What is Cogito Coach?

Cogito Coach is an AI coaching tool with three coaches. Curiosity Coach teaches students to ask better questions through 6 thinking levels. Argument Analyst teaches critical thinking by helping students investigate claims and spot persuasion techniques. Decision Coach teaches structured decision-making through 7 phases and helps students spot cognitive biases.

What's the difference between Curiosity Coach and Argument Analyst?

Curiosity Coach focuses on asking better questions. Students explore topics and receive a Curiosity Report with their thinking level. Argument Analyst focuses on evaluating claims critically. Students investigate statements and learn to spot persuasion techniques, receiving an Analysis Report. Decision Coach guides students through a 7-phase decision framework, helping them weigh options, spot biases, and make well-reasoned choices, receiving a Decision Report.

Who is Cogito Coach for?

Cogito Coach is designed for K-12 students, teachers, and parents. Teachers can assign sessions to multiple students and track their progress. Parents can use it to develop their child's critical thinking skills.

What persuasion techniques does Argument Analyst teach?

Argument Analyst covers 48 persuasion techniques across four categories: Manipulation Tactics (bandwagon, false dilemma, appeal to emotion), Data Misuse (cherry-picked data, misleading statistics), Source/Authority Issues (hidden ads, fake experts), and Logic Flaws (circular reasoning, straw man, red herring).

Is Cogito Coach free?

Yes, Cogito Coach offers a free trial for all three coaches. Students can complete full sessions and receive detailed reports. No credit card is required to start.

Master Critical Thinking in the Age of AI

AI gives you answers. Cogito teaches you which to trust.

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10 minutes of Socratic coaching. Then your report.

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Your Thinking Score

Sample report

85^/100

Asking

Evaluating

Deciding

“The skill AI can’t replace: knowing what questions to ask.”

“ChatGPT gives answers. Cogito teaches you to ask.”

“Three skills. Real practice. Visible growth.”

Independent Learners

Sharpen your edge in 10 to 15 minutes a day

Ten minutes a day. Three skills practiced: asking, evaluating, deciding. Watch your Critical Thinking Score rise as your reasoning sharpens.

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Educators & Families

Teach thinking. AI just made it harder, and more important.

Socratic coaching that teaches students to ask, evaluate, and decide. Aligns with any K-12 through college curriculum. Reports show how students think. FERPA COPPA

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Socratic coaching that develops judgment under real conditions. 15 lessons anchored to 7 real legal cases. 270 industry-specific scenarios. Coaching Session Report + verifiable certificate per learner.

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Our Socratic AI coach scaffolds critical thinking and pushes back on cognitive bias.

Asking

The questioning skill

Practice asking precise, well-structured questions that get useful answers from AI and from people. Coached across Bloom's 6 levels of thinking.

Evaluating

The judgment skill

Practice investigating claims for credibility. Spot 48 persuasion techniques, recognize 12 cognitive biases, separate evidence from rhetoric.

Deciding

The choice skill

Practice making structured decisions. Frame the choice, surface options, predict outcomes, and own the result. Without sliding into autopilot.

Learning progress objectively tracked and reported

Critical Thinking Score

See where your reasoning is sharp and where it isn't. A 0-100 read across Asking, Evaluating, and Deciding, drawn from a real session. Not a self-rating quiz. The score sharpens with every return.

After your first session

Coaching Session Report

One page, every session. Your strongest move, where you got stuck, and three prompts to apply the same skill tomorrow. Reads in two minutes. Exports to your LMS.

After every coaching session

Verifiable Certificate

A credential that holds up. Course completion plus a capstone you defend. Public URL with credential ID. LinkedIn-shareable.

After course completion

Adds critical-thinking practice. Replaces nothing.

What Cogito doesn't do

Replace your curriculum
Replace your LMS
Teach AI mechanics
Deliver subject content
Track grades or attendance

What Cogito does

Coach questioning, evaluation, and decision-making
Adapt every lesson to your industry and department
Work alongside any curriculum
Produce a Coaching Session Report after every session
Build AI judgment that prevents downstream failures

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Master Critical Thinking in the Age of AI

Independent Learners

Educators & Families

Enterprises & Teams

Our Socratic AI coach scaffolds critical thinking and pushes back on cognitive bias.

Asking

Evaluating

Deciding

Learning progress objectively tracked and reported

Critical Thinking Score

Coaching Session Report

Verifiable Certificate

Adds critical-thinking practice. Replaces nothing.

Built on cognitive science and teaching best practices.

Watch how Cogito coaches thinking, not answers.

Start your Critical Thinking Score with a free 10-minute session. It sharpens with every return.