Book Genesis

What Book Genesis does

Starting from an idea, Book Genesis builds a brief covering genre, reader, length and comparable books, then designs characters with contradictions, a theme framed as a question, a voice anchored to real books, a chapter plan and a fact ledger. Every chapter is drafted to a file; the first chapter goes to four simulated readers built for that specific book before the rest is written, and every fifth chapter gets a continuity check and another read.

A read-only auditor quotes exact passages during the audit stage, and revision runs against the readers' judgment and a ten-part rubric for at most three passes each, keeping a revised chapter only if blind readers prefer it. The final stage produces a plain status report plus an editorial package: logline, blurb, synopsis, query letter, cover brief and a hook test of alternative titles, with EPUB and PDF output when the local machine can produce them.

Key features

• Full pipeline from one-line idea to packaged manuscript, run inside a normal agent session
• Four simulated readers who review chapters without seeing the author's plan
• Read-only auditor that quotes exact passages rather than general impressions
• Revision gated by a ten-part rubric and the readers' blind preference, capped at three passes
• Editorial package output: logline, blurb, synopsis, query letter and cover brief

When to use it

• Drafting a full novel from a one-line premise inside an existing coding agent
• Getting reader-blind feedback on a manuscript before committing to a full rewrite
• Producing query-ready materials (logline, blurb, synopsis) alongside the finished manuscript

Who it is for: Independent authors who want an agent-run drafting and editorial pipeline instead of writing and revising a full manuscript unassisted.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

Book Genesis lists Hermes Agent as a first-class install target with isolated subagents, alongside Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode.

How to install Book Genesis

These commands are copied from the project's README. Check the repository for the latest steps before you run them.

git clone https://github.com/felipelobomotta-blip/book-genesis-studio.git
cd book-genesis-studio
python runner/installer.py install claude

Requirements: Python 3.10 or newer, Git, and an agent that can read and write files

Note: Version 6.0.0-beta.1; a full book run in each first-class agent is part of the release plan rather than a completed claim yet.

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