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Ian edited this page Jul 13, 2026 · 8 revisions

Current Limitations

DRAFT is pre-release software. The current workspace supports local document editing, explicit save/open/close, manual references and citation insertion, five local text checks, formatting review, and DOCX export on the initial macOS Apple Silicon target.

Documents

  • There is no autosave, crash recovery, version history, or cloud sync.
  • DRAFT opens and saves its version 2 document format. It migrates valid version 1 DRAFT documents in memory and writes version 2 only after an explicit save.
  • DRAFT imports UTF-8 .txt and .md files as literal editable text, but it does not parse or preview Markdown. Unsupported or malformed input fails without changing the source file.
  • DRAFT can read a bounded DOCX paragraph subset, including supported headings, alignment, line spacing, paragraph spacing, and indentation. Valid DOCX features outside that subset are disclosed as requiring source preservation; malformed, unsafe, unsupported, or lossy input fails without changing the source file.
  • Imported text, Markdown, and DOCX content become unsaved DRAFT documents. They cannot be saved back to the source format. First Save requires a new .draft target, Export creates a separate DOCX copy, and the original source remains unchanged.
  • RTF, OpenDocument (.odt), and legacy Word (.doc) import are unavailable. Same-format DOCX save and round-trip fidelity are not currently supported.
  • The visible workspace manages one current document at a time.

Desktop Interface

  • Document lifecycle and DOCX export are available through matching native File menu and in-window controls. Other native menu groups remain limited to actions the current workspace can honor.
  • Command grouping, responsive overflow, editor spacing, and outline layout remain under release-blocking desktop workflow review.
  • The purple source artwork and generated bundle/header icons are integrated, but Finder, Dock, application-switcher, and packaged-window identity still require final packaged validation.

Research And Citations

  • The visible reference workflow accepts manual citekey, title, author, and year fields only.
  • Reference editing, deletion, bulk import, synchronization, and visible bibliography management are unavailable.
  • External metadata services and PDF intake are not exposed in the workspace.
  • Citation rendering resolves saved citekeys, but there is no automatic citation repair.

Text Checks

  • Text checks are limited to repeated adjacent words, the 30-word sentence threshold, all-capital words of at least five letters, repeated substantial sentence openings, and mixed first-person perspective.
  • Findings are fixed heuristic signals and may not fit the author's intent.
  • A text snapshot is limited to 32 KiB and results to 100 findings.
  • DRAFT does not generate writing, interpret arguments, evaluate ideas, check facts, or infer authorship.

Formatting

  • Formatting review checks heading structure and citation-style declarations for the supported style choices. It does not certify full compliance with a style manual.
  • Formatting and text findings are not saved and do not apply automatic edits.
  • Font formatting is limited to Arial, Avenir Next, Baskerville, Courier New, Georgia, Helvetica, Menlo, Palatino, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, and Verdana at whole point sizes from 8 through 72.
  • Paragraph alignment, spacing, and indentation controls are not currently available. The underlying file and DOCX-export model does not make those controls a finished user workflow.

Export

  • DOCX export supports paragraphs, headings, text, hard breaks, bold, italic, underline, bounded font-family and font-size marks, and validated paragraph properties within documented resource limits.
  • Unsupported content fails instead of being silently omitted.
  • Citation nodes are not currently included in DOCX output.
  • PDF export is currently unavailable. Its rendering policy and implementation boundary require separate accepted work.

Connectivity And Services

  • Offline mode is session-only. It does not detect operating-system connectivity, persist after restart, queue work, or retry requests.
  • DRAFT does not expose provider credentials, model services, telemetry, diagnostics export, or support-bundle upload.

Packaging

  • The current reproducible package is an unsigned macOS Apple Silicon .app.
  • Signing, notarization, installer creation, updates, and a published download remain release work.

See Using the workspace for current actions and Troubleshooting for recovery guidance.

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