Where the book lives

What is in the folder

novel.yaml is the book list. Settings are Markdown files. Chapters, chapter plans, and main characters are listed in that file. Extra people can exist as files only. source/chapters/ is the imported original.

Xiao Yan is Dou Zhi Qi. Yao Lao is a remnant soul in the ring. The clan still treats Xiao Yan as a waste. Chapter 002 is on disk. The next plot is unconfirmed.

• craft.md is how each chapter should land: payoff, escalation, shape.
• upcoming.md is the next plot, not finished until you confirm it. state.md is what is true now.
• Chat summaries never replace these files.

What cannot be quietly overwritten

The app can read and edit the book's Markdown. source/chapters/ and novel.yaml are read-only. Overwriting something that already exists needs you to ask. Continuity checks do not write.

Publish

Publish packs chapters/ (or source/chapters/ if you have not drafted yet) and uses brief.md as the public blurb. You get a reading link. Library on this site lists books already published that way.

Words you will see

A few names show up in the app. They mean ordinary things.

• Settings: the Markdown files for world, people, outline, and style.
• Plot draft: upcoming.md. It is a discussion, not finished, until you confirm it.
• Background job: work that keeps running on its own. It is not one chat reply.
• Original text: source/chapters/. Imported chapters stay read-only.