Manuscript AI isn't another chatbot. It combines its own models with models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, the companies behind ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, runs them through a fixed editorial checklist, calculates readability for every chapter, and returns a report of 15–25 pages for $19, once. A chatbot is better for back-and-forth, rewriting and fiction. For an editor's read of a whole non-fiction book, use Manuscript AI.
By Prannay Kedia, Founder · Updated
Why authors choose Manuscript AI
Every report answers the same 8 editorial questions, drawn from a combined 15 years of non-fiction editorial work by editors who have worked at major publishing houses. You don't need to know what to ask.
One upload covers every chapter: whether the argument holds, how the chapters connect, and a summary and recommendations for each. No pasting chapter by chapter, no stitching answers together.
Word count, reading time, reading ease and grade level are calculated for every chapter and charted across the book, so outlier chapters stand out and you can measure your revision.
As a self-publisher, I ran each paragraph through ChatGPT (I couldn't and won't pay 1000s to have my manuscript stripped of my voice, cadence, etc.), however, the service you offered was more broad and thematic (which is what I was looking for).”
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At a glance
| Feature | ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini | Manuscript AI |
|---|---|---|
| AI models | One company's models | Our own models, plus models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google |
| What gets checked | Whatever you think to ask | The same editorial checklist on every book, plus your own questions |
| Chapter metrics | Possible if you ask it to run code on each chapter | Calculated for every chapter and charted across the book |
| Follow-ups and rewrites | Yes, as many as you like | No. Add your questions when you upload; the report diagnoses, you revise |
| Fiction | Yes | No, non-fiction only |
| What you get | A conversation | A 15–25 page PDF report by email, plus a private online link |
| Price | Free tiers, or a monthly plan you may already have | $19 per manuscript, once |
| Your manuscript | Consumer plans may use chats for training unless you opt out | Never used to train AI; the file is deleted within 48 hours of delivery |
What you get
From a real report
“Chapter VIII on movement is the clearest rupture. After the narrative warmth of Ogimi and the diet chapter, it becomes a catalogue of yoga types, tai chi styles, qigong’s ‘Tyau Shenn’ and step-by-step postures, and the Six Healing Sounds. The tie to ikigai is thin, and the chapter’s own admission, ‘It might feel confusing to be presented with all the Eastern traditions,’ confirms the overload.”
“Improvement: Open each chapter with a one-sentence bridge stating its link to ikigai…”
Methodology
Every report answers the same 8 questions about the whole book. They draw on a combined 15 years of non-fiction editorial work by editors who have worked at major publishing houses. Each chapter also gets its own summary and recommendation, and you can add your own questions when you upload.
Each part of the analysis runs on our own models, hosted on AWS in the United States, or on the model from OpenAI, Anthropic or Google that handles that task best.
Calculated with standard formulas, not estimated by a language model. The report charts chapter length and grade level side by side, so outliers stand out.
Use what fits
Often. Use ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini when:
Before pasting a manuscript into a chat app, check its data settings: consumer plans can use conversations to train models unless you opt out.
Act as a developmental editor for non-fiction. My full manuscript is attached. First, list the chapters with a one-sentence summary of each. Then assess: (1) the book's main message and whether every chapter serves it; (2) how well the chapters flow into each other; (3) whether each chapter opens and closes clearly; (4) where the writing becomes hard to follow; (5) what the reader can do after finishing. For every problem, name the chapter, quote the passage and suggest one specific fix.
FAQ
No. ChatGPT is one company's chat app. Manuscript AI combines its own models with models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google and runs them through a fixed editorial checklist and standard readability formulas. You don't chat with it: you upload a manuscript and get a report.
Much of the written feedback, yes, if you know what to ask and work through the book with it. What takes extra work is applying an editor's checklist to every chapter, calculating the metrics and assembling everything into one report. Mason Peterson, a self-publisher, ran each paragraph through ChatGPT first and found the report "more broad and thematic (which is what I was looking for)."
To a chat app, check its data settings first: consumer plans of ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini can use conversations to train models unless you opt out. Your manuscript is analysed by our own models, hosted on AWS in the United States and trained only on public data, and by models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google through paid APIs whose terms bar them from training on it. It is never used to train AI. Your file is deleted within 48 hours of your report being delivered.
No. The checklist and recommendations are built for non-fiction, such as self-help, business, memoir, biography, theology and religion. For fiction, a chatbot is the better choice.
$19 for a non-fiction manuscript of any length. Your report usually arrives in under 10 minutes. Not satisfied? Ask within 14 days for a full refund.
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