explained

FROM SETUP TO UNDERSTANDING

A little guidance. A better read.

Learn to set up Explained, read research articles and interpret unfamiliar phrases with context.

01

Set up your DeepSeek API key.

Connect Explained to your own DeepSeek API account, then choose when to send a reading lookup. This guide covers v0.2.0.

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02

Read research without losing the thread.

A practical way to use Explained with research articles published as HTML. Work from an unfamiliar phrase back to the author’s argument.

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03

Understand a phrase in its own context.

The same word can point to different ideas. This exercise shows what nearby context adds and how to inspect or disable it.

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Your next good read starts here.

Once setup is complete, open a practice article. Highlight a phrase and click its icon, or use Ctrl+X (⌘X on Mac).

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