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Qualia is a research agent built by Quadrillion Labs that runs, creates, and manages notebooks. You interact with it through natural conversation — it writes and executes code, manages experiments, and displays results inline.

Core features

Chat

Describe what you want in plain English. Qualia writes the code, runs it, and shows results inline.

Notebooks

A Jupyter-compatible environment with code execution, markdown, plots, and a built-in terminal.

Tasks

Organize complex research into a graph of tasks with dependencies and assignments.

Knowledge

Track claims and conclusions with provenance back to evidence.

Research workflow

Parallel agents

Spawn agents to test multiple hypotheses at once — different models, hyperparameters, or feature sets.

Autonomous mode

Qualia runs unattended for hours and sends updates via Slack when it finds results.

Q_VARS

Pass variables between tasks in multi-step workflows.

Tools

Terminal

Integrated shell for running commands.

Writeups

Create research documents that link to your knowledge graph.

Customization & Settings

Settings

Configure models, themes, and behavior.

Rules

Persistent instructions that guide AI behavior.

Skills

Reusable workflows the AI can invoke.

MCP

Connect external tools via Model Context Protocol.

Interface

Tabs

Customize your multi-pane layout.

Search

Find content in files and notebooks.