Assembly Instructions: One Examined Life
Step 1. Unbox contents. Locate: 1 Core, 7 Lenses, 1 Service Worker, 2 Launcher Scripts. No Allen key required.
Step 2. Place all pieces in one folder. This is the only physical assembly required.
Step 3. Run the launcher script. It checks for Ollama, pulls missing AI models, starts the server, and opens your browser. If you hear a sound, that's the sound of your thinking infrastructure assembling itself.
Step 4. Upload your sources to the Source Vault. These are the raw materials. The quality of the output scales with the quality of the input. (Unlike Ikea furniture, which is the same quality regardless of input.)
Step 5. Adjust the Steering Dashboard. Seven levers. Each controls a lens. Push what matters up. Pull what doesn't down. There is no wrong configuration. (Again, unlike Ikea furniture.)
Step 6. Type an idea into the Synthesis Engine.
Step 7. There is no Step 7. You're thinking now.
SPARE PARTS: None required. No pieces will be left over. No mysterious extra screws.
Questions people ask
- How do I install Yesbrainer?
- Unzip the files into a folder and run the launcher script. It automatically checks for Ollama, pulls any missing AI models, starts the local server, and opens your browser. No package manager, no terminal commands, no dependencies to chase.
- What is the Source Vault?
- The Source Vault is where you upload your own documents — research papers, reports, data files. Yesbrainer indexes them locally and uses RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) to ground its analysis in your specific sources.
- What is the Steering Dashboard?
- Seven sliders, one for each lens. They let you weight which dimensions matter most for your specific analysis. A business decision might emphasise Economic and Technological; a policy question might weight Political and Social higher.