AI Reading Companions and Assistants
Yomitomo’s AI features work around source-text anchors. Assistant thoughts, replies, and review comments are designed to point back to specific paragraphs, selections, or distilled drafts so you can return to the evidence.
Use Assistants While Reading
Section titled “Use Assistants While Reading”There are three ways to involve assistants:
- Select source text and create an annotation so an assistant can add a thought based on that passage.
- Mention
@assistant namein a highlight discussion to invite a specific assistant into the thread. - Choose review assistants in the distillation window so they can review a draft note.
Assistant replies try to stay grounded in the source text, existing highlights, and the current discussion instead of producing generic summaries.
Context Scope
Section titled “Context Scope”When assistants generate thoughts, replies, or reviews, they can reference:
- The full text of the current paragraph
- Your existing annotations and discussions
- Earlier reading memory
- The article outline and overall structure
For EPUB books, you can also configure spoiler scope: current selection, current chapter, read content, or the whole book.
Reading Assistants
Section titled “Reading Assistants”Reading assistants focus on co-reading, explanation, questioning, and structure:
| Assistant | Role | Good At |
|---|---|---|
| June | Marginal co-reader | Clarifying concepts and adding context |
| Rowan | Root-cause reader | Examining premises and tracing causality |
| Maya | Question mentor | Turning vague confusion into precise questions |
| Iris | Insight editor | Extracting transferable insights |
| Theo | Concept translator | Explaining terms and conceptual background |
| Nolan | Structure guide | Identifying structure and paragraph function |
Review Assistants
Section titled “Review Assistants”Review assistants focus on evidence, logic, clarity, risk, and actionability:
| Assistant | Role | Good At |
|---|---|---|
| Vera | Evidence librarian | Checking facts and evidence chains |
| Elena | Reader advocate | Protecting the reader’s real question |
| Clare | Final editor | Reducing redundancy and improving clarity |
| Marcus | Logic reviewer | Detecting gaps in reasoning |
| Silas | Risk reviewer | Flagging overgeneralization and risk |
| Nina | Action calibrator | Checking whether next steps are executable |
You can enable or disable assistants and review their role descriptions in the Assistants page.