Changelog

Initial pre-release of the Direct variant. Mac App Store variant approved and held for June 2026 GA launch.

Editor

• Rich text editor with continuous and paginated (WYSIWYG) modes
• Manuscript management with full lifecycle (Planning → Drafting → Revising → Editing → Complete → Archived)
• Series support with book ordering
• Chapter and scene tracking with POV character, location, and featured character metadata
• Find and Replace
• Configurable page layout (Letter, A4, Legal), line spacing, and font settings
• Word count and character count tracking
• Formatting toolbar with standard rich text controls

AI Assistant

• Multi-provider AI support: OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and local Ollama
• AI entity extraction — automatically extracts characters, locations, items, organizations, and events from manuscript text
• AI continuity checking — detects attribute conflicts, timeline contradictions, dead characters reappearing, age discrepancies, location conflicts, and name inconsistencies
• AI-proposed worldbuilding — structured proposals for character profiles, timeline events, relationships, and worldbuilding elements via chat
• AI relationship detection between entities
• 17 writing task prompts (improve dialogue, expand description, check tone, analyze pacing, summarize, and more)
• Per-message document context toggle
• Chat session management with pinning and archiving
• Chat export (Markdown, JSON)
• Configurable temperature, max tokens, and conversation history limit

Worldbuilding

• Worldbuilding dashboard with 12 structured categories: Characters, Locations, Items, Events, Organizations, Creatures, Concepts, Races, Magic Systems, Religions, Languages, Technology
• JSON template worksheets for each category
• Entity profiles with type-specific fields
• Entity relationships with type, confidence, verification, and chapter range
• Timeline events with story dates, duration, participants, causes, and consequences
• Entity pinning, archiving, tagging, and completeness scoring

Export

• 8-format export: ePUB, PDF, DOCX, HTML, Markdown, RTF, Plain Text, Final Draft (.fdx)
• Data portability: export worldbuilding data as Markdown (Obsidian-compatible) or JSON
• Full backup export (ZIP)

Infrastructure

• Native macOS application (SwiftUI + SwiftData, minimum macOS 15)
• Sparkle auto-update for Direct variant
• Keychain-based credential storage for API keys
• iCloud container configured for sync
• Hardened runtime + app sandbox
• LemonSqueezy checkout integration for Direct variant pre-sales
• Dual variant architecture (MAS + Direct) from single codebase