Hohoff Editor

A desktop manuscript editor built for the revision stage of novel writing. After producing a first draft in Scrivener or another writing tool, bring your manuscript here to strengthen it before it goes to a human editor.

Hohoff is not a substitute for professional editing. It is a preparation tool: it helps writers identify weaknesses in their own prose — passive voice, consistency gaps, show-vs-tell moments, pacing — so the manuscript arrives at the editor's desk in better shape. The AI flags candidates for revision; you decide what to change and how.

Built with Electron, React, and Claude (Anthropic).

Features

Manuscript editor

Markdown editor (CodeMirror 6) with syntax highlighting
Document outline navigation by heading level
Full-text search across all draft files
Drag-and-drop file reordering

AI revision tools

All AI features are diagnostic, not generative — they identify candidates for revision, they don't rewrite your work.

Inline annotations — Run an analysis pass on the open chapter and the editor marks specific passages inline:

Passive voice
Consistency (character names, details, continuity)
Style
Show vs. tell
General critique

Hover an annotation to see the suggestion. Apply or dismiss with one click; apply is undoable.

Chat — Ask questions about the open chapter. The AI has access to the chapter text as context. Two optional context toggles extend what it can see:

Story bible — Injects your Story Bible.md reference file. Useful for continuity questions.
Whole story — Injects the entire manuscript in narrative order. Useful for arc-level questions.

Both modes surface revision opportunities; the AI doesn't produce prose for you to paste in.

Story Bible

Story Bible.md lives in your project folder alongside the manuscript. Edit it directly in the app. A generation tool can bootstrap it from your existing manuscript (characters, world-building, timeline, themes, continuity rules) as a starting point.

Revision history

Every save creates a versioned snapshot in .hohoff/.revisions/. The revisions panel shows word count per version and lets you browse history.

File management

Create, rename, and delete files via right-click context menu
Custom ordering persisted in .hohoff/.order.json
Folder structure mirrors Part I–IV chapter organisation

Requirements

macOS (primary target)
Node.js 18+
An Anthropic API key

Setup

git clone <repo>
cd hohoff/app
npm install

On first launch, open Hohoff → Preferences (or Cmd+,) and set:

API key — your Anthropic key
Project path — the folder containing your manuscript files

Configuration is stored in ~/.hohoff/config.json.

Development

cd app
npm run dev        # Electron dev server with hot reload
npm run build      # Production build
npm run typecheck  # Type-check (Node + browser configs)

Project structure

hohoff/
├── app/                    Electron application
│   └── src/
│       ├── main/           Node process: file I/O, AI calls, IPC handlers
│       ├── preload/        contextBridge (renderer ↔ main)
│       └── renderer/       React UI (editor, chat, file tree, panels)
└── draft/                  Manuscript files (Markdown)
    ├── Prologue.md
    ├── Part I/
    │   └── *.md
    ├── Part II/ … Part IV/
    ├── Epilogue.md
    └── .hohoff/            App metadata (not manuscript content)
        ├── .order.json     Custom file ordering
        ├── .session.json   Persisted app state
        ├── .revisions/     Version history
        └── Story Bible.md  Reference file (optional)

Configuration reference

~/.hohoff/config.json:

{
  "apiKey": "sk-ant-...",
  "projectPath": "/path/to/your/draft"
}

Changes to apiKey take effect immediately. Changes to projectPath require a restart.

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