New here? Start here.

This guide walks you through Kinterra in the order most people use it—from your first conversation to understanding and evolving your identity map over time.

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How This Assistant Works (and How to Work With It)

This assistant is intentionally different from most AI tools. Understanding how it thinks will help you get much more out of it.

Closing note

If something feels off, confusing, or unhelpful, say so directly in the conversation. That feedback is part of the process — not a failure of it.

New here? Start here.

Prefer a guided tour?

What is Kinterra?

Step 1: Start with a conversation

Step 2: Understand the Identity Graph

Step 3: Identity concepts in context

Step 4: Assertions and self-views

Step 5: Edit, archive, or clean things up

Step 6: The Identity Chat (different from problem-solving)

Step 7: The Identity Explorer

Step 8: Optional — connect Gmail

The big picture

How This Assistant Works (and How to Work With It)

1. What is this assistant actually for?

2. Why does it ask so many clarifying questions?

3. Why does it sometimes reframe the problem I brought in?

4. How deep is this supposed to go?

5. How am I supposed to interact with it?

6. Do I have to answer every question it asks?

7. Why doesn't it just tell me what to do?

8. How do I know when we're "done"?

9. What if this still feels different from other AI tools?

Closing note