AI Engagement Research Tool
How Do You
Really Use AI?
Paste any AI conversation and get an instant analysis of your engagement patterns across 8 research-backed modes. Find out whether you're passively consuming AI output, partnering with it, or exercising genuine intellectual agency.
Built by Dr. Mark Keith, Professor of Information Systems at BYU
Launch offer: 50 free analyses per month through June 2026
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The 8 Engagement Modes
Your Engagement Plan
Not just analysis. A personalized plan to improve.
Paste
Copy any AI conversation from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any other tool and paste it into the analyzer.
Analyze
Our AI classifies every message across 8 engagement modes and 3 tiers of intellectual agency.
Grow
Get a personalized engagement plan with benchmarks, archetype, growth predictions, and targeted exercises.
Peer Benchmarks
See how your engagement compares to other users across every mode.
Your Archetype
Discover whether you are a Delegator, Partner, Challenger, Explorer, Specialist, or Learner.
Custom Exercises
Get targeted exercises to break through plateaus and develop new engagement modes.
Sample Results
See what you get
Every analysis includes an overall score, tier breakdown, mode distribution, personalized feedback, and growth recommendations.
Tier Breakdown
Mode Distribution: Actual vs. Target
Feedback
Your conversation was heavily Oracle-dependent. You asked broad questions and accepted answers without verification. Try breaking problems into smaller steps and asking the AI to explain its reasoning before accepting its output.
Strengths
- • Good use of follow-up questions
- • Provided context about your task
Growth Areas
- • Verify AI claims before accepting
- • Challenge assumptions in responses
- • Try setting the problem yourself first
This is a sample result showing heavy Oracle usage. Your results will reflect your actual conversation patterns.
Try It With Your ConversationToolkits & Guides
Downloadable companions
Practical handbooks plus Claude Code toolkit plugins that install the same mode-aware prompting conventions on your local machine.
Student Guide to AI-Assisted Learning
A practical handbook for college students on building mode fluency — when to use AI as a tutor, when to verify, when to reframe the problem. Mapped to the 8 engagement modes. Pairs with the companion toolkit plugin for Claude Code.
Faculty Guide to AI-Assisted Research
A research-workflow companion for faculty integrating AI into literature review, methods, drafting, and revision — with boundary rules for authorship and verification. Pairs with the companion toolkit plugin for Claude Code.
AI Engagement Model — Overview Deck
Slide deck walking through the 8-mode framework, the three-tier expertise calibration, and the rubric-driven grading model. Use for partner briefings, faculty workshops, or as a primer before reviewing the published methodology.
Plugin files are Claude Code toolkit bundles — drop into your Claude Code plugins directory to install the skills. See the included PLUGIN.md inside each archive for install instructions.
How Do You Use AI?
We are running a research study on how different AI assistant styles affect reasoning and decision-making. Participate in a 22-minute interactive session where you work through a decision task with an AI assistant, and help advance the science of human-AI collaboration.
Short survey
~8 min personality and AI usage baseline
AI chat task
~10 min decision-making with an AI assistant
Follow-up questions
~4 min reflection on your experience
Brigham Young University, Information Systems Department. Principal Investigator: Mark Keith, PhD.
Pricing
Start free. Grow with a plan.
Every plan includes the full engagement analysis, peer benchmarks, archetype discovery, growth predictions, and personalized exercises. Students whose instructors use our textbooks get free access automatically.
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- 1 analysis per month
- Full 8-mode breakdown
- Personalized feedback
- Submission history
Individual Pro
For regular AI users
- 50 analyses per month
- Full 8-mode breakdown
- Personalized feedback
- Submission history
- Growth tracking over time
- Cancel anytime
Semester Pass
For students in a course
- 50 analyses per semester
- Full 8-mode breakdown
- Personalized feedback
- Submission history
- Course-specific assignments
- Instructor feedback view
Need more analyses? Add a Top-Up Pack (50 extra) for $5 anytime. Top-up credits carry over month to month.
About the Researcher
Mark Keith, PhD
Professor of Information Systems, Brigham Young University
The AI Engagement Modes framework grew out of years of research into how students interact with technology. Over the past two years, that work has focused specifically on AI, resulting in a model that classifies every AI interaction into one of 8 modes across 3 tiers of intellectual agency, from passive consumption to active critical thinking.
Dr. Keith has taught advanced machine learning, data analytics, and AI courses at five universities. He has authored 6 textbooks on analytics, Python, and machine learning, and is currently writing 3 AI-focused books designed to teach these methods to all types of college students. His research spans information privacy, AI in education, and predictive modeling.
This tool is backed by ongoing research with real student data, validated survey instruments, and a growing ML prediction pipeline. It is not a toy demo. It is an active research instrument designed to help students, instructors, and researchers understand AI engagement at a deeper level.
Start with the framework
Read the original AI Engagement Plan guide on LinkedIn
The long-form write-up that introduces the 8 modes, 3 tiers, and copy-paste prompts for each.
Tools
AI Engagement Analyzer
Paste any AI conversation and see exactly how you interact with AI. Get a breakdown across 8 engagement modes, personalized feedback, and track your growth over time.
Try It FreeThe 8 Engagement Modes
Learn about the research behind our model: Oracle, Tutor, Collaborative Problem-Solver, Production Assistant, Creative Expander, Problem Setter, Verification Agent, and Critical Challenger.
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