# InkSmith

> InkSmith is an AI novel-writing platform that takes a book from one sentence to a publish-ready, KDP-formatted file. It is built specifically for long-form fiction, with cross-chapter memory (the "Story Bible" layer) so the story never forgets itself, and an AI-humanization pass ("Pygmalion") that strips the tells AI detectors look for.

InkSmith is operated for novelists and self-publishers. Unlike a general chatbot, it remembers characters, places, and plot threads across an entire manuscript and produces a finished, formatted book (PDF, EPUB, DOCX), not just loose passages. The work is performed by a cast of specialist AI agents called the Round Table.

## What makes InkSmith different
- Cross-chapter memory ("the Story Bible layer"): characters keep their voices and plot threads stay tracked across the whole book.
- Humanization pass ("Pygmalion"): removes twelve canonical AI tells before you read the prose.
- The Round Table: two sovereign agents (Arthur for market research, Artemis for launch readiness) plus nine specialist "sage" agents that outline, draft, refine, humanize, quality-check, remember, illustrate, and critique.
- Background generation: long jobs run server-side and don't time out.
- Output: a KDP-ready file plus a launch kit (price, keywords, categories, comparable titles).
- Pricing: free to start (100,000 tokens, no credit card); paid plans unlock export, covers, and illustrations. Bestseller is $79/mo (founder pricing $49/mo for the first 100 seats). Deep Research's top two book ideas are free; the full ranked run unlocks on a paid plan.

## Models & technology
InkSmith is powered by leading AI models and built on proven open source. Brand names belong to their respective owners.
- AI engines (default): OpenAI, DeepSeek, Google Gemini, Perplexity, OpenRouter.
- Bring your own key: Anthropic Claude, and 100+ models via OpenRouter — not a default engine.
- Payments: Polar.
- Infrastructure: Railway, PostgreSQL, Redis, Cloudflare.
- Built with: React, Tiptap, Tailwind CSS, Radix UI, Vite, TypeScript, Drizzle ORM, TanStack Query, Zod, Express, Vercel AI SDK.

## Key pages
- [Home / overview](https://inksmith.ai/us/welcome): what InkSmith is, features, pricing, FAQ.
- [The Round Table](https://inksmith.ai/us/round-table): the full cast of AI agents and what each one does.
- [About](https://inksmith.ai/us/about): what InkSmith is, who it's for, and why it exists.
- [Compare](https://inksmith.ai/us/compare): side-by-side comparisons of InkSmith vs other AI writing tools.
  - [InkSmith vs Sudowrite](https://inksmith.ai/us/compare/sudowrite)
  - [InkSmith vs NovelAI](https://inksmith.ai/us/compare/novelai)
  - [InkSmith vs ChatGPT](https://inksmith.ai/us/compare/chatgpt)
- [Use cases](https://inksmith.ai/us/for): how InkSmith fits specific authors and publishing goals.
  - [InkSmith for KDP self-publishers](https://inksmith.ai/us/for/kdp-self-publishing)
  - [Turn your book into an audiobook with InkSmith](https://inksmith.ai/us/for/audiobooks)
- [Guides](https://inksmith.ai/us/guides): how to write a novel with AI, keep AI from forgetting characters, avoid AI detection, self-publish on KDP.

## Glossary
- Story Bible layer / Story Bible memory: InkSmith's cross-chapter memory store; the book's living record of characters, places, and beats. Because the book remembers itself chapter to chapter, it reads like one author with one voice.
- Pygmalion (humanization pass): scrubs the twelve tells AI detectors look for (clichés, em-dash tics, "it wasn't just X — it was Y") before you ever see the prose.
- The Round Table: InkSmith's cast of specialist AI agents — two sovereigns and nine sages.
- Arthur: the "King" agent that runs market research (Deep Research) before the book.
- Artemis: the "Queen" agent that prepares the KDP launch after the book.
- Deep Research: Arthur's market-research pass that returns ten ranked, KDP-actionable book ideas. The top two are free.
- Launch Readiness: Artemis's KDP launch kit — recommended price, seven KDP keywords, up to three categories, and comparable titles.

For a fuller, machine-readable summary including the complete FAQ and every agent definition, see https://inksmith.ai/us/llms-full.txt