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.
Auto-expand short "long" replies
When length is Long and a reply ends early and short, automatically write one seamless continuation to extend the scene. (Skipped when "end with options" is on, since the options footer can't be written past.)
Pushes richer, more layered prose from the first line — sensory detail, interiority, fuller paragraphs. Your slop bans keep it honest instead of purple. This is the natural way to get longer, denser scenes in one pass.
Replies under this word count get expanded — up to 3 seamless continuations — until they clear the floor. Needs auto-expand on and "end with options" off (it can't write past the options footer). When a floor is set, it applies on any length. Higher floors can invite padding; pick the highest number that still reads clean.
End scenes with numbered options
Web search (appends :online)