An adaptive smart tutorial that assists in operating a vehicle is described. A situational profile for the vehicle including driver identity data is generated. The driver identity data includes respective usage frequency values corresponding to a plurality of assistance instructions. The situational profile is compared to a plurality of assistance profiles including aggregate identity data corresponding to the driver identity data, Based on the comparison, a plurality of similarity values corresponding to the plurality of assistance profiles indicating a level of similarity between the situational profile for the vehicle and a respective assistance profile of the plurality of assistance profiles is generated. An assistance instruction of the plurality of assistance instructions is selected depending upon a similarity value and a usage frequency value that corresponds to the assistance instruction. The assistance instruction is associated with one or more control system inputs for changing a control state of the vehicle.