TutorCat Guide Open TutorCat

For TutorCat operations staff

Admins

Run TutorCat day to day: accounts, invites, plans, AI spend and settings.

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  1. The operations console at a glanceWhat the admin console is for, how it is laid out, and the two rules that shape every screen.
  2. Signing in and your 30-minute sessionSign in with your email, password and a six-digit authenticator code. Sessions last 30 minutes.
  3. Overview and launch readinessThe landing page. Read the launch readiness card, the six headline figures and the seven-day charts.
  4. EngagementSessions, active students, the sign-up funnel and how often students come back, as totals only.
  5. UsersFind an account, read its details, and suspend, unsuspend or erase it with a written reason.
  6. Invites and the welcome emailCreate one invite code per family, send the welcome email, watch its uses, and revoke a lost code.
  7. Feedback inboxRead the notes families send from inside the app, newest first.
  8. Packages and pricingSee what each plan includes, manage the packages that can be bought, and set plan prices.
  9. PaymentsThe read-only payments ledger. Payments stay off for the whole beta.
  10. AI and usageWatch today's AI spend against the daily budget, set provider keys and the per-student allowance, choose the speech model and keep the price table.
  11. ModelsChoose which AI model does each job, add up to two backups, and see safety tests and failovers. Everything goes through OpenRouter with zero data retention.
  12. Lesson LibraryReview the shared whiteboard lessons TutorCat reuses for every learner. Approve new lessons, hide, unhide or regenerate a lesson, remove an unsafe one from children's sessions, and see what reuse has saved.
  13. CostsSee what AI costs by day, job, provider, model and account, split into what the provider charged and what we estimate. Export it as CSV.
  14. Settings and flagsThe at-a-glance status, every setting in plain words, and how to change settings with one review and one reason.
  15. The audit logEvery admin change, who made it, when, and the written reason. Append-only.
  16. The privacy boundaryAdmins never see student messages, notes or images. This is how the console is built, not a setting.
  17. Daily beta operationsA checklist for every beta day, the weekly review, and what to do when something goes wrong.
  18. Admin FAQQuick answers to the questions staff ask most during the beta.