Follow up on the latest improvements and updates.

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June 25, 2025

improved

fixed

Plan

Write

Codex

June 25, 2025

We just released an updated with a few quality of life-improvements! Here's what's new:

Updated the action menus for acts, chapters, scenes, … to use a new "switch" for settings that are an on/off toggle. The previous changing of a label, or a checkbox was not clear enough.
Fixed copying text from inside a section missing the first letter.
Fixed archived Codex entries inside of relations showing up as "deleted".
Added an error message when the checkout couldn't load properly.
Other various fixes and improvements.

June 25, 2025

improved

fixed

Chat

Write

Prompts

June 11, 2025

Due to all the time-off/holidays, conferences and such, it’s been a while since we have done an app update. Today, we’ve finally deployed a couple improvements and fixes:

Fixed being unable to remove ‘heading’ formatting from text
Fixed not being able to select a model when only a single model is available
Other various bug fixes and improvements

Stay tuned for more updates throughout June :)

After the big May update we also made a lot of tweaks based on your initial feedback and bug reports. For transparency, here’s what we fixed right after the release and throughout May:

Notable changes:

Added a “create snippet from section” button to sections
Made panels pin-able on smaller screens (1920x1080px min. size)
Fixed sluggish typing for larger novels with big Codexes
Fixed scene beats pulling in Codex entries from prior beats
Fixed sections excluded from word counting still being counted
Fixed sending additional AI context twice in certain cases

Other changes:

Added a link to the prompt update FAQ
Fixed long scene summaries in Write mode overlapping
Fixed context options in Chat not showing up in Safari
Fixed chat not scrolling to the end on Firefox
Fixed being unable to use custom codex Tags in additional AI context
Fixed being unable to clone system model collections
Fixed the current draft Chat user message missing in prompt preview
Fixed not including existing preset inputs when creating a new one
Fixed summarization not working via presets using specific models
Fixed
prompt.model
returning nothing
Fixed
is/has
filters for codex functions not using current context
Fixed prompt updater widget still showing for archived prompts
Fixed importing issues with novel HTML files that contain styling and scripts
Other various bug fixes and improvements

May 10, 2025

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Write

Prompts

May 10, 2025: New Prompting System

You have probably been wondering what we’ve been cooking up lately. Well, today we’re proud to announce one of the largest updates to Novelcrafter yet:
A total overhaul of the prompting system - and a bunch of extra goodies!
Here’s a TLDR version:
All sorts of chapters/snippets/outlines/whatever can now be added as context
 when talking to the AI
Create custom prompt presets (think GPTs!)
 without having to clone things first and custom personas (think shared memory)
You can create custom model collections
 if you get tired of the current list
Define default prompts
 for each of the areas (beats, chat, …)
Use personas
 to have cross-project memory for the AI (like your pen name, likes/dislikes and more)
Much improved performance of the app, no more “assembling manuscript”
For a deep dive into every new feature and the full details, check out our complete blog post: https://go.novelcrafter.com/update/2025-05

March 11, 2025

fixed

improved

Chat

Plan

Write

Codex

March 11, 2025

We have made several changes since the last major update. Here is a list of most of them:

Codex

The codex matching will no longer consider a period between letters to be optional (e.g. "S.T.A.R" doesn't also match for "stars"). This does not affect the optional periods after titles and such (like "Dr Smith" also matching for "Dr. Smith").

Added Claude 3.7 Sonnet to all system prompts
Updated the model list for the "Detect characters" feature on scenes
The model list for Google AI Studio connections no longer needs to be added by hand. We're now grabbing the list from Google directly!
Added some model fallbacks for people integrating with Google AI Studio. Some of the system prompts should now work without modifications
Fixed incorrect cases of the "no codex entries found" warning in scene beats

Other changes

Fixed some modals not being able to be closed by clicking on the background overlay or hitting ESC key (for some, like error alerts, we don't allow this on purpose)
Fixed some HTML markup showing up in the text extraction results. Those should now show up just fine
Fixed some layout issues with the codex preview card
Fixed some layout issues for scene cards that had a lot of labels/references on them
Fixed some visual scrollbar issues in lists when on iOS/Safari
Various other bug fixes and improvements

We also published another Monthly Muse issue, this time all about the "Cozy" genre! Check it out here: https://monthly-muse.com/8

February 28, 2025

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Chat

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Codex

February 28, 2025

This update took a bit of time, but we implemented further internal changes that now made the following possible:

You can now enroll for experimental features.
We have a new system where you can try out things we're still tinkering with, or need a lot more feedback on. Check it out in the general app settings!
The update banner will not show right away.
Previously, we bundled a lot of changes together which prevented quick and easy fixes. Going forward, we're doing incremental updates and changelogs will be more along the lines of "what we did this week".

New: Tip of the Day! 📅

As our first experimental feature, we're introducing a "Tip of the Day" that shows up when you start Novelcrafter in a new window/tab.

Maybe you'll learn about cool features that you've missed so far!

Organizational

Added a way to create codex entries from scene summaries (helpful when you're working on your outline first, before filling the codex)
Added a way to collapse or expand all codex categories at once. We also updated the overall layout of the codex settings menu itself.
Add a new "slim" style for the codex - for those that have hundreds of entries, this means a lot less scrolling!
Changed relations on codex entries to use the more compact styling, same with codex preview cards now using the slim styling.
Fixed archived codex entries still appearing in the Matrix view
Fixed Tags from archived codex entries still appearing in suggestions
Various other tiny visual fixes in Matrix and Outline plan views

Improved handling of "provider returned error" messages. The actual cause should now be displayed when available
Fixed overload errors deleting partial chat messages
Finger's crossed, that we fixed the "model (not found)" error inside of chat when retrying a previously broken message

Other changes

Fixed a rare novel loading error that occurred right after you created/imported a new novel. This was basically a timing thing, as the system hasn't caught up yet
Added support for comma-like separators in Tag fields - this should help with people writing in Chinese, Japanese, Korean (CJK)
Fixed codex preview cards not being interactable when shown inside a modal
Various other bug fixes and improvements

Along with this update, we also updated our Privacy Policy to reflect our addition of early access features and changes in the product metrics.

January 29, 2025

improved

fixed

January 29, 2025

This update is more on the technical side, but we updated some internals to stream the data in when loading a larger novel project. Previously, projects that have gotten too big (usually by having too many chat messages), would no longer load.

With this change, this should no longer be an issue - but we still recommend cleaning up chats you no longer need and continue to advise against having chat threads with hundreds of messages (or even more).

Other Changes

Improved error handling around the "provider returned an error" messages that sometimes happen when using OpenRouter
Other fixes and improvements

January 20, 2025

improved

fixed

Codex

January 20, 2025

AI & Prompting

Added the total word count (all messages combined) to the prompt preview
Fixed an error when trying to save empty OpenRouter routing settings on a model
Fixed sending a frequency and presence penalty of zero when not specifying a custom value.

Other changes

Added a little tooltip to custom codex details in the sidebar. That way you know exactly what they are!
Fixed the floating codex/snippet/chat panel being a bit narrow on smaller screens
Fixed incorrect order of custom codex details in rare cases
Various other bug fixes and improvements

January 8, 2025

fixed

Write

Codex

January 8, 2025

Fixed being unable to copy/paste model settings via clipboard
Fixed the editor formatting bar flickering when dragging the mouse cursor
Fixed custom codex details shown in the sidebar not being in the right order
Other bug fixes and improvements

January 6, 2025

improved

fixed

Write

Codex

Prompts

January 6, 2025

Happy New Year everyone! Here's our first release of 2025, packed with fixes for all those bugs you helped spot over the holidays:

Custom Codex Details

Added "show history" option for text line details as well
Fixed some details on brand new codex entries disappearing until page reload
Fixed some scene beat warnings being incorrect when custom codex details were used
Fixed visual duplication glitches around custom details

AI and Prompting

Added an alert when trying to use a prompt that has no models assigned to it
Fixed clearing of "last used prompt" when opening the prompt preview
Fixed some issues when copying prompts to clipboard that resulted in corrupted instructions
Fixed some issues around adding custom prompts when not having a novel open

Other Changes

Added support for importing highlighted and strikethrough text
Fixed word count in sections not updating properly
Selecting all text in a scene will now include any scene beat/progression boxes at the start and end as well.
Other various bug fixes and improvements

December 29, 2024

new

improved

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Write

Codex

December 29, 2024

New: Search in Codex entry selectors 🔍

Those with (really) large codices can rejoice: even though the menu already had search (by just entering the start of the name), it wasn't obvious (all menus actually have this feature, actually!)

As such, there's now an easy-to-reach search box up at the top:

AI and Prompting

Progressions are now included in the current scene when summarizing (and the summarization prompt includes the codex)
Allow summarizing scenes without content (in case they have an existing summary already)
Upgraded the Ollama AI integration to use newer APIs
Fixed syntax errors in chat prompts not allowing to go open the original prompt

Other changes

The Codex search (in the sidebar) now also looks into text area and text line custom details.
The marker timeline in Write mode will now merge consecutive highlights (e.g. if you highlight a couple paragraphs in a row)
Fixed certain long novel titles overflowing in your novel shelf
When copying text from text areas (e.g. codex, snippets, ..) into the clipboard, they'll now be in Markdown
Various other bug fixes and improvements

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