Manual mode — nothing auto-updates
Master off-switch. When on, no memory updates, cast extraction, slop-learning, auto-continue, auto-retry, or recap happen on their own — only when you run them yourself. (Silent local backups still run to protect your data.)
See every layer, assembled in order, exactly as sent. Read-only.
Replaces only the base instructions. The minor-safety and no-real-nonconsent lines stay enforced in code even if you remove them here. Tip: open “View full prompt” first and copy the default as a starting point.
Always-on rules + banned words/phrases for this project, honored every reply. Plain lines ban exact phrases. Lines starting with re: are regex patterns — they catch a whole structure (e.g. re:\bnot\s+[^.!?\n]{1,90}?,?\s+but\s+ flags "not X, but Y" shapes). Critique the AI in chat, then ⋯ → “Teach slop catcher” to make it stick.
Highlight banned phrases/patterns in output
Teach The Workshop your personal “please stop writing like this” rules in normal language. Exact bans catch one phrase; pattern bans catch similar shapes; habit and character rules steer the writer.
Auto-suggest rules from my corrections
These run before the writer and feed hidden steering into the main reply. Each one can fail safely; generation keeps going.
Length tiers steer pacing and density instead of acting like hard scene caps. API max tokens remain as a safety rail.
Retry once if the reply breaks
After replies, the extractor saves verbatim details & planted threads. Backs up before each write.
Review new memory before saving
When on, new facts/secrets wait in a little review pile instead of becoming canon immediately.
Turns older than this get folded into the summary. Raise it for detail-dense chats.
Local vector search supplements lore and saved facts. It never overrides pinned facts, AU rules, or keyword lore.
No semantic index yet.
If your writing model is already a Thinking variant, set this to Off — otherwise reasoning eats your reply's length and prose comes out short.
End scenes with numbered options
Web search (appends :online)