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Turns uploaded notes and textbooks into flashcards, practice exams, and a file-aware chatbot.
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Cogent's core function is turning a document into study material: upload a text file, class notes, or a textbook, and it generates AI flashcards from notes automatically rather than requiring a student to write cards by hand one at a time.
File Chat extends the same uploaded material into a question-and-answer format — a student can ask about their own notes and get responses tied to that specific content, with the tool pulling relevant quotes back to the source material rather than answering from general knowledge alone. The AI Simulated Exams feature works the same way in reverse: instead of a student generating questions, Cogent generates realistic exam questions from the uploaded notes or textbook, checks the answers, and gives feedback on errors.
Access is split into a Free and an Elite plan, though the page doesn't spell out exactly which of flashcards, File Chat, and exam simulation sit behind the paid tier versus what's available for free. A student deciding whether to upgrade would need to check the pricing page directly rather than infer the split from the feature list alone.
What isn't addressed on the page is accuracy: when the AI grades a practice exam answer or generates a flashcard from a document, there's no stated process for catching a wrong AI-generated answer before a student studies from it. Anyone using Cogent to prep for something that matters should still cross-check flashcard content and exam feedback against the original material rather than treating AI output as authoritative on its own.
Yes — the site states AI checks a student's answers based on their notes and gives feedback on errors, rather than only generating questions and leaving grading to the student.
The site lists both as separate inputs: generating flashcards from an uploaded text document, and separately transforming class notes or textbooks into structured study materials, so both formats are supported inputs rather than one being a workaround for the other.
It's scoped to the student's own uploaded material — the site states it pulls relevant quotes from a student's specific notes rather than answering from general knowledge, which matters for questions where the source document's exact wording or framing is what's being tested.
The site names both tiers but doesn't break down which features sit behind each on the page — a student choosing between them should check the pricing page directly rather than assume a specific feature is included in Free.
