So, you have your cast. Your locations. All the random objects that your project needs.
But what next? What else can the codex do to help with our projects?
Key Word tracking
Most commonly used to track "AI-isms" (i.e. words that AI uses more frequently), codex entries are the perfect way to track words in your project. To set up your codex entry:
Create a codex entry
In the aliases add the key words you want to track
You may want to assign these words a colour, so they stand out when tracked
You could follow this principle to create "weak verb" trackers, or verbs that show "telling", rather than "showing".
Story Structure
The chat interface works at its best when you pull in information from the codex to inform your chat. One way you can do this in the planning stage is by making a "plot outline" codex entry containing the framework for your story. By calling the codex entry in chat, you can reference it with no need to copy and paste.
Tropes
If you are writing a romance (or any genre) novel, include a list of tropes and a description of what is in the trope. This will help educate and 'prime' the AI to the tropes you wish to emphasise in the book.
Theme
The lesson that you want to permeate through your book. It won't be mentioned in every sentence or page, but it's the lens through which your characters see the world. You may choose to have this as a global entry.
Character Voice
Also known as a style guide. I like to include an additional global entry for my POV character. This entry talks about the way their chapters are written; how to include the essence of the character through the narration as much as possible.
Tracking Subplots
You can use codex progressions to track your subplots. This is great for chat, where you can evaluate the development of subplots, or in the matrix view to see a physical representation.
Article References
If you're writing non-fiction, including your research as codex entries can help inform the AI of the information you want to include, rather than relying on the AI's training data.
Ensure you make these references global, or call them in the scene beat.
For those of you who wish to experiment further, try including the most important parts of the codex into a custom prompt.