The design premise
Every academic-integrity policy we’ve read shares a common core: work you submit must be your own. Brainback is designed to make this true. We do not produce completed proofs, worked solutions (until you’ve earned Reveal), essay paragraphs, or code that solves your homework. Everything you submit after using Brainback is your production, coached — not our production, delivered.
The Reveal edge case
The Reveal surface does produce a worked solution — but only after you’ve exhausted the hint ladder AND submitted a written reflection. If your school’s policy considers “reading an example worked solution” out of bounds for a specific class, don’t use Reveal in that class. Do everything else.
Talk to your instructor
When in doubt, share our design with your instructor. Our stance is transparent; most instructors we’ve talked to end up recommending Brainback specifically because it protects their assignment’s purpose.
Institutional stance
For institutional pilots, our stance is that Brainback is compatible with all mainstream US and EU university honor codes we’ve seen. Full memo available on request to edu@brainback.app.