Roadmap

What just shipped and what comes next. There are no dates: an item moves up when it is ready, and lands on the changelog when it ships.

Shipped recently

In CanonTracker today. Every change is on the changelog.

  • Try it without an accountTry the demo opens a demo studio in one click: three sample projects, most of their canon in place as labelled sample canon, conflicts found, a change waiting, and a short review queue to try.
  • A fuller first tourThe guided tour covers review, conflicts and impact, then optionally the wiki, the timeline, Ask, the reader, export and agents.
  • A new version from any file nameOn a document’s page, upload “ch3-final-v2.docx” as its next version instead of starting a new one.
  • Archive documentsPut a retired document out of the way without losing its history or the canon that cites it.
  • Revert to an earlier draftUpload an earlier draft again and it becomes the newest version; the versions in between stay readable.
  • More formats as textFountain screenplays, Yarn and Ink dialogue, CSV and JSON files import as sources like any document.TV & filmGamesWorldbuilders
  • Screenplay cues in script vs recordingA table read lines up with a script in screenplay format, not only “NAME: line” scripts.TV & filmGames
  • The medium, asked up frontA new project asks whether it is prose, a game or for the screen, so labels and entity types fit from the start.
  • Episodes in natural orderEpisode 2 comes before Episode 10 in the Library and in reading order.TV & filmNovelists
  • Impact across every kind of documentA proposed change shows what it touches in quests, lore and episodes, not just scenes.GamesTV & filmWorldbuilders
  • Acts after deathA conflict for a character who speaks or acts after canon says they died.
  • Review by document or folderWork through the candidates from one chapter or one folder at a time.
  • Open conflicts in exportsThe exported story bible lists the conflicts still open, so readers see what isn’t settled.
  • Entity type when adding a factSay whether a new name is a character, a place, an item or something else when you add a fact by hand.
  • Big wiki pages for agentsConnected agents read a large character or place page in parts instead of hitting a size limit.
  • Upload a whole manuscriptOne file of a book splits into chapters, in reading order, in a folder of its own. Upload it again and only the chapters you changed get a new version.Novelists
  • Reading in the backgroundAn upload answers at once while the AI reads it, with live status in the Library, on the document and in Review, and a plain reason and Try again if a run fails.
  • Story or reference, told apartThe AI says whether a document is story or reference notes as it reads, so a glossary filed as “chapter 12” is still sorted as lore.NovelistsWorldbuilders
  • Canon decisions stay humanConnected agents read, check and propose. Accepting, rejecting, merging and deciding conflicts happen only in the app, by a person, whatever the agent’s token allows.
  • Six samples to exploreThree original stories, one of them a game, and three public-domain classics: Sherlock Holmes, the Oz books and Alice.
  • A timeline in reading orderA novel without clock times still gets a timeline: each fact sits in the chapter that tells it.Novelists
  • Same detail, two answersFlags one character with two answers for a detail that can only have one, like a wound in the shoulder and in the leg, with both quotes.

Next

Planned after the current work. Not built yet.

  • In-world calendarsYour world’s own months, eras and years, instead of numbered days.WorldbuildersGamesNovelists
  • Project roles and secret canonGive someone a role in one project only, and keep GM-only facts that share links never show.GamesWorldbuilders
  • One fact, many sourcesA fact told in three chapters cites all three, so cutting one scene doesn’t leave it unsupported.
  • Change setsOne proposed change that touches many facts, like a renamed city or a moved date, with its impact shown as a whole.
  • More importsPDF, Final Draft (.fdx), an Obsidian vault and a zip of many files.TV & filmWorldbuildersNovelists
  • Localisation glossaryEvery name, alias and term as CSV or JSON, ready for translators.GamesTV & film
  • Word export with tracked changesExport to Word with tracked changes kept, for editors who work there.NovelistsTV & film
  • Names that change over timeDated aliases and titles: the princess who is crowned in book two stays one person, with the right name for each moment.NovelistsWorldbuilders
  • Who knows what, whenA rule that flags a character acting on something they haven’t learned yet.NovelistsTV & filmGames

Later

On the list, further out.

  • A series across projectsCanon that carries from book 1 to book 3, or from season 1 to season 2.NovelistsTV & film
  • Maps and places within placesPins on your own map, and a district inside a city inside a kingdom.WorldbuildersGames
  • Assign review workHand a teammate a batch of candidates or conflicts and see what is left.TV & filmGames
  • A commenter roleEditors and beta readers comment on documents without changing text or canon.Novelists

Missing something your story needs, or something here that should come sooner? Open an issue on GitHub or write to [email protected].

Start with a finished story

Create a studio and load The Ashbell Pass or Broken Tide: real documents, AI candidates to review and planted contradictions to find. Or run CanonTracker on your own server; it is open source.