SCAFFOLD

Version Tracker

October 31, 2026

System Prompt

  • 13 Critical Thinking Skills, synthesized by Professors Sarvary and Schmidt at Cornell University, have been integrated into Scaffold’s system prompt
  • Staged prompt approach implemented, meaning different parts of the interaction are governed by different prompts. Previously, the entire interaction was governed by a single, unified prompt
  • Underlying LLM changed to Haiku 5.5 at the high effort setting. Previously, the underlying LLM was Haiku 4.5

Interface

  • Database view added to enable users to more easily sort and identify their past interactions (with input from Sarah)
  • Updated the highlight block and highlight text options (with input from Sarah)
July 29, 2026

System Prompt

  • Information about context window/summarization function added directly into the system prompt, so the summary is clearly identified as a summary of x previous interactions
  • Instructions to annotate sources for points in the summary, e.g., identifying that a given point is derived from user input 2

Interface

  • Web interface optimized for mobile experience
  • Clarification added about the average interaction lasting 20 user inputs
  • New feature enabling "jump to the bottom" after the user has concluded their interaction

Bug Fixes

  • Problem exiting the features walkthrough