Deep Dive

Detailed reference for all framework fields, six structure types, and advanced configuration.

Update a Framework

How to edit or delete a framework after creation and re-sync changes.

Getting Started with Thinking Paths

Build structured step-by-step workflows that guide learners from problem definition to completed output.

Thinking Paths Reference

Field-by-field reference for configuring a Thinking Path: purpose, guardrails, final output, tutoring approach, and runtime behavior.

Steps Reference

Field-by-field reference for building Steps: name, description, instructions, frameworks, and checklists.

Use a Thinking Path

How to attach a completed Thinking Path to an assistant and deploy it to learners.

Update a Thinking Path

How to edit path metadata, steps, and graph connections, then redeploy changes.

Thinking Paths Deep Dive (Moved)

This guide has been split into two references.

Getting Started with Assistants

Overview of assistants, the three configuration types, how to choose the right one, and common settings.

Prompt Assistants

Configure a Prompt assistant with a single system prompt.

Structured Assistants

Configure a Structured assistant using discrete fields.

Nudge Assistants

Configure a Nudge assistant to guide learners through a structured Thinking Path workflow.

Assistant Settings

Detailed reference for Access Level, Conversation Starters, AI Model, Temperature, and Performance Metrics.

Deployment and Versioning

How saving, testing, deploying, and linking courses work.

Managing Access Levels

How access levels work across courses, assistants, cohorts, and widgets, and the compatibility rules between them.

Managing Cohorts

Create and manage learner groups with registration codes, assign assistants, and control access.

Setting Up Widgets

Embed assistants in external pages with configurable access, theming, and guest mode.