Radial Timeline Integration

Radial Timeline is a companion plugin for manuscript structure. When it is installed and an active book is set, Editorialist uses that book context for scene inventory, pending-edits review, and scene ID guidance.

The integration is optional. Editorialist works without Radial Timeline by using a configured manuscript folder, its own note IDs, or path-based tracking when needed.

What Radial Timeline adds

Capability	Without RT	With RT
Book scope	Configured manuscript folder, active-note folder, or whole vault	Active-book scope for panels, inventory, and stats
Scene tracking	Editorialist stable note IDs, or path-based fallback	Radial Timeline scene IDs shared with manuscript exports
Pending edits	Active-book pending-edits sweep is not available	Revision notes collected across the active book
Scene inventory	Plain scene list	Scene status and stage glyphs when matching frontmatter exists
Review templates	Scene IDs from scoped notes when available; otherwise generic guidance	The template includes the active book's scene IDs

Availability

If Radial Timeline is missing, disabled, or has no active book, Editorialist reports that state for pending-edits review and continues with its built-in import and tracking modes. Imported review batches do not require Radial Timeline.