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Build the world.
Then write it.

CanonBoard is the war room for screenwriters, showrunners, and writers' rooms — the only tool that actively stress-tests your world logic instead of just storing it.

Free solo plan. Upgrade for rooms.

REF · 0822-ELI
Character
Eli Vance

Signal keeper.

ACT IV2.0
Logic error
Timeline Discontinuity

"Maren died eleven years before the signal was built."

Entities
Paths
Verify Engine
The rule we built everything on

You can't write your way out of a logic problem.

The logic, rules, characters, and relationships your world runs on — built here, stress-tested here, before a word of script is written.

AI that interviews, not generates.
One question at a time, it pulls the world out of your head and organizes what you already know. It never writes for you. It helps you figure out what you already think.
Database logic that never sleeps.
Conflict Detection and Relationship Mapping run on pure structure — no AI, no credits, always on. The engine watches your world for contradictions while you build it.
The bible builds itself.
When you're ready, open Final Draft. Open Scrivener. Open whatever. The show bible is already built — one click, formatted, ready for the room.
What makes it a war room

Here your world gets stress-tested and stored.

Conflict Detection ✦

Your timeline doesn't add up. CanonBoard knows before the network does.

Run an AI scan across your full world and get every continuity break, with an explanation per conflict — dead-then-alive characters, broken rules, two characters in one place at one time. Available on Core and above; 1 credit per scan.

1 conflict detected.
Maren is 9, but 11 years have passed since she drowned.
Relationship Mapping

Every connection in your world, drawn. Pull one node, see what breaks.

Characters, locations, rules, lore — one navigable graph, every edge labelled. Geography pins it all to a map, real or invented. Both free, because a world you can see is a world you keep building.

Refine ✦

The AI interviews you. One question at a time. It never writes a word.

"What does Eli believe about the world that isn't true?" Ten questions per session. Your answers become structured canon on the board — excavated from you, never invented for you.

✦ REFINE
What's the one thing they'd never do — and why might they eventually do it?
Let the light go dark. And he'll do it when he…
And the rest of the room
Smart Import ✦
Drop in a script, treatment, or doc. CanonBoard reads it and builds the board automatically.
Infinite canvas
Pannable, zoomable, dot-grid. Pin cards, images, notes, and frames anywhere. The whiteboard is home base.
Timeline
Every event in in-world time, not episode order. Age inconsistencies and continuity breaks surface on their own.
Geography
Pin locations to a real-world map or build a fictional one. Space is canon too.
Version History
Every decision logged. Rewind the world to any previous state — including the one from three weeks ago that was right.
Bible Export
One click: a formatted show bible PDF, ready for a studio, network, or pitch. Free on every plan.
Team seats
Live cursors, presence, role permissions. One board, one source of truth, the whole room on it.
The Locked Vault
Season 2 reveals, hidden motives, the twist. The engine never flags what you've sealed on purpose.
How It Works

The work between the idea and the first draft.

Four steps. No setup. The engine is live the moment your first card lands.

01
Pin the canon.
Drop cards on the canvas — characters, locations, world rules. Or smart-import from existing notes.
02
Draw the threads.
Connect cards with labelled edges. Family, faction, rivalry, debt. The graph view writes itself.
03
Stress-test live.
The conflict engine flags age math, timeline overlaps, and contradictions as you type. No AI required.
04
Ship the bible.
One click: a formatted show bible PDF, ready for the studio, the network, or the room. Free on every plan.
Who It's For

World builders, not just writers.

If a single dropped detail can blow up your franchise, you need a war room. Not a wiki.

Showrunners
Hold the canon line across seasons, staff turnover, and last-minute network notes.
Writers' Rooms
Argue threads on a shared canvas. Lock spoilers in the Vault until the table read.
IP Studios & Franchises
Stress-test continuity across films, novels, games. Export bibles for every department.
Solo Worldbuilders
Start free. Build a defensible world before pitch, before script, before the deal.
The honest comparison

Your world bible lives in five places. That's the problem.

Notion, Google Docs, a whiteboard, and two notebooks. When episode 4 changes a character, episode 7's writer finds out at the table read.

CapabilityWriting appsWikis & docsCanonBoard
Works before anything is written
Actively flags contradictions as you build
Cross-entity relationship graph
Real-time writers' room collaboration
Intentional mysteries the engine won't flag
Formatted show bible export for studios

Writing apps are excellent at writing. That's the point — they start when the world is already supposed to hold. CanonBoard is the layer before.

Pricing

One war room. Pick your weight class.

Free solo plan. Upgrade for rooms.

Solo creators
Free
$0
  • 1 project · 1 seat
  • Every structural tool
  • Relationship map + geography
  • Bible export
Start Free
Most Popular
Small teams
Core
$17/mo
  • Unlimited projects · 3 seats
  • 15 AI credits/mo
  • Refine ✦ + Smart Import ✦
  • Vault, Media Library, History
Start Core
Showrunners & rooms
Pro
$49/mo
  • Everything in Core · 8 seats
  • 40 AI credits/mo
  • Comment threads
  • Change history, by who
Start Pro
Studios & orgs
Studio
$99/mo
  • Everything in Pro · 15 seats
  • 100 AI credits/mo
  • Admin dashboard
  • Org-level billing
Start Studio
FAQ

The questions every room asks.

Does the conflict engine use AI?+

No. It's deterministic database logic — age math, timeline overlap, location collision. Free on every tier, no credits burned.

Will Refine write my script?+

Never. Refine interviews you, one question at a time, and parses your answers into structured canon cards. The page stays yours.

Can I bring in an existing bible?+

Yes — Smart Import ✦ (Core and up) reads a script, treatment, or doc and builds the board automatically. 2–3 credits depending on length.

How do team seats work?+

Core includes 3 seats, Pro 8, Studio 15 — plus $5/seat beyond that. Invite by email with view, comment, or edit roles.

Who owns my world?+

You do. Always. Export your bible at any time, revoke share links instantly, delete your account and we delete your data.

The final frontier

Where the world gets built before the writing starts.

Start free. Build a world that holds before you write a single page.