WBZero
A writing and worldbuilding workspace — exploring how AI can help writers without writing for them.
WBZero lets you organize projects into chapters, generate illustrations from selected passages, build mind-map canvases, and talk to three AI muses that search, observe, and ask questions — but never write your story.
What you can do
- Write and organize projects with chapters in a rich-text editor
- Select any passage to generate an AI illustration
- Refine AI images with instructions and choose among variations
- Build node-based canvases (mind maps) — manually or AI-generated from a prompt
- Three AI muses for writing guidance, research, and reflection
- Customize image prompt templates and workspace themes
The three muses
Melete
Writing-practice muse. Helps you get unstuck with prompts, constraints, and observations based on what you’re working on.
Iris
Adjacent-ideas muse. Runs web searches and returns curated source packs with summaries and follow-up angles.
Hypandra
Reflection muse. Generates curiosity-driven reflections and questions from your writing context.
How AI is used
- Image generation + refinement
Select text to illustrate, then optionally refine with instructions. You choose what to illustrate and which variation to keep.
- Canvas generation
Describe an idea and the AI generates a connected node map. You can also build canvases manually and link nodes to chapters.
- Muse conversations
Each muse has access to your current project, chapter, and canvas context. A prompt viewer lets you inspect what the AI actually sees.
About this build
WBZero was built with a 16-year-old over four one-hour Curiosity Builds sessions. The question: how can AI help a writer without taking over the writing?
The AI never drafts text or suggests edits. It stays out of the writing process. Instead it illustrates, maps ideas, searches for related material, and asks questions — tools that support the writer's thinking without replacing it.
WBZero is open source. Explore the code, open issues, or fork it.
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