Study map: the visual memory of your learning

A chat answers a question. Lunar also builds a navigable representation of what that conversation taught.

What is a node?

A node is one concrete idea worth keeping: a definition, formula, procedure, example, common mistake, decision, or open question. It is not every sentence in the chat. The AI groups sentences that belong to one idea and leaves noise out.

For example, a networking session might produce nodes such as:

• IPv4 address
• Subnet mask
• Routing table
• Mask versus gateway
• A /24 subnetting example that produces two /25 networks

Each node has a short explanation and can take you back to the message where it appeared.

A map that adapts to the subject

The AI does not force every subject into one diagram. It can choose:

• Hierarchy: a general concept with definitions, mechanisms, and examples underneath.
• Sequence: steps in a procedure, a timeline, or a chain of cause and effect.
• Flat: parallel ideas that do not need to depend on one another.

The map can grow to 18 nodes and three levels of depth. It can mark one or two current focuses and draw relationships when they add understanding: requires, extends, example of, or confused with.

If a relationship is not real, it does not invent an arrow. A small conversation can produce a small map; a substantial session can grow into a fuller one.

Map and Anchors are different

Anchors are study units you can review independently: they contain a definition, an application, and a checkpoint to test your understanding.

The map is the session-level view: it organizes the important points and shows how they relate.

The relationship is simple: an explanation can produce an Anchor; the AI uses that evidence and the conversation to decide whether the point also belongs on the map and where it fits. An Anchor is a reviewable unit. A node is a position in the class structure. Not every node must become an Anchor, and an Anchor can connect to other map points.

Where you start and where you are

When it has enough evidence, Lunar can show:

• Starting point: what base the conversation seems to bring and what piece is missing to move forward.
• Current focus: one or two open points the session is working on.
• Important relationships: for example, that a subnet mask is needed to interpret a routing table, or that two concepts are commonly confused.

This is not a student grade. It is conversation orientation so the next turn can continue with context.

A view that can grow with you

The map opens in the study panel and can expand to full screen when you want to explore the session calmly, like a working page: select a node, read its explanation, inspect its connections, and jump back to the original message.

[!TIP] The map answers “what did we build in this session, and how does it fit?” Anchors answer “what can I review and check later?” The Space graph answers “how do all my classes connect?”.