Track writing sprints across your entire workspace, watch AI models think through complex requests, read output while it streams, and write with new frontier models.

Workspace-Wide Writing Sprints

Writing sprints are no longer tied to just one document. You can now write across any documents and your sprint will track every word you type.

Track across files: Switch freely between documents during a sprint without pausing or resetting your progress.
Refreshed sprint controls: Set word count goals quickly with presets (250, 500, 750, or 1,000 words), watch your progress circle fill up as you write, and check your pace against the timer.
Pause, resume, or finish: Take a breather whenever you need to, or end early with a clear summary of your session and total words written.

AI Thinking in Chat

When working with reasoning models, AI Chat now shows you what the model is thinking before it writes its answer.

Live thinking status: Watch the reasoning process in real time as the model considers your instructions, plans structure, or works through multi-step writing and research tasks.

Read While AI Generates

Long generations no longer lock your view at the bottom of the screen.

Pause auto-scroll: Simply scroll up with your mouse wheel or trackpad while a response is streaming to read earlier paragraphs at your own pace.
Jump to latest: A handy button appears whenever you scroll up, letting you instantly snap back down to the live generation when you are ready.
Returning to the bottom of the chat resumes smooth auto-scrolling automatically.

AI Expand

The AI chat can now be expanded to take up the entire workspace. Giving it the feeling of using other AI chat interfaces, if you wish to simply chat with the AI.

Button can be found beside the "new chat" button in the AI chat.

If you select a document from the sidebar while the AI chat is expanded, the AI chat will go back to it's normal place.

Canadian English for AI Writing

You can now set English (Canada) as your workspace content language.

Choose Canadian English in Workspace Settings → General → Content Language.
AI Chat, writing suggestions, and content generations will follow Canadian English spelling, punctuation, and grammar rules (such as colour, honour, and centre).

New and Updated AI Models

We have updated the model lineup with new reasoning powerhouses, refreshed defaults, and new choices for writers bringing their own API keys (BYOK).

Scribeist Managed Models

Z.ai GLM 5.3: Added to Scribeist Managed models under the Reasoning category. GLM 5.3 delivers exceptional structural analysis, deep project planning, adjustable reasoning effort, and full support for workspace tools.
Model Refresh: Retired older models including Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Llama 3.3 70B in favor of faster, more capable current generation alternatives.

Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) Connections

Writers using BYOK provider connections now have access to the latest frontier releases:

OpenAI: Added GPT-6 Astra for state-of-the-art reasoning, deep analysis, and complex writing projects.
Anthropic: Added Claude Fable 5.1 for demanding long-horizon writing and extensive revisions.
Google: Added Gemini 3.7 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash for lightning-fast drafting and capable multi-step workspace assistance.

AI Tools

The AI can now read any opened document without needing to give it as context. Simply ask it something like: "Edit this document...", "Analyze the current document...", "Using the current document...".

Note: Not all models perform well with AI tools. All Scribeist-managed models have been tested and work reliably. If you connect your own custom models through OpenRouter or select older models, they may not support AI tools or may perform inconsistently.

This affects the AI's ability to:

Suggest edits (when Edit mode is enabled)
Create or edit canvases
Create or edit Mythos entities
Read the currently opened document directly (separate from explicitly attaching it as chat context)

Bugs & Fixes

Tool Execution Reliability: Fixed issues with multi-step tool calls, ensuring smooth execution when AI Chat creates canvases, updates Mythos entities, or edits documents.
Timeline calendar dates now default to the first created event in the timeline (if that event has a date). This can be turned off in calendar settings.