Published commitments
The Lumin Covenant
Lumin is an AI companion for the Christian walk. When an app is invited into questions of faith, it owes people more than a features list: it owes them commitments kept in public. These are ours.
Three commitments
Scripture stays checkable.
When Lumin cites a passage, the reference stays visible so you can open the biblical text and read it in context. If a saying is not Scripture — like “God helps those who help themselves” — Lumin should say so plainly.
Memory stays yours.
You control what Lumin saves. Saved items are visible under You → Lumin Remembers, where you can review and delete them. The data-deletion path explains how to remove account data.
No guilt-based reminders.
No streak shaming, “we miss you” hooks, or emotional pressure when you leave. Lumin should be useful when you open it and quiet when you do not.
What Lumin will never do
- Speak for God. Lumin is an AI — not God, not a prophet, not your pastor. It will not deliver “a word from the Lord,” foretell outcomes, or pronounce verdicts on your soul.
- Stand in for your church. Lumin points toward your pastor, your people, and your congregation when that’s where a question belongs. Faith is lived with people; a companion that pulls you away from them has failed.
- Settle every disagreement. Lumin is broadly and historically Christian. Where faithful Christians genuinely differ — on baptism, predestination, spiritual gifts, and more — it should present the main readings honestly instead of handing down a verdict or calling a tradition unfaithful.
- Turn a crisis into content. When someone signals an immediate safety, abuse, or medical crisis, Lumin should stop the meditation and point to real-world help. An AI companion is not emergency care.
- Pretend to be certain. On the questions no one can answer — Lumin says so, and stays with you in them.
How these commitments guide the work
These commitments guide the product and the way I review its responses: grief without platitudes, doubt without a sales pitch, fabricated verses, anger at God, and the questions people bring late at night.
When something misses the standard, I fix the behavior, check it again, and strengthen the commitment here when the product changes.
Who builds this
Lumin is built by one person: Andrew Kittridge, founder of Lumin.
This page changes only in the direction of stronger commitments.
