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title: "ImagineMate user guide"
description: "Learn how to build a story world, write chapters, collaborate, and keep your story bible consistent in ImagineMate."
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ImagineMate is a workspace for developing story worlds and writing the stories set in them. Your **story bible** tracks people, places, events, relationships, and details. Your **books and chapters** hold the manuscript. **Boards** give you a visual space for ideas and references.

Learn how [worlds and navigation](/worlds) keep these areas connected.

You can edit the world yourself or talk through ideas with the built-in assistant. The assistant can organize those ideas into the bible; you stay in control of what becomes canon.

## Start here

1. [Create your first world](/getting-started).
2. [Build the story bible](/story-bible), or [talk through an idea](/chat).
3. [Create a book and write chapters](/books).
4. [Check for inconsistencies](/consistency) as the world grows.

## Find a guide

- **Worldbuilding:** [entries](/story-bible), [relationships](/relationships), [canon and ideas](/canon), [timeline](/timeline), and [glossary](/glossary).
- **Writing:** [books](/books), [chapter editing](/chapters), and [history and restoration](/history).
- **Visual work:** [boards](/boards) and [media](/media).
- **Working together:** [sharing and roles](/sharing), [saving and offline access](/saving), and [settings](/settings).
- **Help:** [troubleshooting](/troubleshooting), [current limits](/limits), and [changelog](/changelog).

## Ask for help in chat

Ask questions such as “How do I restore a chapter?” or “What is the difference between an idea and canon?” The assistant uses this guide to explain how ImagineMate works and can link to the relevant page. Product-help questions do not need to become facts in your fictional world.

[Open ImagineMate](https://imaginemate.com)