Changelog

This page summarizes notable updates to LineMind Novelist during our pre-release development phase.

October 23, 2026 — Security & Reliability

  • Security hardening: leftover developer files are gone, internal tools are closed to the public site, and the server no longer serves files that were never meant to be public
  • The anonymous feedback form now limits how often it can be sent, so it cannot be used to flood the team’s inbox
  • Error alerts sent to the team now say which site a problem came from only when they can tell

October 15, 2026 — One Report, Whole Books & the Publisher Pipeline

  • Every lens and the beta read now arrive as one report: the manuscript on one side, every note on the other, each note anchored to the line or chapter it is about. Clicking either side brings the other into view
  • Editors curate before anything reaches the author: switch any note off, edit its wording, or add a note of their own, with a guided pass through the notes that matter most. The author receives the result in a single voice
  • After delivery, authors and editors can discuss any note in place. The author marks a note addressed and the editor confirms it, and authors get an hourly digest when there is something new for them
  • Whole books read properly: the report always shows the full manuscript with a table of contents, reads long books through a moving window instead of loading everything at once, and lets you search the notes or the manuscript and jump straight to a match
  • A depth setting on the curate screen chooses how many of a report’s notes the author sees, from the most serious down. It works on a report you already have, so changing it costs nothing and re-runs nothing
  • Publishers can set a reading level per author, and each report records the level it was written at
  • A printable copy of the delivered report, for authors who would rather not use the portal
  • A publisher pipeline tracks each book through the editorial stages, with a stage editor for the publisher and a process map the author can see. Nothing moves a book along automatically
  • The publisher portal is simpler: one book list in place of five tabs, and a manuscript can be archived, or deleted when no report depends on it. A manuscript already in the workspace can be reused instead of uploaded again
  • Authors can attach their outline or story plan. The whole-book lenses read it as the author’s intent, a promise tracker follows each setup to its payoff, and a divergence check shows where the draft has drifted from the plan
  • Story memory builds for much longer books (up to 500,000 words), and chapter headings ending in a period are detected correctly
  • Fixes: praise no longer shows as a serious problem, notes the old extractor dropped are recovered, a run that produced no notes is no longer counted as a finished report, and a failed digest email is retried instead of lost
  • Diagnostics can no longer be run without signing in

June 5, 2026 — Whole-Book Analysis & Smarter Scoping

  • Publisher assessments can now go beyond a single chapter to the whole book: once a manuscript’s story memory is built, editors can run novel-level lenses — structure, character arcs, motifs, voice consistency, and more — that read the entire manuscript as one work
  • Editors can also commission a full whole-book beta read from the assessment workflow — a chapter-by-chapter reader’s-eye experience with act syntheses and a closing letter — delivered to the author as its own branded report
  • The “Recommend lenses” picker is markedly smarter: it reads the manuscript opening and a later passage together, weighs the genre, tone, and goal set at intake, and considers what each lens actually does — then explains its choice in a short “Why these lenses” rationale you can re-roll on demand
  • The Development Goal preset is now a fuller, grouped set of starting points spanning the editorial workflow — acquisition (including market and submission-readiness reads), developmental, polish, and a specialized reader-reactions panel — and it adapts to the format, offering the right lenses for non-fiction as well as fiction
  • Admins can set credit pricing for whole-book beta reads (a per-tier base plus a per-chapter cost) and for novel-level lenses on the Pricing page
  • Non-fiction now has its own focused editorial lenses — Argument & Thesis Structure, Evidence & Sourcing, Audience & Platform Fit, and Narrative Non-Fiction Pacing — so a non-fiction manuscript gets dedicated craft passes instead of one catch-all read, and the non-fiction goal presets seed them automatically
  • When a manuscript’s story memory is ready, the “Recommend lenses” picker can now suggest whole-book lenses alongside chapter-level ones, and it shows a short one-line reason beside each lens it picks so the choice is easy to follow
  • Publisher navigation is now role-aware: editors and owners see a focused menu of just the tools they use, with owner-only areas (Credits, Branding, Settings) reserved for the Inkshop owner — staff sign in straight to their dashboard

June 3, 2026 — Publisher Assessment Workflow

  • Editors at hybrid publishers and writing programs can now scope an assessment by choosing exactly which diagnostic lenses to run — with a live credit quote and the shared pool balance shown before anything runs, so the cost is known up front
  • The quoted credits are held against the pool when a run starts and charged at exactly the quote on completion — a failed run leaves the pool untouched
  • Authors now receive the full interactive report — the dual-panel manuscript-with-annotations view, with clickable highlights and craft insights — through their branded, no-login link, rather than a flattened summary
  • An optional cover-note pass helps editors deliver feedback that stays honest and direct while landing with respect
  • Authors can upload a revised draft to open a new round on the same engagement, and editors can close an engagement once the work is complete

May 22, 2026 — Round Table Image Generation

  • The brand and design agents (Tessa and Zoe) can now create images on request directly in the Round Table (internal team discussion board) — a partner asks for a visual and the agent generates it and posts it inline as a full-size attachment
  • For LineMind Novelist work, generated visuals follow the LMN Graphic Standards — brand palette, Raleway typography, and editorial restraint — and leave clean space for the official logo rather than recreating it
  • Behind-the-scenes; internal team capability, no changes to author-facing functionality

May 21, 2026 — Quality & Reliability

  • Manuscript uploads now correctly preserve Word smart quotes and other curly punctuation in chapter titles — previously these could fail to save on certain copy-pasted headings
  • Novel-level diagnostics (Character Arc Tracker, Motif Thread Tracker, Genre Fusion, and the rest) now run in the background instead of holding the browser connection open — the spinner shows elapsed time and the report appears when the run finishes, rather than appearing to time out on long manuscripts
  • The background diagnostics queue now survives deploys, so a long-running novel-level report queued just before a release no longer gets orphaned
  • Admin pricing page now shows the per-$10 credit yield alongside the markup knobs, so the relationship between unit cost and a user-facing credit pack is visible at a glance
  • Behind-the-scenes hardening: pinned the OpenAI model to a stable snapshot across all callers, and added a cost-tracking recovery path for the cron-driven beta-read worker so token usage is never silently dropped on a slow API response
  • Admin polish: header now carries a dedicated “Back to LMN” button, and the Pricing page groups manuscript builds with novel-level diagnostics so the full cost shape of analyzing a novel end-to-end is visible in one card — each Credit cost input also shows its dollar equivalent live

May 18, 2026 — Inkshop Portal

  • Inkshop accounts (for hybrid publishers and writing programs) gain a full admin portal — invite and manage member authors, and oversee their work
  • Inkshop admins can run diagnostic reports and build story-aware manuscripts on behalf of their authors, charged to the Inkshop's shared credit pool
  • New Reports and Manuscripts areas let an Inkshop admin see everything their authors create
  • A finished report can be handed to its author with a direct, no-login link — good for 7 days, and resendable or revocable at any time
  • Groundwork for a unified credit system across reports and manuscript builds; current credit costs are unchanged

May 18, 2026 — Configuration Hardening

  • Unified how the application loads its environment configuration into a single shared component, replacing dozens of duplicated loaders
  • Separated non-secret operational settings from credentials, with an automated check that flags any setting the code relies on but hasn't been documented
  • Behind-the-scenes; no changes to author-facing functionality

May 17, 2026 — The Guild & Admin Polish

  • New Guild admin area — one place to view the AI agents: profiles, configuration, recent activity, and agent-run history
  • Agent and user profile photos now appear throughout the admin area and open full-size when clicked
  • Round Table (internal team discussion board) readability pass: darker dividers and controls, grouped post actions, crimson markers for unread content
  • Consistent, styled tooltips across the admin navigation and tools
  • Behind-the-scenes; no changes to author-facing functionality

May 8, 2026 — Admin Polish

  • Admin Users table now fits all columns at typical laptop widths without an inner horizontal scrollbar
  • Round Table (internal team discussion board) muted text and borders darkened for clearer admin-side readability
  • Behind-the-scenes; no changes to author-facing functionality

May 7, 2026 — Platform Reorganization

  • Consolidated the back-of-house admin tools into a unified shell at /admin/*
  • Round Table (internal team discussion board) gained a Logs sub-area surfacing agent-run history with token and cost tracking
  • Behind-the-scenes refactor; no changes to author-facing functionality

April 7, 2026 — Video Walkthroughs & Homepage Refresh

  • Tool demo video and founder message video added to the homepage with modal playback
  • Full-width inline demo video added to the Demo page
  • Homepage layout refreshed: “What you get” and “How it works” now display side-by-side
  • Analyze page renamed to “Run a report” with privacy commitment statement
  • Homepage button updated from “Run a diagnostic” to “Run a report”
  • One-command nonprod deploy script added for faster iteration

February 18, 2026 — Onboarding, FAQ & Polish

  • First-visit spotlight orientation on every major page guides new users through key features
  • Interactive onboarding tour on the Analyze page walks through each step
  • Milestone-based orientation tours highlight what's new after key actions (first upload, first diagnostic, etc.)
  • Searchable Help & FAQ page with 61 questions covering every feature
  • Character voice profiles now include a role field (primary, secondary, etc.) for analytical weighting
  • Prose retention setting is now respected during Story Memory builds
  • Active package detection prevents duplicate runs and shows resume links
  • Report headers now display time alongside date
  • Package run page shows live elapsed timer with progress animation
  • Privacy policy refined for clarity and accuracy

February 7, 2026 — Novel-Level Diagnostics

  • Novel-level diagnostics now run directly from the Project page using Manuscript Memory
  • 6 novel-level diagnostics: Structure Blueprint, Character Arc Tracker, Serial Escalation Review, Motif & Thread Tracker, Voice Consistency, and Genre Fusion Alignment
  • Save and revisit novel-level diagnostic reports with collapsible history
  • Improved run limit handling with early detection before starting work
  • Graceful error pages (404, 403, 500) with consistent styling
  • All timestamps now display in your local timezone

February 5–6, 2026 — Revision Workshop & Story Memory

  • Revision Workshop (formerly Prose Refinement) with line-by-line suggestions
  • Jump directly from flagged issues to highlighted text in your manuscript
  • Story Memory: renamed from Library to better reflect its purpose
  • Prose Review: renamed from Manuscript Review for clarity
  • View and edit chapter memory directly from project pages
  • Memory update option during diagnostic runs to keep Story Memory current
  • Session expiration warnings to prevent lost work
  • Saved Reports now accessible to all users

February 3–4, 2026 — Authorial Voice Signatures

  • Authorial Voice Signature library to capture and preserve your unique writing style
  • Generate voice signatures from sample text or import from documents
  • Assign voice signatures to projects for style-aware feedback
  • Character Voice Profiles with streaming parsing from notes
  • 4-Tier Editorial Workflow diagnostic packages
  • Manuscript status tracking (complete, in-progress, early draft)

January 2026 — Manuscript Memory Enhancements

  • Chunked memory building with resume capability for large manuscripts
  • Improved chapter detection including markdown heading support
  • Build logs viewer with real-time progress tracking
  • Voice generation options integrated into memory build workflow
  • Project cards now fully clickable with improved navigation

December 2025 — Story-Aware Diagnostics

  • Story-Aware mode: diagnostics informed by your full manuscript context
  • Manuscript Memory: automatic extraction of plot, characters, themes, and world details
  • Project-based workflow for managing novels and their chapters
  • Chapter-by-chapter manuscript organization with drag-and-drop reordering
  • Canonical memory merging across all chapters

November 2025 — Test Author Program Launch

  • Prose Review tool with intelligent diagnostics
  • 3 Free diagnostics: Opening Scene Analysis, Dialogue Patterns, Pacing & Flow
  • 16 Pro diagnostics across Editorial, Beta Reader, and Publishing categories
  • Test Author accounts with 12 diagnostic runs and 30-day access
  • Email verification unlocks full Pro diagnostic suite
  • Email diagnostic results directly to yourself
  • Account dashboard with run tracking and settings

Earlier — Foundation

  • Landing page with product overview and early access waitlist
  • Legal pages: Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, AI Use Statement, Cookie Policy, Accessibility, Security, and Copyright
  • Help, Status, and Contact pages

Last updated: February 18, 2026