Socratic Agent

A tutoring agent design that uses an ask-first, test-on-demand loop to foreground learner reasoning while evaluating hypotheses with controlled tools.

Ask First, Test on Demand: A Deference-Gated Socratic Agent Design

This paper presents a Socratic Agent: a small, auditable tutoring model that foregrounds the learner’s reasoning using a loop Elicit → Structure → Test → Summarize.

November 2025 · J. Carlos Urteaga-Reyesvera