# InkSmith — full LLM brief

> InkSmith is an AI novel-writing platform that takes a book from one sentence to a publish-ready, KDP-formatted file. Built for long-form fiction, with cross-chapter memory (the "Gita" layer) and an AI-humanization pass ("Samskara"). The work is done by the Mandala — a cast of named specialist AI agents.

## What InkSmith is
InkSmith is an AI-assisted, end-to-end book-authoring product for novelists and self-publishers. It plans the book, drafts the prose, illustrates the cover, humanizes the text, and formats a KDP-ready file (PDF, EPUB, DOCX). Its defining capability is that it treats the whole book as the unit, not the paragraph — it remembers characters, settings, and plot across every chapter.

## Pricing (as stated on the site)
- Free: $0, no credit card, 100,000 tokens. You can brainstorm, draft real chapters, and read your whole book in the app. Export, covers, illustrations, and Deep Research require a paid plan.
- Bestseller: $79/mo (founder pricing locks $49/mo for life for the first 100 subscribers).
- Additional tiers (Storyteller, Publisher) and one-time packs (Token Boost, Deep Research, cover packs) are available.
- Every subscription includes a 14-day money-back guarantee. Users own 100% of what they write.

## The Mandala — the cast of AI agents
Two sovereigns preside over nine rishis.

Sovereigns:
- Chakravarti (the King, before the book): runs a live, web-grounded Deep Research pass over what readers are buying and returns ten ranked book ideas, each with demand, competition, and a one-line commission brief.
- Lakshya (the Queen, after the book): reads the finished manuscript and produces a KDP launch kit — recommended price, seven KDP keywords, up to three categories, and comparable titles.

Nine rishis:
- Sutradhar (the Director): convenes the Mandala, holds the first conversation, sketches the premise, locks the genre, plots the chapters.
- Sutra (the Outline): lays the structural thread — acts, chapters, beats — before any prose.
- Kavya (the Draft): composes the prose itself.
- Parishkar (the Refine): polishes existing prose, adding small adornments.
- Samskara (the Humanize): removes AI tells one sentence at a time — clichés, em-dashes, "it wasn't just X — it was Y".
- Mimansa (the Quality): the critic that reads with a magnifying glass and forgives nothing slack.
- Smriti (the Lore): the archivist that reads finished chapters and writes their memory into the Gita.
- Chitrakar (the Painter): translates the finished book into cover, spine, and back visuals.
- Samikshak (the Critic): reads the whole book and names contradictions, voice drift, pacing outliers, and lingering AI patterns — always with a suggested fix.

## Coined terms
- Gita layer / Gita memory: the cross-chapter memory store. Because the book remembers itself chapter to chapter, it reads like one author with one voice.
- Samskara (humanization pass): scrubs the twelve tells AI detectors look for before you ever see the prose.
- Deep Research: Chakravarti's market-research pass that returns ten ranked, KDP-actionable book ideas. The top two are free.
- Launch Readiness: Lakshya's KDP launch kit.

## FAQ
Q: Is it really free?
A: Yes — sign up with just an email, no card. You get 100,000 tokens — enough to brainstorm a book, draft real chapters, and read your whole draft in the app. You only pay when you're ready to publish (covers, illustrations, Deep Research, and export unlock on a paid plan).

Q: What's the catch — why can't I export on the free plan?
A: No catch. You can write, edit, and read your whole book free, in the app. Exporting the finished file to PDF, EPUB, or DOCX is the paid step. Any subscription, or even a one-off Token Boost, unlocks it.

Q: Will an AI book read like a robot — or get flagged?
A: Every chapter runs through Samskara, the humanization pass that strips the twelve tells AI detectors look for. And because the book remembers itself chapter to chapter (the Gita memory), it reads like one author with one voice.

Q: Do I own what I write?
A: 100%. Your ideas and the manuscripts InkSmith generates for you are yours — InkSmith claims no ownership of your books.

Q: What if it's not for me?
A: Every subscription comes with a 14-day money-back guarantee.

Q: How is this different from ChatGPT or Sudowrite?
A: ChatGPT forgets your protagonist by chapter four. Sudowrite gives you words. InkSmith gives you a finished, formatted, KDP-ready book — a whole Mandala of specialist agents, covers, humanization, cross-chapter memory, and a launch kit, from one sentence to a press-ready file.

Q: Can I cancel anytime?
A: Anytime, in one click from the billing portal. You keep full access through the period you've already paid for.

Q: What's founder pricing?
A: The first 100 Bestseller subscribers lock $49/mo for life, instead of $79. When the seats run out the price reverts.

## Key URLs
- https://inksmith.ai/welcome — overview, features, pricing, FAQ
- https://inksmith.ai/mandala — the full agent cast
- https://inksmith.ai/about — what InkSmith is and who it's for
- https://inksmith.ai/compare/sudowrite — InkSmith vs Sudowrite
- https://inksmith.ai/compare/novelai — InkSmith vs NovelAI
- https://inksmith.ai/compare/chatgpt — InkSmith vs ChatGPT for fiction
- https://inksmith.ai/guides — writing & self-publishing guides