Common questions

The Core 4 operators — |⌾| |^| |?| |+| — are free in beta. No account, no code, no install. Go to the operators section on the homepage, copy an operator, and paste it into any AI conversation.

The Expansion Pack includes the remaining four operators — |...| Hold, |.| Reflect, |v| Receipt, and |o| Close. They extend the grammar for pacing, reflection, confirmation, and closure.

The Expansion Pack is visible on the homepage as a locked preview during beta. Unlock at launch — pricing will be announced before it goes live.

The Core 4 operators are free in beta and the core protocol will always be free. The Expansion Pack will be available at launch — pricing will be announced before it exists. No payment is required or active during this beta phase.

Beta is for learning what works. The Core 4 covers most exchanges — starting there keeps the onboarding focused. The Expansion Pack operators are visible as a preview so you can see what's coming. They unlock at launch.

Yes. AXIS operators are plain text — |⌾|, |^|, |?|, and so on. They work in any interface that accepts text input: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Mistral, DeepSeek, or any other model. No integration, no API, no install.

No. AXIS is plain text. The operators are characters you type — nothing is installed, nothing is downloaded, and nothing about your computer or system is modified in any way.

There is no software to run, no browser extension, no application. Nothing persists locally unless you choose to save or copy something yourself. You can stop using AXIS at any time by simply not using the operators — there is nothing to uninstall or reverse.

No. Start with one. The four core operators — |⌾| |^| |?| |+| — cover most everyday exchanges. The remaining four extend the grammar for more nuanced work (pacing, reflection, confirmation, closure). Use what's useful and ignore the rest.

The simplest way: include |⌾| and the operator definitions at the start of a conversation. Modern AI systems are capable of interpreting structured symbolic grammar from context — you don't need special configuration.

The guided start sequence gives you the activation text and shows you how to use it. After that, it's just a message you paste to open the field.

The four core operators handle the most common structural needs: opening the field (|⌾|), handing material for engagement (|^|), marking explicit uncertainty (|?|), and requesting one concrete action (|+|).

The extended four — |...| Hold, |.| Reflect, |v| Receipt, |o| Close — handle pacing and exchange structure. They're more useful in longer, multi-stage interactions.

3 to 5 minutes. The start sequence is one focused interaction — you copy an AXIS prompt, send it to any AI, observe what happens, and write a single sentence about what you noticed. That's the whole task.

Use the operators in your next real AI conversation. Start with just |⌾| to open the field. Add one other operator when it's genuinely useful. The protocol is designed to be adopted gradually — you don't need to restructure how you work from day one.

Yes — and it's often the cleanest way to use it. If your AI platform supports a persistent system prompt or custom instructions (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini all do), placing the AXIS activation text there means the field is open for every conversation automatically.