EditScribe

AI-powered professional manuscript editing platform with Series Bible Manager.

🎯 What is EditScribe?

EditScribe is a revolutionary manuscript editing tool that delivers professional-quality editing at 95% cost savings:

• Traditional editing: $5,500-$15,000 per 50k novel
• EditScribe: $99 per manuscript

✨ Key Features

1. Series Bible Manager (Priority #1)

Automatically extracts and tracks:

• Characters: Names, traits, relationships, appearances
• Locations: Places, descriptions, significance
• Timeline: Dates, events, chronology
• Objects: Important items, descriptions

User reviews and edits the Bible before review agents run - ensuring accuracy!

2. 4-Stage Professional Editing

• Developmental: Plot, character arcs, pacing
• Line Editing: Prose quality, style, dialogue
• Copyediting: Grammar, consistency, spelling
• Proofreading: Final polish, typos, formatting

3. Smart Multi-LLM Strategy

• Claude Sonnet 4.5: Premium agents (judgment, creativity)
• Gemini 2.5 Flash: Budget agents (technical, rule-based)

4. Selective Fixing

• User selects which issues to fix
• Preview before/after changes
• Accept or reject individual edits

🚀 Quick Start

Backend Setup

1. Navigate to backend:

cd backend

2. Create virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate  # Windows

3. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Configure API keys:

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env and add your ANTHROPIC_API_KEY and GOOGLE_API_KEY

5. Test Series Bible Manager:

python test_bible.py

This will extract a Series Bible from a sample manuscript and save it to test_bible.json.

📁 Project Structure

EditScribe/
├── backend/
│   ├── agents/
│   │   ├── base.py                    # Base agent class
│   │   └── series_bible_manager.py    # ✅ COMPLETE
│   ├── api/                           # FastAPI routes (coming soon)
│   ├── core/
│   │   ├── llm_client.py              # ✅ Multi-LLM client
│   │   ├── document_parser.py         # ✅ .docx, .txt, .md parser
│   │   └── models.py                  # ✅ Series Bible data models
│   └── tests/                         # Unit tests
└── frontend/                          # Next.js UI (coming soon)

✅ What's Built So Far

• Project structure
• LLM client (Claude Sonnet 4.5 + Gemini 2.5 Flash)
• Document parser (.docx, .txt, .md)
• Series Bible Manager
  • Character extraction
  • Location extraction
  • Timeline extraction
  • Object extraction
• Bible review UI
• Review agents (Developmental, Line, Copy, Proof)
• Selective editor
• Web UI

🎯 Next Steps

1. Create FastAPI endpoints for Bible management
2. Build Bible review/edit UI
3. Implement review agents
4. Add selective editing
5. Deploy!

💡 Vision

EditScribe will democratize professional editing, making it affordable for every author. By combining AI with user control (Series Bible review), we deliver quality that rivals human editors at a fraction of the cost.

This is the future of manuscript editing. 🚀