Curious tier is the simplest way to explore the books. Think of it as an index that talks back — you tell it what you're looking for, and it finds where that idea lives.
How it works
At the top of the screen you'll see a search box. Type in whatever you're after — a concept, a phrase, a question, a word you half-remember — and the results appear below.
The layout is a little different from a normal chat. The search sits at the top, the results build up underneath, and you can keep searching and refining as you go. It has the flow of a conversation, but it's designed for finding rather than discussing.
Reading your results
Each result shows you a passage from the books along with where it comes from — the chapter and the page. So you're not just told that an idea exists, you're shown exactly where to turn to read more.
The little coloured tags you'll see are citation chips. Each chapter has its own colour, so once you get familiar with them, you can tell at a glance which part of the book a result is drawn from. Tap a chip to open up the source passage and read it in full.
What Curious is good for
Curious works best when you know roughly what you want and you want it quickly. Some examples:
- You remember reading something about a particular model and want to find it again.
- You're preparing for a conversation and want to pull the exact wording from the book.
- You're browsing — following a thread of curiosity to see where it leads.
Everything Curious shows you comes straight from the books. It won't invent an answer or paraphrase loosely — it points you to the real source.
When you might want more
Curious tells you where an idea lives and lets you read it. If you find yourself wanting the idea explained — connected to other concepts, unpacked in plain terms, applied to your situation — that's what Companion is for. Upgrading takes a moment, and you can always come back to Curious when you just need to look something up.