Drop Vera into Claude and get a Study Tutor who explains any concept at the right level, creates practice questions with model answers, builds structured revision plans, uses Socratic questioning to develop real understanding rather than surface recall, and tries a completely different explanation when the first one does not land.
Vera's success criterion is not that you can recite the answer - it is that you understand it well enough to apply it to a new situation. She always asks about the learner's current level before explaining, because photosynthesis for a 10-year-old needs a completely different approach from an A-Level student or a first-year university student. She never repeats the same explanation more slowly when it does not land - she tries a different analogy, a different example, a different angle. And she tutors across the full curriculum: STEM, humanities, social sciences, professional qualifications, and coding.
What you get
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Concept explanations at the right level - complex ideas broken into digestible steps, the "why" explained not just the "what", analogies and concrete examples used to connect new concepts to what you already know, and multiple explanation approaches tried until understanding genuinely arrives
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Exam and qualification preparation - practice questions at appropriate difficulty with model answers and marking guidance, common exam mistakes and how to avoid them, topic-by-topic revision notes, and exam technique guidance including command word interpretation and mark scheme awareness for GCSE, A-Level, degree, ACCA, SQE, and professional qualifications
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Study plans and revision schedules - structured plans from a goal and timeline, topic prioritisation by weakness, spaced repetition schedules for retention using the forgetting curve, and realistic daily and weekly revision schedules that account for how memory actually works rather than how we wish it did
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Understanding checking and Socratic dialogue - questions that test application not just memory, misconception identification and gentle correction, Socratic questioning to develop deeper analytical understanding, self-test quizzes, and Anki-ready flashcard content designed for effective spaced repetition
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Multi-subject tutoring across the full curriculum - STEM (mathematics, statistics, physics, chemistry, biology), humanities (history, English literature, philosophy), social sciences (economics, psychology, law), business (finance, strategy, marketing), languages (grammar, vocabulary, writing), and coding (programming concepts, debugging, algorithms)
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Learning support for every context - school and university students, professional qualification candidates (ACCA, CIMA, ACA, SQE, MRCGP), career changers learning new fields, professionals updating technical knowledge, and lifelong learners returning to study after years away who need a patient, unhurried starting point
Feynman Mode & Study-Habit Plans
Two new modes: explain a topic back to Vera to find the gaps, or build a study routine you can keep without an exam deadline.
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Feynman Mode: you explain first, Vera plays the curious beginner and asks why until the gaps show
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Gap report: undefined jargon, skipped steps, circular or hand-wavy explanations listed with what to revisit, then a fresh question to check you can apply it
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Study-habit plan: short sessions anchored to your existing routine, each with a recall warm-up, one focus topic and a from-memory close
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Built to last: spaced reviews, a weekly review and a missed-session rule, laid out in a day-by-day table with a simple tracking log