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August 12, 2026

New ReleaseImprovements

Smarter AI Chat, New Writing Modes, and More Models

This release brings a major AI Chat upgrade alongside new ways to read, focus, compare drafts, and manage your workspace.

A Smarter AI Chat

AI Chat now works like a familiar general-purpose assistant while giving you control over the workspace material it can use.

  • Add individual documents, folders, research, Mythos entities, a full manuscript, or an entire workspace.
  • The previous "@" mention system has been removed and replaced with the new Add menu.
  • Turn on workspace Search when you want Scribeist to find relevant passages.
  • Combine added context and Search in the same request.
  • Continue long chats with automatic conversation compaction.
  • Choose attachments, writing voices, and AI models

AI Summaries for Documents

Documents can now have a compact AI summary for use in Chat.

  • Write an AI summary yourself or generate one from the document.
  • Choose between the summary and Full text when adding a document to Chat.

Mythos AI Visibility

Mythos profiles now include AI Visibility controls.

  • Choose which profile fields AI Chat is allowed to receive.
  • Configure visibility for characters, locations, and other Mythos entities.

More AI Models

The model selector now includes more current choices from:

  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Google
  • Mistral
  • DeepSeek
  • xAI
  • Qwen
  • MiniMax
  • Kimi
  • Z.ai

BYOK users also have an expanded model selection through their connected providers.

Reading, Focus, and Split View

There are now more ways to work with long-form writing:

  • Reading mode: Read a Novel workspace as one continuous manuscript or a paginated book preview.
  • Focus mode: Hide the toolbar, dim inactive paragraphs, and keep your writing position centered.
  • Split view: Open two documents/canvases side by side to compare chapters, notes, or research..

Redesigned Version History

Version history has a new layout that makes previous drafts easier to manage.

Better Markdown Pasting

Pasted Markdown now converts directly into editor formatting.

Workspace Cover Colour Themes

Workspaces without a cover image now receive a generated colour theme.

Interface Improvements and Fixes

We also refreshed and improved several parts of Scribeist:

  • Workspace creation and settings
  • AI Chat history and context menus
  • Writing style screens
  • Menus, themes, and document actions
  • Chat context and document summaries
  • Version restoration
  • Editor formatting and model selection
  • Additional interface and reliability fixes
  • Automatic four-space paragraph indentation can now be disabled in Workspace Settings.