AI guides that credit their teachers: how Manai attributes techniques and reviews scripts

Three things “teacher attribution” can mean

A named teacher is present. In Reveri, Dr. David Spiegel designed the method and an AI delivers it; in Waking Up, Sam Harris and guest teachers record the sessions. Attribution is by presence: you know whose method or voice it is.

Ideas are credited while the practice stays original. Manai’s book and philosophy companions work this way. A practice inspired by Neville Goddard or Eckhart Tolle links the publisher’s description, names the idea, and keeps the script original. Manai does not imitate an author’s voice or claim to teach a complete method.

A technique carries traceable references. This is what Manai’s practice technique library does, and it is the part most people mean when they ask whether an AI guide knows where its practices come from.

Every published technique names its sources

Manai’s guide builds practices from a library of technique references. Each published technique carries a name, a summary, the family it belongs to, objectives, use cases, ordered steps, defining mechanics, pacing, limitations, claim boundaries, adaptations, and pitfalls. Publication requires between one and twenty identifiable sources, each with a title and a link. Evidence notes record what named studies or reviews found, citing a source that appears in the list, and are kept separate from the rationale for the practice. A rationale explains purpose; it is never presented as a proven mechanism.

In the app, you can open a technique and read why it is suggested, its practice steps, and what to know before trying it, including limitations. You can also add a technique of your own by describing it, pasting it, or importing an accessible web article; a personal technique stays private to you and is used only in your own practices.

What the automated review checks

When a practice is built from a library technique, the generated script is reviewed against that reference before it becomes audio. The review makes six checks and must pass all of them: structure, whether the ordered steps are present in a coherent sequence; mechanics, whether the defining actions are performed rather than mentioned; pacing, whether the silences give enough time to act and the spoken parts fit the requested length; personalization, whether the exercise and ending reflect your permitted context rather than just your name; limitations, whether your stated boundaries and any sound exclusions are respected; and source claims, whether the script distinguishes rationale from proven effect using the evidence notes.

The review judges performed instructions and pauses, not keywords. A script that merely talks about attention without guiding it fails. A failing script is set aside, and the guide revises and tries again rather than producing audio from it.

What this review does not establish

It is not a human instructor. No teacher reads your script, and Manai should not be described as instructor-reviewed in that sense. It is not a clinician, and passing the review does not make a practice a treatment. It does not mean a tradition or a named teacher endorsed Manai or the practice. It does not guarantee an outcome; it checks that the practice does what its reference says it does, in the time you asked for, with your limits respected.

Your own judgment remains the final check. If a line sounds wrong, change it. If a technique does not suit you, ask for another. The language of the practice, spiritual or secular, is also your choice; our guide to secular and spiritual guidance explains how to ask for either.

How to ask for attribution in your own practice

Original illustrative request:

Build a ten-minute loving-kindness practice from the technique in your library. Before you write it, tell me which technique you are using and which sources it cites. Keep the ordered phrases of the technique, direct them first to someone easy to wish well, and leave twelve seconds of silence after each phrase. Use secular language and no music, and let me read the script before you create audio.

Read the technique’s steps in the app, compare them with the script, and check that the silences are where you asked. Then save the version that fits. If you later want the same technique for a different person or situation, request a revision rather than starting from a blank prompt.

Frequently asked questions

Does a human instructor review Manai scripts?

No. Practices built from a library technique pass an automated six-check review against that technique’s reference before audio is produced. People who want a human teacher’s judgment should read our AI versus human teacher guide.

Where do Manai’s techniques come from?

From a practice technique library in which every published entry names its sources with links, lists ordered steps and limitations, and keeps evidence notes separate from rationale. You can read a technique’s steps and sources in the app before using it.

Can I bring my own teacher’s method into Manai?

Yes. Describe it, paste it, or import an accessible web article, and your guide adds it as a personal technique visible only to you. Use material you have the right to use. Manai will not imitate the teacher’s voice.

Does attribution mean a teacher endorsed Manai?

No. Naming a source credits where a technique or idea comes from. It does not imply that the author, teacher, or tradition reviewed or approved Manai or any practice made with it.

Is Manai a spiritual guide?

Manai can write practices in spiritual or secular language at your request, and its book companions explore specific philosophies with attribution. It is a creation tool with references, not a lineage, a religious authority, or a substitute for a teacher you trust.

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