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Chronology Consistency Agent

Produce one consistent timeline in which every date and sequence agrees with the text and the sources.

Quality controlScience and researchWritersCreatives
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Chronology Consistency Agent: what goes in, what the agent does and what you get

What it does

In a long narrative, a character is in Paris in May in chapter 3 and at sea in chapter 7. Dates for the same event differ by a day, or a person's age does not fit. This agent reads the chapters and pulls out every date, duration, age and sequence cue. It builds one timeline, then checks it for conflicts: events out of order, impossible travel times, wrong weekdays, and ages that do not add up. For each conflict it checks the sources the author lists and says which date they support. After the author edits, it rebuilds the timeline from the new text and checks again. It never fixes text itself. The author approves the corrected timeline. Edge case: when two sources disagree, the agent shows both and asks for a choice.

How it works

Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.

Start and resultWhat it doesA check on its own workWaits for your OKGoes back and retries
Yes, continueApprovedYes, continueNoNo 1 STARTS WHEN New draft submitted 2 USES A TOOL Extract dates, durations, ages and sequence cues bychapter 3 DOES Build a single timeline of events 4 DOES Flag order conflicts, weekday errors and impossibletravel 5 USES A TOOL Check each conflict against the author's sourcenotes 6 CHECKS THE RESULT Does a source settle each conflict? If not: search the notes again with alternate spellingsand ask the author for a decision. Back to step 4. 7 DOES Propose a corrected timeline with reasons 8 YOU APPROVE Author approves the corrected timeline 9 USES A TOOL Rebuild the timeline from the edited chapters 10 CHECKS THE RESULT Do any new conflicts appear after the edits? If not: list the new conflicts and repeat the sourcecheck. Back to step 3. 11 RESULT Final timeline and conflict log
Read the steps as a list
  1. New draft submitted
  2. Extract dates, durations, ages and sequence cues by chapter
  3. Build a single timeline of events
  4. Flag order conflicts, weekday errors and impossible travel
  5. Check each conflict against the author's source notes
  6. Does a source settle each conflict?If not: search the notes again with alternate spellings and ask the author for a decision. Back to step 4.
  7. Propose a corrected timeline with reasons
  8. Author approves the corrected timelineThe agent waits here for your OK.
  9. Rebuild the timeline from the edited chapters
  10. Do any new conflicts appear after the edits?If not: list the new conflicts and repeat the source check. Back to step 3.
  11. Final timeline and conflict log

How it decides

It trusts a date more when a primary source supports it. It flags as impossible any sequence that breaks travel time or an age rule, and as unclear any case with no source.

  • Flag a weekday mismatch whenever a text gives a date and a weekday
  • Flag travel as impossible if time between places is under the period's fastest known route
  • Prefer the primary source date over a secondary one
  • Ask the author when two sources disagree

Make it yours

Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.

  • Calendar system (default Gregorian)
  • Fastest travel speeds for the period
  • Source notes location
  • Chapters to include
  • Strictness on approximate dates

What keeps you in control

It always asks you first

  • Choice of date where sources disagree
  • The final corrected timeline

Hard limits

  • Never change the manuscript
  • Show the source behind every proposed date

It stops when

  • Done: two consecutive checks show no conflicts
  • Stop: remaining conflicts need new research

Set it up

We guide you through the set-up, step by step

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An example run

What happensIn a 19th-century voyage book, chapter 3 put the departure on 12 April and chapter 9 said the ship had been at sea 40 days on 15 May. The agent flagged the gap of 33 days, checked the log notes, and found 7 April in the source. After edits, the recheck found a weekday error in chapter 11. The author fixed it and approved.

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