Release notes
0.1.2 — live sync with Claude, and total coverage
July 2026
This release deepens the bridge between Easy Writer and Claude: the assistant can now reach every part of your project, and the changes it makes show up in the open app the moment it makes them.
- Changes appear live — when Claude Desktop edits your project through the bundled local server, the open app now picks the changes up on its own, with no “External changes — Review…” step to click through. And the two never step on each other: the server re-reads the project before each change, so nothing you did in the app is overwritten.
- Every feature is reachable — the local server now covers the whole app: charts, typed and multiple-choice codex fields, continuity rules, footnotes, alternate “what-if” drafts, the submissions tracker, screenplay export to Fountain and Final Draft, project backups, and more — so you can ask Claude to build or edit anything, and each request is still a single undo step.
- Editor & inspector polish — inspector fields grow to fit their contents so a long value no longer truncates; references in the inspector are clickable links; the editor has a right-click spelling menu with a personal dictionary; and you can silence an individual style suggestion you don’t want.
0.1.1 — AI integration & single-instance
July 2026
This release makes the AI a first-class collaborator that can actually build your world with you, adds a way to drive Easy Writer from a Claude subscription, and smooths out how projects open.
- Convert a folder with AI — File ▸ Import ▸ Convert a Folder with AI… turns an entire folder of ordinary files (prose, images, maps, spreadsheets, PDFs, notes, bibliographies, stat blocks, and more) into a complete project: entities, timeline, sheets, maps, sources, and tasks, all cross-linked. An autonomous mode converts everything with no questions; a supervised mode reviews each stage.
- The assistant can make changes — turn on “Allow the assistant to make changes” in AI Chat and ask it to create characters, draft a chapter, or fill in the timeline; every request applies as a single undo step, so one Ctrl+Z takes it all back.
- Use your Claude subscription — a bundled local server (Help ▸ Connect Claude Desktop…) lets Claude Desktop, on the plan you already pay for, open and operate your project directly, with no API key. Every Easy Writer feature is reachable — including turning a PDF or Word manuscript into a full project with characters, places, and a timeline — and changes save immediately; if the project is open in the app too, it offers to merge.
- Single-instance file opening — opening a project when Easy Writer is already running now asks whether to use the current window or a new one, the way an IDE or word processor does, instead of quietly launching another copy.
0.1.0 — early-access preview
July 2026 · first public build
The first preview release, and it arrives with the whole workshop rather than a teaser:
- Single-file projects — a project is one
.ewriterfile you double-click, copy, and back up; or a plain folder of text files for version-control workflows. Atomic saves, automatic crash recovery, and clean conversion both ways. - Writing — full rich-text editor with styles, tables, footnotes, and embeds; focus, typewriter, and distraction-free modes; page layout view; project-wide find & replace with regex; autocorrect and smart punctuation.
- Worldbuilding — the codex with custom categories and fields, automatic name and alias linking in prose, entity galleries, merge/split, state-over-time, and user-defined continuity rules.
- The validating timeline — custom calendars, eras, lifespans, uncertainty, relative constraints, and multiple reckonings, with conflict detection for two-places-at-once, lifespan violations, and impossible travel.
- Maps — regions, routes, pins, tokens, battle grids, progressive reveal, and travel validated against the timeline.
- Screenplay mode — Fountain editing, industry pagination, coloured revision pages, Final Draft round-trip, and production breakdowns.
- Research — sources with APA/MLA/Chicago citations, BibTeX import, an in-app PDF reader with quote capture.
- Spreadsheets & charts — a real formula engine, cell formatting, CSV round-trip, embeddable charts.
- Planning & analytics — plot threads, beat sheets, corkboard, kanban, submissions tracker, goals, sprints, pacing and readability analytics, exportable health reports.
- Import/export — imports from Word, Scrivener, yWriter, Obsidian, Notion, Manuskript, and plain text; exports to DOCX, EPUB 3, PDF, standard manuscript RTF, Markdown, Fountain/.fdx, and a searchable static website.
- Bring-your-own AI — chat, inline assists, canon-consistency checking, semantic search, agents, and image/speech generation against any OpenAI-compatible endpoint you configure, with per-object opt-out and cloud redaction.
- Extensibility — JavaScript macro console, C++ plugin API, custom themes, rebindable shortcuts and toolbars.
- Languages — English and a complete Spanish translation.
Earlier internal milestones aren't listed here; public releases will be.