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Study Plan: PM Guide

The deepest single feature in Kwilo, explained for someone who has never seen the code. No AI guesses the ranking; it is one transparent rule.

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The promise

A learner subscribes and we say: "We tell you exactly what to study next, ranked by what the exam actually asks, weighted by where you are weak." That's only honest if the order comes from real data, computed the same way every time.

The whole idea in one line

For every chapter, ask two questions and multiply the answers:

Priority = how much the exam cares × how weak you are

  • How much the exam cares (Importance): counted from the real past-paper question bank. Same for every learner.
  • How weak you are (Gap): from your own practice history. Personal to you.

Rank every chapter by that number. The top eligible chapter becomes "study this today."

Why multiply, not add

Multiplying means a chapter only ranks high when both are true: the exam cares AND you're weak.

Exam cares a lot Exam barely asks
You are weak ✅ Study this: high payoff Low priority, few marks
You are strong Don't re-drill, you own it Ignore, waste of time

The plan hunts the top-left box: tested and weak. A learner's most-tested chapter can still rank low if they already know it; their weakest chapter can rank low if the exam never asks it.

The engine

Study plan engine

The flow: gate (Pro + b2c_user) → resolve the learner's goal → compute Importance (pluggable per exam) × Gap (universal) → sort → pick today's chapter (respecting prerequisites) → assemble the plan. If the question bank isn't loaded, it returns an honest empty state, never a fake plan.

The three learner states

Study plan learner journey

  • New / free user: sees a free outline teaser and an upgrade nudge. The conversion hook.
  • Pro, no history yet (cold start): accuracy shows as a dash, order driven by exam importance alone, phase diagnose.
  • Active Pro user: full personalized ranking, real accuracy, readiness climbing. Every practice session re-ranks.

A "no history" learner who practices one chapter becomes "active" on the next load. The plan is never stale.

What to remember

One rule: study what's both heavily-tested and where you're weak. One honesty rule: never invent a score we haven't earned: show a dash or degrade to empty, rather than fake a plan. Every rank is explainable to the learner who asks "why this chapter?"