Product Updates
Track the evolution of Covici with our latest features and improvements.
Planning Improvements
A variety of improvements to the Outline view
Improvements & Fixes
- Cursor no longer jumps to the end of the card occasionally when editing a Plan or Summary
- Fixed an issue with word counts sometimes being calculated inaccurately
- Fixed parts of words being highlighted as if they were wiki entries
- Improved editor error handling and recovery when content synchronization issues occur
- Multiple small performance improvements in editor rendering and database queries that make the app feel more responsive
- Improved stability during complex editing workflows
Performance Improvements & Editing Fixes
Improved loading performance on Outline view & fixed issues with editing titles
Fixes & Improvements
- Improved background processing of scene summaries
- Fixed borders around icons in the left sidebar
- Moved wiki highlight color dropdown & added preset options
- Fixed title editing for Chapters and Scenes
- Fixed an issue with not being able to navigate to a scene right after creating it
Outline View Improvements
More improvements to the outline view to improve its speed and responsiveness
Improvements & Fixes
- Tags can now be added much faster
- Added an option to expand Scene and Chapter cards to fit the contents when you have long plans or summaries
- Fixed the Plan / Summary / Tasks dropdown menu not closing if you moved your mouse away
Faster Outline Operations
Today's update significantly improves the user experience on the Outline view
New Features
- You can now generate a summary for your Acts
- Added narrower view options to the Outline view
Improvements
- Creating Chapters and Scenes now happens significantly faster
- Improved placeholders for Plans and Summaries
- Fixed an issue with chapter title placeholders flashing
Act-Level Metadata
Acts now have Plans, Tasks, and Summaries to help with planning your manuscript
New Features
- Add Plans, Summaries, and Tasks at the Act level
- Hide the Scene and Chapter numbers for ones with custom names in the Outline view options
Fixes & Improvements
- Renaming Sections in a Nonfiction manuscript now uses the proper placeholders
- Fixed some items not showing properly on Scene and Chapter cards
- Custom titles for Chapters and Scenes now save much faster
Adjustable Sidebar for Plan Summary and Tasks
Drag the left sidebar to make it wider or narrower while planning, working through tasks, or checking your summary
New Features
- The left sidebar in the editor can now be dragged to adjust its width
Improvements and Fixes
- Made the Options button on the Manuscript view more obvious for users who were missing it
- Moved the "include summaries in scenes" Export option from the typography menu to the Export modal
Outlines Templates + QOL Improvements
Starter templates for new manuscripts and a variety of quality of life improvements
New Features
- When you create a new manuscript, select from popular outline structures to pre-populate your manuscript hierarchy
- You can now create Wiki entries by highlighting text in your manuscript
- Added optional settings to keep the left sidebars (Plan, Summary, Task) open while writing
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed an issue where Wiki entries opened in the sidebar would sometimes clear their custom descriptors
- Improved formatting and appearance of the Wiki sidebar
- Fixed an issue with Scene plan / summary content getting copied into Chapters if the scene was dragged over the chapter information area
- Fixed an issue on the manuscript view where two menus could be open at once
- Sped up loading for the dashboard and manuscript outlines
Tags Now Provide AI Context
Add important context to Chapter and Scene tags to be passed to the editor
New Features
- Any instructions you add to the tags will be automatically passed into any AI tool within those scenes and chapters. This is a helpful way to specify points of view, setting, and other details that you want to make sure the AI editor knows.
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed an issue with not being able to reorder scenes
- Fixed the /prev and /next commands not always working properly
Known Issues
- We're currently working on an issue with Plan and Summary content getting duplicated in scenes after reorder
Slash Command Improvements
New slash commands for navigation, plus improvements to /write
New Features
- New commands /plan /tasks and /summary will open their respective sidebars in the editor
- Commands /outline /stats and /wiki will navigate to their respective pages
- Hit ESC from any sidebar to return to the editor
- The /write command will now prompt you for any additional writing instructions you want to provide for the new content
Fixes & Improvements
- You can now hide Wiki entry highlighting via the Typography settings menu
- Navigation loading improvements
- Toast notification when Covici has been updated linking to the improvements
- Fixed an issue with not creating a new scene using /scene at the end of a manuscript
Bug Fixes & Improvements
Fixed issues with scene splitting, chat, and page loading
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed an issue occasionally causing the editor chat to fail
- Fixed the loading bar animation appearing too frequently, now only appears on long requests
- Fixed the /scene and /section split commands not working properly in Chapter editor
- Fixed Markdown not being properly formatted in the comparison editor
- Variety of security patches & performance improvements
Split Scenes & Sections with /commands
Split scenes and sections at the cursor when you use the /command
New Features
- Now when you use the /scene or /section command in the middle of a scene or section, the content below it gets moved to the new scene or section
Improvements
- Fixed some issues with navigation in certain edge cases
- Improved the load time for stats
- Improved caching within manuscripts for faster navigation between chapters
Improvements to /commands in the editor
New slash commands for basic navigation as well as creating scenes and chapters
New Features
- /chapter creates a new chapter immediately after the current one
- /next-scene and /next-chapter immediately navigate you to the next scene or chapter
- /prev-scene and /prev-chapter navigate you to the previous scene and chapter
- Click "Modify" in the Comparison Editor after an Edit request to change the prompt and try again
Improvements
- Task suggestions are now generated much quicker from the chat
- New Manuscripts now start with 3 acts with 3 chapters instead of 1 act with 1 chapter
- The Stats graph can now be switched to show total words for a manuscript vs. just new words
- Renamed the "Plan" tab in the navbar to "Outline" to avoid confusion with other planning features
Fixes
- Quotation marks now appear the same in the suggestions as well as normal editor
- /scene and /section now only show up in their respective manuscript types (fiction vs. nonfiction)
Added Task suggestions to the Editor Chat
Get editing task suggestions from the Covici editor
New Features
- The Editor chat can now suggest tasks which you can accept or reject in the task manager
- You can Retry the suggestions for all AI edits
Fixes
- Marking off multiple tasks at once now properly marks them all completed
- Fixed an issue where the AI would sometimes fail to suggest any changes in the comparison editor
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