♿ display prompt separately from story text

src/main/fileSystem.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export interface StoryMeta {
   wordCountTarget?: number
   tags?: string[]
   notes?: string
+  prompt?: string
 }
 
 export interface Market {

src/renderer/components/Dashboard/PromptHero.tsx

@@ -72,13 +72,12 @@ export function PromptHero(): JSX.Element {
     }
     const name = `Story ${stories.length + 1}`
     const created = await window.api.createStory(name)
+    await window.api.setStoryMeta(created.id, { prompt })
     const refreshed = await window.api.listStories()
     setStories(refreshed)
     const story = refreshed.find((s) => s.path === created.path)
     if (story) {
-      const initial = `> ${prompt}\n\n`
+      setActiveStory(story.path, story.id, '')
-      await window.api.writeStory(story.path, initial)
-      setActiveStory(story.path, story.id, initial)
     }
   }
 

src/renderer/components/Editor/MarkdownEditor.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { EditorView, keymap, Decoration, type DecorationSet, ViewPlugin, type ViewUpdate } from '@codemirror/view'
 import { EditorState, StateField, StateEffect, RangeSetBuilder, Compartment } from '@codemirror/state'
 import { markdown } from '@codemirror/lang-markdown'
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ const annPlugin = ViewPlugin.fromClass(class {
 const themeCompartment = new Compartment()
 const fontSizeCompartment = new Compartment()
 
-function buildTheme(fontSize: number, isDark: boolean): ReturnType<typeof EditorView.theme> {
+function buildTheme(fontSize: number, isDark: boolean, hasPrompt = false): ReturnType<typeof EditorView.theme> {
   return EditorView.theme({
     '&': { height: '100%', background: 'transparent' },
     '.cm-scroller': { fontFamily: 'Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif', fontSize: `${fontSize}px`, lineHeight: '1.85', overflow: 'auto' },
-    '.cm-content': { maxWidth: '680px', margin: '0 auto', padding: '48px 24px 24px', caretColor: 'var(--accent)' },
+    '.cm-content': { maxWidth: '680px', margin: '0 auto', padding: `${hasPrompt ? '24px' : '48px'} 24px 24px`, caretColor: 'var(--accent)' },
     '.cm-line': { padding: '0' },
     '.cm-cursor': { borderLeftColor: 'var(--accent)', borderLeftWidth: '2px' },
     '.cm-selectionBackground': { background: 'rgba(200,169,110,0.25)' },
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export function MarkdownEditor(): JSX.Element {
   const viewRef = useRef<EditorView | null>(null)
   const lastPathRef = useRef<string | null>(null)
   const storeTimerRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null)
+  const [storyPrompt, setStoryPrompt] = useState<string | null>(null)
 
 
   // Initialize editor
@@ -159,6 +160,14 @@ export function MarkdownEditor(): JSX.Element {
     }
   }, [activeStoryPath, activeStoryContent, setRevisions])
 
+  // Load prompt from meta when story changes
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!activeStoryId) { setStoryPrompt(null); return }
+    window.api.getStoryMeta(activeStoryId).then((meta) => {
+      setStoryPrompt(meta.prompt ?? null)
+    }).catch(() => setStoryPrompt(null))
+  }, [activeStoryId])
+
   // Sync annotations into editor
   useEffect(() => {
     const view = viewRef.current
@@ -168,8 +177,8 @@ export function MarkdownEditor(): JSX.Element {
 
   // Update theme
   useEffect(() => {
-    viewRef.current?.dispatch({ effects: themeCompartment.reconfigure(buildTheme(fontSize, theme === 'dark')) })
+    viewRef.current?.dispatch({ effects: themeCompartment.reconfigure(buildTheme(fontSize, theme === 'dark', !!storyPrompt)) })
-  }, [theme, fontSize])
+  }, [theme, fontSize, storyPrompt])
 
   if (!activeStoryId) {
     return <div className="no-story-placeholder">Select a story or create a new one</div>
@@ -178,6 +187,14 @@ export function MarkdownEditor(): JSX.Element {
   return (
     <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', height: '100%', position: 'relative' }}>
       <WordCountBar />
+      {storyPrompt && (
+        <div className="story-prompt-banner">
+          <div className="story-prompt-banner-inner">
+            <span className="story-prompt-banner-label">Prompt</span>
+            {storyPrompt}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
       <div
         style={{ flex: 1, overflow: 'hidden', position: 'relative' }}
         onMouseDown={(e) => {

src/renderer/styles/app.css

@@ -799,3 +799,31 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; }
 /* Misc */
 .inline-edit { background: none; border: none; padding: 0; font: inherit; color: inherit; width: 100%; outline: none; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--accent); }
 .no-story-placeholder { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; height: 100%; color: var(--text3); font-size: 14px; }
+
+/* ── Story prompt banner ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+.story-prompt-banner {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
+}
+.story-prompt-banner-inner {
+  max-width: 680px;
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  padding: 28px 24px 0;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-style: italic;
+  color: var(--text3);
+  line-height: 1.6;
+}
+.story-prompt-banner-label {
+  display: block;
+  font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-size: 10px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.07em;
+  color: var(--text3);
+  margin-bottom: 6px;
+  opacity: 0.7;
+}

src/renderer/types/borges.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ export interface StoryMeta {
   wordCountTarget?: number
   tags?: string[]
   notes?: string
+  prompt?: string
 }
 
 export interface StoryFile {