2026.11.07 - Sample interactions

Hillary’s interaction

In the interaction below, Hillary used Scaffold to think through “attempt,” a type of crime she is learning about in her 1L Criminal Law course. She has annotated the interaction to highlight not only how Scaffold works, but also how she is actively managing the direction of the discourse.

Hillary found Scaffold to be particularly useful in systematically parsing through each of the (act) requirements for attempt, giving her the opportunity to explain each of the concepts in her own words. She also gained insight from when Scaffold pushed her to elaborate on specific definitions. Sometimes, to answer these questions, she had to go back to the original cases.

Notably, though, Scaffold sometimes pushed Hillary to consider questions that were interesting, but beyond the scope of her class. When this happened, Hillary took initiative in redirecting the interaction.

Brendan’s interaction

In the interaction, Brendan works with Scaffold to resolve a struggle that he’s been experiencing in his post-grad life: how to push himself to be more social in uncomfortable situations.

Scaffold helped Brendan understand the foundations of his difficulties and pushed him to find solutions through examples. Although none of the ideas were completely foreign to him, Brendan thought it was important to have a dedicated space to explore what has been on his mind.

The interaction was longer than expected, in part because Scaffold encouraged Brendan to investigate several different angles. For the most part, Brendan navigated the interaction, but due to the nature of the initial inquiry, there is still so much that Scaffold could help him with. As a result, he deemed it appropriate to end the interaction before Scaffold prompted him to do so.