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What is OpenRouter? OpenRouter is a unified API gateway that gives you access to dozens of AI models — including Claude, GPT-4, Gemini, Llama, and more — through a single account and a single API key.

How does it work with Inkwood? Inkwood sends your writing prompts directly from your browser to OpenRouter using your personal API key. Your key and your writing never touch our servers.

How much does it cost? Many models are completely free to use. Paid models are billed per token (per word, roughly) at very low rates — a full chapter generation typically costs a fraction of a cent. You top up a credit balance and pay only for what you use.

  1. Visit openrouter.ai/signup and create a free account.
  2. Go to openrouter.ai/keys and create a new API key.
  3. Copy the key (it starts with sk-or-v1-) and paste it above.
  4. Optionally, visit openrouter.ai/credits to add credits for paid models.
When enabled, sends a cache control header with each generation request. Reduces cost and latency on repeated generations with the same system prompt. Only applies when using a Claude model via OpenRouter.
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Global Style Rules

Toggle each anti-AI constraint on or off. Disabled constraints will be omitted from generated system prompts.

Backup & Restore

Export your entire library — all books, chapters, codex entries, and settings — to a single JSON file. Use the restore option to reload a previous backup.

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Page Appearance

Quickly link highlighted text to a character, location, or lore entry in your Field Guide.

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Story architecture

Roots

Shape each chapter before you write it. Add as many scene descriptions as the story needs.

Bind & Export

Bind Novel

Select the chapters you want to include and export your manuscript into standard formats.

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Export Field Guide

Export your complete Field Guide as a beautifully formatted document. Choose a visual theme, then download as HTML or open the print dialog to save as PDF.

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Readability & Metrics

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Pacing Visualizer

Visualize chapter lengths to spot pacing issues (e.g., abnormally long or short chapters that might disrupt narrative flow).

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Field Guide Tracker

Track how many times Field Guide entries (Characters, Locations, Lore, etc.) appear across your chapters.

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Canopy Report

What is a Canopy Report? This AI-powered tool analyzes your manuscript from a high-level view (the "canopy"), identifying structural issues, pacing inconsistencies, and character arc gaps.

Caution: Results are AI-generated and should be used as guidance, not absolute truth. They cannot guarantee factual or structural perfection.

Token Warning: Sending a massive novel and full Tome may consume a significant amount of your API credits or tokens. Select only the necessary options and context to minimize costs.

Creativity Temperature
Precise 0.4 Creative
✦ UNDERSTORY MODE ACTIVE — Standard configuration disabled
The Understory — Creative Critique Modes
Select a persona for a whole-story creative critique. Activating one disables the standard report configuration below.
🎬 NovelSins
CinemaSins-style sin counter. Logic gaps, clichés, convenient writing — every offense tallied.
🍳 Harsh But True
Gordon Ramsay-style kitchen critique. Your prose is a dish — and Ramsay has opinions.
📱 Am I The Asshole?
Reddit AITA thread from your protagonist's POV. Full comment section. Final verdict.
🎭 The Broadway Producer
Could this be staged? Where's the 11 o'clock number? Is Act One earning its intermission?
Manuscript Scope
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Report Configuration

WARNING: You should NOT select the entire manuscript to send to the AI for report when using this section. Please select only one or a few chapters at a time!

WARNING: You should NOT select the entire manuscript to send to the AI for report when using this section. Please select only one or a few chapters at a time!

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Codex Data Management

Download or backup your Codex entries independently of the main project.

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Novel Setup

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Advanced Directives

🧭 How Genre Layering Works

Large Language Models rely heavily on established tropes. By separating your novel into three distinct genre layers, you force the AI to build a nuanced, multi-dimensional narrative instead of defaulting to clichés.

  • 1. Primary Genre (World & Setting): This establishes the "physics" and aesthetic of your universe. If you choose Epic Fantasy, the AI knows magic exists, swords are common, and the scale is grand. It forms the foundational atmospheric baseline.
  • 2. Secondary Genre (Plot Structure): This dictates the narrative engine, pacing, and tension. If your primary world is Sci-Fi but your secondary plot is Mystery and Detective, the AI will prioritize clues, suspects, and procedural pacing over standard space battles.
  • 3. Tertiary Genre (Subplots & Tropes): This flavors the character dynamics and B-stories. A Romance tertiary means the AI will weave romantic tension into the background without letting it hijack the main plot.

🎭 The Role of Tone

While your genres build the world and structure the plot, the Tone is the lens through which the AI views that world. It acts as an overarching filter that heavily dictates word choice, the severity of consequences, and the general atmosphere.

Why it helps the AI: AI models naturally default to a neutral, slightly optimistic "helpful" voice. Forcing a specific tone breaks that default bias, ensuring the prose generated actually matches the emotional weight of your intent.

Tips for Selection: Use tone to contrast or complement your genres. A Fantasy / Mystery could be a grim, blood-soaked investigation (Dark & Gritty) or a quirky, magical caper (Whimsical / Lighthearted). Choose the emotional filter that best fits your core story.

Comparative Works

Add up to 3 comparative works. Select what specific elements you want to emulate from each (selections must be unique across all your comps).

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Narrator Voice Profile

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