I Built an AI Book Factory

Hello, my name is Eel Herod and I have been working hard over the past uh two weeks, literally uh since I stopped uh

posting every day for the app a day uh challenge, which by the way, it's still going very very well. I am literally coding every day. I just it trying to

post every single day has started to really like make my head go crazy, but I'm not stopping the process. What I did was I built a thing. I built a thing

that uh I think I'm calling it the Autobook Builder system. It actually it works a lot like Claudebot uh except I I

can't remote into it yet. I'm going to try and figure out a way to maybe do that at some point. But uh I built a system that uh works inside of Codeex.

It actually works inside of Claude Code also and it makes books for me. It helps

me make books. Uh it's a system and what what I'm going to do and this is mostly for my people over at StoryHacker. I'm

uh in that community uh now and I'm really enjoying the uh process of uh getting to know everybody. Very large

community, super huge community. I was

surprised how big it is. It's I'm having so much fun building things and so I thought I would walk you and uh those

people over at StoryHacker into I'm going to share what I perceive as a really fun system that hooks into uh

your CLI uh with codeex. We'll just get into that in the first section. All

right, let's talk uh let's talk book building. So this one is uh it's called

building. So this one is uh it's called the autobook builder. This presentation

is called the Codeex Pipeline. The whole

point of this is I'm going to probably be doing this as a presentation at different um book events and different things and I just want to be able to put it in front of everybody and I'm testing

out this particular metaphor of building a building. So, we'll we'll see if it

a building. So, we'll we'll see if it works. All right, let's jump right in.

works. All right, let's jump right in.

Oh, by the way, this is why AI matters.

All right, now let's do this. Hi,

welcome to this presentation on the codeex pipeline. All right. So, the

codeex pipeline. All right. So, the

whole idea when I first started this thing was that I wanted something that I could a Claudebot had been completely

taking running the world by just taking the world by storm. And I decided I wanted to make something that wasn't quite there. wasn't quite all the way

quite there. wasn't quite all the way there, but it was helpful to me, which I write. I publish. I I wanted to be able

write. I publish. I I wanted to be able to build something that could help me pipeline books and I could be the critiqueer and the tastemaker and making

all of the story choices and really really taking this idea of the guesswork

which is what is the biggest problem with AI is that it uses it the guesswork alone is a killer. You don't want it to

hallucinate. You don't want it to veer

hallucinate. You don't want it to veer off to the left, veer off to the right.

And a lot of people have been trying to build these mechanisms and these programs and stuff like this. And I

realized that when Codeex came out that I could use it to actually just build a system. And so what uh and what's the

system. And so what uh and what's the great thing about building a system with Codeex is that it's all local. it

everything all and if you open it up to the entire system, you can go all the way down to the system level and have control over every single thing inside

of your computer. This is very powerful because if you set up your GitHub and do all of these things, you can push your books or or even the vibe coded things

that you're building. You can push those up to GitHub and they just sit up there for free and you can make them private and it doesn't cost you any money whatsoever. It's a free way to store

whatsoever. It's a free way to store your MD files. And I say MD files because uh there are several actual

rappers that really that are word processor sort of rapper things like novel crafter like pseudorite typing

mind like raptor write that all they all literally give you the ability to read MD files and computers love MD files and

you can read MD files really well because computers can translate it into bold or whatever it is with all of those symbols and everything. So you have the

ability with this new paradigm to communicate with a computer in a format that it already likes and loves. So you

have all of that control. So now what I first did was when I was developing this system, I was trying to figure out uh the best way to have pros pop out the

other end. So, I kept tweaking things

other end. So, I kept tweaking things and I'm going to be releasing all of this code. It's going to be public and

this code. It's going to be public and I'm just going to release the whole thing. I was being very precious with it

thing. I was being very precious with it at first, but I was like, "Wait a minute, that's just dumb. If I release the whole thing to you, maybe somebody else out there can improve uh the

thing." I've got a front end that uh

thing." I've got a front end that uh that that you can actually use to uh fiddle around with it. And maybe later in the video, I will show you that front end. Actually, as a matter of fact, I

end. Actually, as a matter of fact, I will show you that front end. Okay, so I used the silent witness and I looked at the input. It generated output. I

the input. It generated output. I

identified the flaws. I modified the skill logic and reran the pipeline over and over again until I got the thing that I wanted. And that's that's kind of

the most important part is that you you make it your own one. You make it your own and then it becomes your voice. And

that so that's what I did. I made it my own. It isn't necessarily just my voice

own. It isn't necessarily just my voice either. Uh when you're building your

either. Uh when you're building your dossier, it should give you an opportunity to really talk about first person, third person, you know, past tense, present tense, whatever you want.

You should be able in the bookbrain builder be able to do that. And if it doesn't do that, I will make sure to tweak that skill to make sure that works

and then push it up to everything. Okay,

so now you know how I really kind of worked on this in the middle. So this is my seven stages that I actually use when

I'm building um a book. I built the this thing called the book brain builder.

That's step number two. Step one is to just use a any dictation software you want. I like Whisper. I love Whisper. As

want. I like Whisper. I love Whisper. As

a matter of fact, it's spelled a little differently than this, but I love Whisper myself. I use it on my laptop. I

Whisper myself. I use it on my laptop. I

don't use it on my main computer, which I'm really starting to regret. I really

think I need to change it. Next, I have something that helps me build. I made a skill, and this skill helps me build, right? Uh, and that's the whole point of

right? Uh, and that's the whole point of this machine is that all of these things hook into Codeex and Claude, right? So,

this is a skill. uh and I had it I just talked to it and said, "Hey, I want something that gives me holistic sort of uh questions so that I can answer uh questions." And uh I should have given

questions." And uh I should have given it a limit uh the skill of limit because it likes to go on and on and on and on, which I should probably change that at some point, but it helps you holistic

holistically get to the uh the the meat of your story, right? Everything about

your story. It really is trying to pull all of the nuggets out so that it can not have to guess. Then you use the dossier evaluation squad, something I

picked up from the future fiction academy. There was a um they they had

academy. There was a um they they had this whole concept of all these things.

And so I asked uh I used that idea of all those different things and I asked the AI to build me a skill that could actually do that thing. Now, this is one big thing that you're going to have to

start remembering. these this is

start remembering. these this is something you can do every single time you have some kind of thing that you want to do whether it's um building out

a dossier for a book or um making a marketing plan you should build a skill once you figure it out and how to

do it with AI then build a skill let it do it it's so awesome then after I do the dossier evaluation squad the

autobook book builder is what I do next.

Okay, the autobook builder is what I do next. And then um and that is a skill.

next. And then um and that is a skill.

The dossier evaluation squad is a skill.

The book brain builder is a skill, right? Claude co-worker

right? Claude co-worker is the final skill. It's the one that builds the chapters, uh puts everything in folders, puts everything in a

specific space for you and all of that stuff. And then after I get all of that

stuff. And then after I get all of that built up in in codeex, I go over to claude code to fatten it up. And I do mean fatten it up. It has so many

metaphors and simileies and all of these things that it adds to it. And then I scrape off all of that extra layer cake

stuff uh so that the th so that the layer of uh frosting is nice and taut to that cake. And then after I get all done

that cake. And then after I get all done with all of that, I drop it into my MD editor of choice, which is Raptorite.

You can use Novelcfter. You can uh you can use a lot of different sorts of uh things to get this done. I like to use

claw. I like to use uh codeex to build

claw. I like to use uh codeex to build me a file system inside of my own computer, right? and then put MD files

computer, right? and then put MD files in there and also DOCX files as backup files in another folder. That way I have two versions of it in two separate

folders. But if it does if something

folders. But if it does if something doesn't read it well, I can just go straight to the DOCX file and just have it read it. It's really, really easy.

And then after all of that is done, I have an audio loop. And that audio loop is absolutely mindblowing to me because I get to listen to whether or not there

are mistakes. Now, let's talk about the

are mistakes. Now, let's talk about the voice first thing.

If you do not talk to your AI, you are missing out on exactly what um the potential that you could have. meaning

that there's a lot of times very interesting nuance things that you just say out of your mouth and it ends up being important something that you didn't even think about especially for

people who are making stories. So when

you decide that this is the path for you, right, I say start with dictation.

So the book brain builder has a nice little blueprint. It does style traits.

little blueprint. It does style traits.

It does a blueprint of the actual story.

It has three different reports that it does. It does a readiness report, a go

does. It does a readiness report, a go no-go sort of report, a style trait report, and a blueprint. All of this

stuff becomes the brain of this perfect story that you are building. If it's

something that you really are passionate about or something that you have already made a lot of documentation uh with, you can feed those documents. You can add

those documents and feed those documents in and it will populate that sort of thing. It will listen to actual audio

thing. It will listen to actual audio files that you have and it will translate those audio files. I'm

knocking myself over here. And translate

those audio files. It's amazing. A great

skill. Like I said, uh the Darcier Evaluation Squad is the Atlas, which is the the structure, the the psyche, which is the characters, the nova, which is

kind of the concept, the whole over the whole concept, uh the entire uh idea

from nuts to bolts, the tempo. So how

whether or not it's moving at a pace that really kind of clips along and what is that niche and it really looks at that stuff gives it a score and as it

decide as all those different things decide they all become it spawns these agents and those agents actually have like conflict with each other and figure

it out and then I build the book right this is the skeleton Right. The power

this is powered by codeex. It actually I just use my CLI my codeex CLI that in

the desktop app and I build with that skill. And the skill I it's I'm going to

skill. And the skill I it's I'm going to be putting it out. So you'll definitely get a chance to uh see it. uh it's kind of part of this whole uh video that I'm

doing right now so that you have this as a kind of guide to what you can do with this thing. Okay, the codeex it consumes

this thing. Okay, the codeex it consumes the validated doc uh dossier. It drafts

chapter by chapter respecting continuity. It creates a excellent an

continuity. It creates a excellent an excellent structure and scaffolding and I tested it over and over again and it improved my stuff immensely. If you are

not having as good a luck, you could go in there and say, "Hey, what is this?

I'm having a problem with this. Look at

this skill. Tell me why it isn't working like I want it to work and then get it to work for you the way you want it to

work." And then clawed code kind of uh

work." And then clawed code kind of uh it does the thing where it it it it

adds a lot to it. It adds a lot of meat and potatoes to that entire meal, not just vegetables. Okay. It's kind of lean

just vegetables. Okay. It's kind of lean when it comes out of codeex uh codeex and and and a little not analytical but

it gets to the point and gives you great structure for Claude to then add a lot of interesting deep sort of emotions and

smart phrasing and all of that stuff.

Now we get to the human feedback loop, right? Once I get that thing, once I

right? Once I get that thing, once I listen to it, honestly, once I listen to it on 11 Labs and then I hear the actual

thing and whether it's singing to me or not and then you and when it starts making mistakes or not even mistakes,

but actual it's actually having um this where where it's it's constantly going.

Claude is famous for this where it constantly goes back and starts saying like the longest way to get to the end of a sentence it could possibly do it.

Uh explaining every nuanced emotion as it goes along. It's just a pain in the to. So what I want you to do is look at

to. So what I want you to do is look at that as a opportunity. This is these are opportunity taxes that we're going for

here. This is amazing if you ask me. If

here. This is amazing if you ask me. If

you ask me, this is amazing because then you get to peel back and look at it and and think about it and then go into

Raptorite and really fine-tune everything. Skills are tools, okay? They

everything. Skills are tools, okay? They

give you the ability to do anything, anything you can think of. So, what I want you to do is start thinking about what is that thing that you can do,

right? What is that thing that you

right? What is that thing that you personally need? And then once you

personally need? And then once you figure out how to get the AI to do it, then you ask it to make the skill. That's all

I want you to do. And then over and over and over again, this is going to work out really well for you. Uh because

you'll become way more proficient in the ability to make these things for real.

Make these things. You don't have to make this yourself. You can make some other system. But I'm hoping that this

other system. But I'm hoping that this gives you the spurs your imagination on because you are a universal architect.

You are the person that is imagining every single solitary moment, every nuance, every heartbreak, every action

scene, every hit, every punch, every space opery sort of epic adventure thing. You are the person that's doing

thing. You are the person that's doing all of that stuff. And one of the cool things about um about AI and why this

matters so much in AI is it gives you you who are already a person who steps out of your way and builds books. It

gives you way more agency to find the to find an idea out of just a thought. You

can start thinking about an idea and then just dictate to this system. You

can dictate to this system exactly what you want and be the architect. Be the

person, the builder of the world, the world builder. Here's some specs on how

world builder. Here's some specs on how this all works. Now, what I love about this is that it gives you a very kind of

uh top level down sort of idea of how to do this. All I want you to do is if you

do this. All I want you to do is if you want I'll try and make sure that I include uh well actually I probably won't include this but you could actually take my transcript from this

video and feed it into an AI and it will probably build this thing for you. It

probably build this thing for you. All

right. And uh that's pretty much it for uh how you do this. Now I'm going to do one other thing and I'm going to show

you all the uh very cool app that I built. So the way that I built this is

built. So the way that I built this is pretty simple. I built the backend first

pretty simple. I built the backend first and had it all working inside of codeex.

I built the skills and the skills are a component, right? And uh each one of the

component, right? And uh each one of the skills do a does a thing in sequence.

And so I wanted to build a frontend, something that I could uh use its natural ability to do things like uh um dictation and stuff like that and build

it into an app where I could just do it myself. I could it's it's a front end.

myself. I could it's it's a front end.

So here's the here's what the front end actually looks like, right? The autobook

builder. And at the bottom here at the bottom here, there is this thing that says advanced workflow, which I'll show you in a second. But what we have, there

we go. When you first look at this, and

we go. When you first look at this, and you'll see right here, it says autobook builder first uh voice first story

intake with codeex CLI as the local brain. Okay. if you install CLI uh

brain. Okay. if you install CLI uh codeex uh on your computer and install the CLI in the background and make sure

I'm pretty sure it does when you install the actual codeex app it will install the CLI then you can hook I have a I

have an onboarding uh thing that I am building out right now and you can have this basically on your computer using

your subscription to chat GPT P and you can have it work as the uh background to this application right here. There right

there. Uh I'm actually it's anyway. So this application this

anyway. So this application this application right here is is like something that I just started thinking about yesterday and I decided to build

out the front end. I had already worked on the back end a long time ago, but I decided I really wanted to build out the front end. And so that's what I did was

front end. And so that's what I did was I built out the front end. And uh I put it in my favorite team's colors. And uh

it's it it works. It works. The actual

let me see here. You have to start a session in order to start this whole thing. And then when you start a

thing. And then when you start a session, it says to you where do you want to um have this thing actually happen? say use this folder. You want to

happen? say use this folder. You want to choose a different folder. It actually

opens up my uh my Apple thing. And I'm

going to put in here. I'm going to put a new folder. We'll call this Yan Rolo.

new folder. We'll call this Yan Rolo.

Space Navy. There we go. Space Navy.

Okay. And basically, I've got I'm already I've already started this whole thing up right here. And it's ready to go. All I have to do is click this. It

go. All I have to do is click this. It

asks me to uh allow my microphone and I talk. Hey, how you doing? I want to

talk. Hey, how you doing? I want to actually write a story about a uh young woman who uh finds a pendant and it

gives her superpowers. And there it is.

And if you could uh let me know uh if this is a viable story, it would be really cool.

I'm g turn off the microphone right there. Okay. And I turned off the

there. Okay. And I turned off the microphone so that it wouldn't just pick up my next phrase. And as you can see, the builder right here responded.

And uh I and it is hooked up to my uh codeex. It is using codeex as its brain.

codeex. It is using codeex as its brain.

And as I am making things, it has out uh it has places where it can export things. I have a master save up here. So

things. I have a master save up here. So

I can export things at the master save.

I can launch the autobook builder. I can

run the evaluation. This is the whole process. I can you know what? I should

process. I can you know what? I should

probably have that autobook builder on the other side of this run evaluation.

I'll have to change that later. Okay. So

the start session right launches the uh book brain builder. You run the evaluation and the run evaluation runs the dossia evaluation squad and then you

can actually launch the autobook builder and you can do it all up here. But there

is an advanced section. So if I click on this advanced section right here and this advanced section you can pick your model. You can pick where you want to

model. You can pick where you want to put things specific things. You can have an export folder. You can have a workspace folder. you can have a place

workspace folder. you can have a place and you can designate that you want to use these specific skills. So if you wanted to collect a bunch of skills or something like that uh and use the

skills you're using the ones that are in the codeex folder right here. So and

it'll give you a list of the ones in the folder. So if you add more it'll add

folder. So if you add more it'll add more for you uh as you add more. At

least I'm pretty sure that's what it'll do. Uh, but it does have uh access. You

do. Uh, but it does have uh access. You

can turn so you can do a big old manual way of building a bunch of stuff right here, which is really cool to me. I I

really love the ability to really dig deep into every single aspect and the fact that it built all this for me in order to really say, "Hey, you know, you

have a easy mode and a and a hard mode."

And it made the hard mo really hard, but it works really well.

And that's my interface for the auto book builder. It's a lot of fun. I'm

book builder. It's a lot of fun. I'm

having a lot of fun. And I will probably have a repo of this up tomorrow. I'm

going to put this video out. I'm pretty

sure I don't even think I really need to do that much editing on this video because it flow flow flowed. But other

than that, I hope that you enjoyed this little primer for what I hope is a really cool product that is not really a product. It's just an open-source uh

product. It's just an open-source uh product that you can use yourself. It's

called the Auto Book Builder. Now,

remember, when you start doing this, you're going to need lots of prerequisites and stuff like that. All

you have to do is install the codeex app, install the Claude code app and it they will both ask you for specific

things and uh and specific types of uh software and stuff like that and it'll just get you going and then you can install this and then it'll say, "Hey, you don't have this installed." You'll

install that new stuff and you'll give it permission. Uh Codex has a thing at

it permission. Uh Codex has a thing at the bottom where it gives you full you can uh give it full access to your computer. I suggest that you do that and

computer. I suggest that you do that and uh make sure that when you do do that that you are specifying when you actually want it to make uh take actions

and when you don't just say out loud I don't want you to actually do anything right now. I just want you to look at

right now. I just want you to look at this thing or listen to my problem and figure this thing out. So, this is the autobook builder. And what's so cool

autobook builder. And what's so cool about it is as you keep going, it starts filling out your markdown files automatically inside of a folder that

you've already designated. I have a onboarding thing and a whole nine yards that helps you set it up from the beginning when you open up the repo and

have Codex read the repo and and start implementing the thing in the repo, which is probably something that I could teach you how to do in another video.

All right, everyone. My name is Eel O'Hara. This is why AI matters, and I

O'Hara. This is why AI matters, and I pretty much just showed you a whole new way to write books, and you can have it

for free. So hopefully I'll have it out

for free. So hopefully I'll have it out uh either when this video goes out or the day after this video goes out and I'll put up like a community post. As a

matter of fact, I'll probably put the article that I wrote uh about about this thing. I'll put that article

up on YouTube. All right, everyone. My

name is Eel Herod. This is why AI matters. And why does AI matter today?

matters. And why does AI matter today?

Because if you put your mind to it, AI can help you publish as many books as you want, make movies, make anything. I

hope to see all of you in the next video. Please like and subscribe. And uh

video. Please like and subscribe. And uh

boy, we living in the future, y'all.

Talk to you all soon.