Socrates
The in-task AI coach inside Spark, Flux, and Echo — grounded in your class, year group, and the material you provide. Foundry also offers a staff-only Socrates preview.
What Socrates is
In Spark and Flux, Socrates helps students develop their own answers and structure — stretching thinking without handing over a finished paragraph or essay. After Foundry finds gaps, students close them with short Echo or Spark practice from next steps (Socrates still coaches inside those Spark and Echo sessions). Staff can optionally open Foundry’s Socrates preview.
In Echo, Socrates closes a missed revision item with one short, guided line after a retry — not a long coaching chat. You set ask limits where the tool supports them.
Socrates is not a blank chatbot. It draws on the class, the student’s year group, and any links or document notes you — or the student, in Playground — provide.
Vs Oracle
- Socrates lives inside the assignment — Spark session, Flux essay, Echo retry (and optional Foundry staff preview)
- Oracle is the drafting chat while an educator writes a task. Learners do not have it
- Socrates stays available whether or not you used Oracle to draft the task
- Both support honest, learning-focused work — not shortcuts