Map the book before the draft gets lost at sea.

DraftAtlas is a desktop planning app for novels, picture books, cookbooks, lore bibles, comics, screenplays, and complex story worlds. It is built around connected knowledge, editorial review, durable local storage, and optional AI that stays under author control.

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Offline-first. No required account. No manuscript upload unless you explicitly choose a cloud AI provider.

Project AtlasBeta 0.5

Story Bible

Characters

Manuscript

Assets

Health

100%local project files

0required cloud services

7creative project types

What it is

A living encyclopedia for the work behind the book.

DraftAtlas is not trying to replace Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Scrivener, Notion, or Obsidian. It sits beside them as the planning system that remembers what everything means, where it appears, what still needs review, and how the project fits together.

Core capabilities

Built for planning, continuity, and production readiness.

Living project atlas

Connect characters, recipes, locations, symbols, themes, chapters, spreads, notes, assets, and tasks so the project becomes easier to understand as it grows.

Editorial Intelligence

Run deterministic story checks first, then use optional AI for editorial opinions. DraftAtlas never rewrites or changes your work without approval.

Medium-aware planning

Create novels, picture books, cookbooks, comics, screenplays, lore bibles, and short stories without forcing every project into chapters and scenes.

Local-first safety

Projects live in normal folders on your computer with backups, restore points, asset folders, and diagnostic tools built around protecting user work.

Author workflows

Different books need different maps.

A picture book needs spreads, page turns, emotional beats, symbols, and illustrator notes. A cookbook needs recipes, sections, pantry items, testing status, photos, and production packets. A lore bible needs worlds, factions, history, objects, and relationship maps. DraftAtlas changes the workflow to match the medium.

Plan a picture book spread sequenceOrganize a family cookbookBuild a lore bible for a seriesDraft inside Manuscript ModePrepare an illustrator packetRun continuity and readiness reviews

Product surfaces

The beta is meant to be tested visually and practically.

Dashboard and project libraryCurrent-app screenshots will be placed here for public launch.

Story Bible and backlinksCurrent-app screenshots will be placed here for public launch.

Manuscript ModeCurrent-app screenshots will be placed here for public launch.

Editorial IntelligenceCurrent-app screenshots will be placed here for public launch.

Cookbook layout planningCurrent-app screenshots will be placed here for public launch.

Backup, health, and diagnosticsCurrent-app screenshots will be placed here for public launch.

Privacy promise

Your manuscript should not need a server to exist.

DraftAtlas is designed around local project folders and user-controlled exports. AI is optional. Ollama can run locally. Cloud providers can be added later by the user, but DraftAtlas should never quietly upload manuscript content or make cloud access mandatory.

No account required for the core app
No telemetry in the private beta path
No cloud sync required
Local AI stays local when using Ollama
Cloud AI only runs when the user configures and approves it
Support bundles are redacted by default

Private beta

The next milestone is proof, not more feature count.

DraftAtlas is entering a controlled beta focused on data safety, backup and restore, first-run clarity, export honesty, local AI behavior, and real creative workflows.

Start Beta Test path

Open the tutorial workspace
Create a fresh test project
Add and link one story item
Run Story Health or Editorial Intelligence
Export a backup
Send a structured feedback report

Current beta status

The app is feature-rich and usable, but still being hardened before broad commercial release. Known beta focus areas include installer polish, destructive backup testing, export QA, tutorial clarity, and large-project performance.

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Support and feedback

Useful reports without giving away the book.

DraftAtlas feedback is structured around categories, severity, reproduction steps, diagnostics, and privacy preview. Support bundles are redacted by default so testers can report problems without accidentally sharing manuscript text, notes, prompts, images, or private project names.

Contact

For beta interest, issue reports, or questions, email support@draftatlas.app.

Support mail is handled through Google Workspace for the DraftAtlas domain.