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Product concepts
Mental models, positioning, architecture, production flow, and quality. Start here if NovelForge is new to you.
Keep authority, state, and quality gates explicit as a long-form story grows.
Start with what you need to do. Drop into the exact contracts only when implementation details matter.
Choose a path
Choose a path
You do not need to read the framework from top to bottom. Pick the outcome you need and follow the shortest useful path.
Inspect an existing projectOpen a NovelForge project folder locally and verify its manifest, exact framework lock, attestation, and structural evidence without uploading the project.Decide whether NovelForge fitsCompare the product model, its tradeoffs, and the cases where a simpler writing agent or another authoring tool is a better fit.Understand the architectureSee how project authority, model judgment, deterministic runtime behavior, state, and writes are kept separate.Integrate a novel projectDefine the project manifest, exact framework lock, canon, current state, plans, drafts, research, and tests.Draft or revise proseFollow a production run from context and causality through drafting, review, repair, and acceptance.Review and gate qualitySeparate deterministic checks from semantic judgment, route findings to the owning subsystem, and gate publication explicitly.
Run, extend, and inspect
Once the product model is clear, these are the practical entry points for execution, inspection, and integration.
Product homeStart from the main product entry, then move into inspection, architecture, publication, or Studio as the task becomes clear.Project InspectorInspect a real project locally in the browser before deciding what should run next.Local PlaygroundTry the deterministic DRAFT / REVISE / AUDIT / PLAN-CHAPTER flow without model calls or write authority.Agent integrationConnect a CLI-capable coding agent through the portable read-only Skill and versioned Host Bridge.Runtime & integrationsUnderstand host capabilities, transport choices, and practical integration paths.Context & memorySee what enters the active context, what persists, and what must never silently become canon.Semantic executionKeep typed semantic work consistent across Chat, local agents, APIs, MCP, services, and human execution.NovelForge StudioInspect projects, runs, context, readiness, and the author-facing workflow surface.
Three documentation layers
Product concepts, usage guidance, and exact engineering contracts stay separate so each page can serve the reader who actually needs it.
Usage guides
Project SDK, integrations, context, learning, corpus, evaluations, quality evolution, and Studio.
Contracts & engineering records
Harness, runtime, semantic workers, story and canon mechanics, policies, and historical specifications.