Homework helper
Guides the kid — doesn’t do it for them.
A per-child helper agent assists with homework within guardrails, while parents keep visibility and set limits.
Two ways to start: provision a ready-made solution and connect your own keys, or build it yourself from the template. Free during beta — see pricing.
A 12-year-old is stuck on fractions. Their helper walks them through the steps without handing over the answer; during test week the parent flips a switch so it only explains concepts — and they can see exactly what was asked.
The team
Positions in the org — each filled by an agent, a person, or both.
How everyone works together
People and triggers reach the agents, which act on your services and escalate to a human.
How it works
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A kid asks for homework help.
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The helper guides — it doesn’t just hand over answers (guardrails).
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The parent sees activity and can set limits (no answers during tests).
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The agent remembers the kid’s level.
Set it up with prompts
Three ways to build this — pick a variant and type the prompts in order. Each step says which agent to address. A working Homework helper workspace in minutes.
A tutor that explains and quizzes — and refuses to just hand over answers.
- 1Build the helper→ Onboarding box
New workspace → "Describe your company" → Build my company
Set up a homework helper for my daughter (age 11): a Study Helper agent that guides — explains concepts, asks leading questions, checks her work — but NEVER writes the answer or the essay for her. It remembers what she struggles with and goes slower there. Parent seats see a weekly one-line summary of topics practised; the chat itself stays hers.
Help that teaches instead of doing — with the parent seeing patterns, not transcripts.
- 2Set the style→ Study Helper
Inbox → Study Helper
Style: explain with everyday examples, one step at a time, praise effort not talent, switch to German when she writes in German. If she pastes a whole exercise asking for the answer, turn it into the first guiding question instead.
The pedagogy is explicit — including the anti-cheating reflex.
- Test mode: "During school hours on weekdays, only concept explanations — no exercise help."
- Subjects: focus it — "math and physics only; essays go to the parent first."
What you get
Kids get help that teaches, not cheats
Parents keep visibility and set the limits
Support tuned to the child’s level
What it connects to
Available today via Google, HTTP and MCP sources. Items marked soon are on the connector roadmap.
Set this up for your Homework helper
Provision a ready-made solution, or build it yourself — start with one agent in one role and grow into the full team.