> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://story-prism.gitbook.io/story-prism-wiki/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://story-prism.gitbook.io/story-prism-wiki/readme.md).

# Story Prism User Manual

Welcome to the **Story Prism User Manual**.

Story Prism is a canvas-based knowledge graph where you build a structured map of your project — notes for every fact, character, claim, scene, and source, connected by labeled relationships. Your AI assistant then reasons from that map instead of guessing from a blank chat.

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Use Story Prism to:

* Map research and evidence as connected notes and claims.
* Build story bibles, world systems, character maps, and plot structures.
* Turn uploaded documents and interview transcripts into structured knowledge.
* Write, outline, and analyze with an AI that cites the notes it used.

### How to use this manual

* [Your Canvas](https://story-prism.gitbook.io/story-prism-wiki/getting-started/quickstart) — the tour, from first project to first note.
* [Your AI Assistant](https://story-prism.gitbook.io/story-prism-wiki/getting-started/your-ai-assistant) — Ask and Build modes, skills, @-mentions.
* [Connecting Notes Together (Edges)](https://story-prism.gitbook.io/story-prism-wiki/getting-started/connecting-notes-together-edges) — the structure that powers everything.
* [Plan options](https://story-prism.gitbook.io/story-prism-wiki/pricing/plan-options) — what each plan includes.

Prefer to learn by doing? Open the app and click the green **Tutorial Guides** button in the left sidebar — six short interactive walkthroughs that teach the live interface click by click.

Watch the 2-minute intro video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDua1G2hyaM>