The Lexicon

The terminology of the Writer's Room, explained.

Core Concepts

Canon

Your permanent, growing library of inspiration. You feed it books, scripts, articles, and notes. The system uses this to understand your taste and style. Unlike a project file, your Canon is available to all your projects.

Vessel

The container for a specific project (e.g., "The Neon Detective" novel). It holds all the characters, beats, scenes, and specific settings for that story.

Filter

The structural lens you apply to a story. For example, "Save the Cat" or "Dan Harmon's Story Circle". The Filter determines what beats the system expects you to fill.

Director Mode

The "boss mode" where you generate scenes and make decisions. In this mode, you are not writing prose line-by-line; you are directing the AI agents to generate options, which you then accept, edit, or reject.

Move 37

A reference to AlphaGo's famous creative move. In the Writer's Room, this is a "Temperature" slider. Low settings mean "Safe, expected, logical." High settings mean "Surprise me, do something weird."

Interface Terms

Binder

The left sidebar panel containing your project's file structure (Beats, Characters, Locations, Scenes).

Canvas

The central editor window. This is where you read, edit, and view the content selected in the Binder.

Foreman (Chat)

The AI assistant in the right sidebar. The Foreman manages the room, takes your instructions, and coordinates the other sub-agents (e.g., the Drafter, the Continuity Bear).

Tournament

The method used for Voice Calibration. Instead of asking you to describe your style ("I write dark prose"), the system generates 5 different versions of a paragraph and asks you to pick the winner. It builds a mathematical model of your preference from these choices.