I’ve been building MathGPT, and the main problem we kept seeing was this: most “AI math help” tools optimize for the final answer, not learning.

So we shipped Tutor Mode. Instead of dumping a solution, it behaves more like a patient tutor: asks a quick check question, gives the next step only, and waits for the student to respond before continuing. You can still request the full solution, but the default is guided problem solving.

I’m curious how others think about this tradeoff. If you’ve taught math or learned with AI, what makes a tutor mode actually useful instead of annoying?