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MVP Roadmap

Scritorio should prove the core fiction-author value before expanding into technical writing, deeper nonfiction, collaboration, or cloud workflows.

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Version 1 Focus

Version 1 should be fiction-first. It should serve indie fiction authors who need help revising a manuscript, tracking characters and canon, simulating reader response, developing visuals, and preparing for self-publishing. Technical writing and technical nonfiction support should not block the first launch. Those workflows belong in Version 2 after the fiction manuscript loop is strong.

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MVP 1: Local Project Browser And Markdown Editor

  • Open a local project folder.
  • Display a file tree.
  • Edit Markdown files.
  • Parse YAML front matter.
  • Save files locally.
  • Search project files.
  • Provide initial CLI commands for project validation, file listing, metadata inspection, search, and index rebuild.
  • Keep the example vault usable as a test project.

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MVP 2: Editorial Reviews

  • Run copy edit.
  • Run fiction canon or continuity audit.
  • Preview context before sending.
  • Save reports as Markdown.
  • Show the latest report beside the manuscript.
  • Support CLI-driven context preview and report generation for the same review types.

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MVP 3: Reader Review Room

  • Create and edit persona files.
  • Support blind reader mode.
  • Support partial and context-aware modes.
  • Save reader reactions.
  • Compare multiple persona reactions.

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MVP 4: Writing Coach

  • Choose a skill area.
  • Generate a focused assignment with a prompt, constraints, and rubric.
  • Show assignments in the project navigation with active, submitted, reviewed, and completed states.
  • Let the author write the assignment response in Scritorio.
  • Grade or review with a rubric.
  • Save coaching feedback.
  • Suggest one manuscript revision task.
  • Save assignment history locally so the author can revisit practice work and feedback.

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MVP 5: Visual Studio

  • Identify visual opportunities in selected manuscript text.
  • Draft prompts for diagrams, infographics, timelines, and explainers.
  • Draft prompts and concept boards for cover art and interior illustrations.
  • Generate visuals through an image provider.
  • Save assets and Markdown sidecars locally.
  • Link visuals to manuscript sections.
  • Link visual assets to covers, chapters, pages, or spreads.

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Later

  • Version 2 technical writing and technical nonfiction workflows, including structured explanation review, source-aware claims, diagrams, citations, indexes, and bibliography support.
  • Series workspace support, including shared series context and per-book manuscripts.
  • Expand the CLI until every major app workflow has an equivalent command.
  • Index generation for nonfiction books, with author-reviewed terms and section or page targets.
  • Bibliography, footnote, endnote, and citation-management workflows.
  • Guided blank-project-to-book workflows for new writers.
  • Creative Writing 101 curriculum module with a prose-first assignment path, progress tracking, and multi-agent review.
  • Paid curriculum-pack support, including entitlement-aware module access while keeping author writing local.
  • Publishing preparation, final layout, print-ready PDF, EPUB/ebook packages, narrated audio versions, and vendor-specific export profiles.
  • Cover art, interior art, and illustrated-book production workflows.
  • IngramSpark-oriented preflight and upload package support.
  • Human beta-reader workflows.
  • Optional Git snapshots and version comparison.
  • Semantic search.
  • Export and publishing integrations.
  • Cloud sync only if explicitly enabled.
  • Collaboration only after local-first workflows are strong.