Everything around the manuscript.

A complete feature map for Scritorio: local writing, editorial board review, reader simulation, codex, visual development, revision history, and self-publishing workflows.

Illustrated typewriter and manuscript pages on a wooden writing desk

Writing Environment

A quiet place to draft and revise while keeping the manuscript in an open local format.

  • Local-first manuscript folders
  • Readable Markdown source of truth
  • Distraction-free focus mode
  • Light and dark mode
  • Titles, subtitles, acts, chapters, scenes, sections, beat sheets, and chapter notes
  • Normal undo and revision-friendly editor behavior
  • Project search with word-context snippets

AI Editorial Board

Specialized readers that critique the manuscript from different professional and reader perspectives.

  • Developmental Editor for structure, pacing, stakes, and revision priorities
  • Character Psychologist for motivation, agency, secrets, relationship pressure, and emotional continuity
  • Worldbuilding Expert for rules, places, institutions, technology, and consequence checks
  • Continuity Editor for contradictions and canon drift
  • Writing Coach for craft lessons, assignments, feedback, and focused revision prompts
  • First-Time Reader with configurable audience lens and knowledge mode
  • Prompt previews, tool-call evidence, and source-location highlighting

Contextual Word Help

Small interventions for the sentence in front of you, not a generic rewrite machine.

  • Context-aware definitions
  • Context-aware synonyms
  • Weak-word checks
  • Manuscript-aware replacement suggestions
  • Inline text selection workflows
  • Image insertion from the writing surface

Annotations And Revision Notes

Editorial marks, comments, and captured notes stay attached to the work.

  • Inline manuscript annotations and comment anchoring
  • Common review marks such as awkward, cut, rephrase, clarify, and expand
  • System default annotation vocabulary
  • Author-definable annotation conventions
  • Captured Editorial Board notes
  • Chapter-specific note card collections

Codex And Book Memory

A living reference system for complex books, series, worlds, and nonfiction research.

  • Characters
  • Locations
  • Items
  • Organizations
  • Concepts
  • Events
  • Style rules
  • Character souls for voice and character chat
  • Search and local canon lookup
  • Book series support with shared context

Images, Covers, And Visual Studio

Visual planning and asset generation for books that need covers, references, maps, or illustrations.

  • Image builder for characters, places, items, and concepts
  • Book cover image builder
  • Wraparound cover prompt builder
  • Cover style, mood, palette, genre language, and lighting controls
  • Reference image workflows
  • Generated image sidecars with prompt and provider metadata
  • Cover desk mockups and downloadable previews
  • Interior art, chapter art, map, timeline, and diagram planning

Publishing Path

Designed for self-publishers who need more than a blank editor.

  • PDF preview and export workflows
  • Export profiles for print and ebook readiness
  • Import, export, and encrypted export
  • Front matter and back matter planning
  • Metadata tracking for title, subtitle, series, author, imprint, ISBN, categories, and keywords
  • Cover and interior asset management
  • Self-publishing readiness checks for services such as IngramSpark and KDP
  • Long-term EPUB and narrated-audio production path

Privacy, Accounts, And AI

The manuscript belongs to the author. AI context is explicit and reviewable.

  • Manuscript files stay on your computer
  • Local reports, prompts, assets, exports, and chat history
  • OpenAI support today
  • Bring your own OpenAI key support
  • Encrypted personal OpenAI key storage for managed gateway calls
  • Context preview before AI requests
  • Blind reader mode separated from context-aware review mode

Revision Safety

Long books need durable history, recoverability, and operational confidence.

  • Revision history and book snapshots
  • Snapshot messages
  • Restore earlier states
  • Wastebasket for safer deletion
  • Project health checks and repairable metadata
  • Generated caches that can be rebuilt from source files

Platforms And Automation

Scritorio is a desktop writing product with agent-friendly seams.

  • Mac support
  • Windows support
  • Linux package path
  • Bun-powered CLI
  • Agent-friendly local commands
  • Import and export archive workflows
  • Desktop app plus local project model

Start with the feature that solves today's draft problem.

Write locally, bring in the board when you need perspective, and move toward publishing without losing control of the book.