Auto Book Builder No Microphone

Repository-ready package for deploying and operating a local AI-assisted fiction pipeline with a browser GUI (no microphone/speech recognition):

• Typed/pasted idea intake
• Book Brain Builder (pre-production)
• Dossier Evaluation Squad (validation)
• Auto Book Builder (continuity-safe drafting)
• Refinement, surgical edit, and audio QA loop

What This Repo Contains

• MASTER_BOOK_PIPELINE_SYSTEM_SPEC.md: Complete canonical specification.
• PIPELINE_ARCHITECTURE.md: End-to-end flow and stage responsibilities.
• frontend/: Auto Book Builder No Microphone local browser GUI (typed Codex CLI workflow).
• skills/: Individual skill contracts.
• deployment/: Setup, config, schemas, validation, acceptance.
• operations/: Recovery, versioning, security, maintenance.
• CONTRIBUTING.md: How collaborators should propose changes.

Quick Start

1. Read MASTER_BOOK_PIPELINE_SYSTEM_SPEC.md.
2. Follow deployment/DEPLOYMENT_RUNBOOK.md.
3. Start frontend/ (npm install && npm run start in that folder).
4. Validate with deployment/VALIDATION_AND_ACCEPTANCE.md.
5. Operate and troubleshoot with operations/OPERATIONS_AND_RECOVERY.md.

Frontend Prerequisites (For Humans or AI Setup Agents)

1. Node.js 18+ and npm installed.
2. Codex CLI installed and authenticated locally.
3. Local skill directory present (/Users/lastresort/codex/skills by default).
4. Run and verify:
   • cd frontend
   • npm install
   • npm run start
   • open http://127.0.0.1:8787

One-Click Local Launcher (macOS)

• Launcher docs: docs/LOCAL_LAUNCHER_SETUP.md
• Start: ./launchers/macos/AutoBookBuilder.command
• App launcher: launchers/macos/AutoBookBuilderLauncher.app (Launchpad-friendly; launches the no-microphone app variant in this repo)
• Stop: ./launchers/macos/StopAutoBookBuilder.command
• Status: ./scripts/status-autobook.sh
• Rebuild app bundle: ./scripts/build-macos-launcher-app.sh

First-time setup:

• chmod +x scripts/*.sh launchers/macos/*.command

Intended Audience

• No-code / low-code operators using Codex/Claude Code-style agents.
• Technical collaborators implementing or maintaining pipeline behavior.

Source of Truth

The local project filesystem and artifact contracts in deployment/ARTIFACT_SCHEMAS.md are authoritative.