PlotLens Documentation
Learn how to keep your story consistent with PlotLens — upload manuscripts, build canon, and validate new writing.
Welcome to the PlotLens docs. Here’s how to get from a blank project to a story bible that catches contradictions before your readers do.
Where to start
If you’re brand new, head to the Quick start — it walks through your first project end to end. If you already have a project, jump to the section you need from the left rail.
Core concepts
PlotLens treats your manuscript as a source of truth. As you upload documents, the system extracts entities — characters, locations, events, objects, concepts — and assembles them into your canon: the established facts of your story world. New writing is then validated against that canon so contradictions surface early.
You’ll see those words throughout the docs. They map to real screens in the product:
- Project — A self-contained story world with its own documents, canon, and team.
- Document — A manuscript, outline, or reference text you upload.
- Entity — Anything PlotLens tracks: characters, locations, events, objects, concepts.
- Canon — The locked-in facts about your entities and the rules that govern them.
- Validation — The check that compares new writing against your canon.
What’s in here
The left rail groups pages into four sections:
- Get started — overview, first-run quick start.
- Core features — projects, document upload, entity extraction, canon, validation, search, timeline.
- Workspace — teams, collaboration, integrations with writing tools.
- Account — billing, plans, profile and notification settings.
If you can’t find what you’re looking for, the search box at the top of the left rail indexes every docs page.