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Your story stays yours.

Your manuscript is never used to train AI and never shared. Delete it and it leaves your account at once; backups and the AI provider’s copies follow on the schedules below. This page explains what will happen to your words at launch, from upload to deletion.

01 · Our promises

Three things we will never change.

The editor reads your book for you, and for no one else.

  • Never trained on

    Your manuscript is excluded from all model training. Not ours, not anyone else’s.

    In practiceAnthropic, our AI provider, or OpenAI as a fallback, processes your text only to write your reports. Their API terms exclude training on it. Models change quickly; if we switch providers, this page will say so, and the same no-training terms will apply.

  • Yours alone

    Never shared, never sold, never shown to another reader.

    In practiceNo one at RedPencil opens your book unless you ask us to for support, and we’ll ask your permission first.

  • One-click deletable

    Remove your book and every report from your account, whenever you like.

    In practiceDeletion is immediate in your account. Encrypted backups roll over and clear within 30 days. Copies held by the AI provider expire separately, under its own retention terms.

02 · Where it goes

Where your manuscript goes.

Five stops, start to finish. Nothing happens to your book that isn’t on this list.

  1. You upload

    Your file travels to us over an encrypted connection.

    Vercel

  2. We store it

    It’s kept encrypted on secure servers, in a space only your account can reach.

    Supabase

  3. The editor reads

    Your text goes to Anthropic, or to OpenAI as a fallback, to write your reports. Any copy they hold expires under their own retention terms. If we switch providers, this page will say so.

    Anthropic (OpenAI as fallback)

  4. You work

    Reports, margin pins and chats live in your account. Only you can see them.

    Your account

  5. You delete

    One click removes the book and everything made from it from your account. Backups clear within 30 days.

    You

03 · What we keep

Everything we hold, and for how long.

At launch, we’ll keep only what the editor needs to do its job and what we need to run your account. Today, while RedPencil is a waitlist, we hold the email address you join with and, only if you choose to tell us, four details about your book: a working title, the genre, the stage it’s at and a rough word count. Never any of the manuscript.

WhatWhy we keep itHow long
Waitlist emailTodaySo we can tell you when RedPencil opens. Nothing else is sent to it.Until you leave the waitlist
About your book, if you tell usTodayA working title, the genre, the stage it’s at and a rough word count, so we know which genre editors to have ready first. Never any of the manuscript.Until you leave the waitlist
Your manuscriptSo the editor can read it and pin notes to the right lines.Until you delete it
The file you uploadWe convert it to text for the editor and keep the original a little longer in case the conversion needs repeating.30 days after conversion, or sooner if you delete the book
Reports and margin notesSo you can come back to them while you revise.Until you delete the book
Editor chatsSo the editor remembers what you’ve already discussed.Until you delete the book
ExportsThe files you download, so the link still works while you need it.Until you delete the book
Email and accountTo sign you in, send receipts, and tell you when a read is ready.Until you close your account
Unused trial accountsAn account that was opened for a free chapter and never used again.Deleted after 6 months without use, after a warning email
Payment detailsHandled by our payment processor, Paddle. We never see or store your card number.Held by Paddle
Purchase recordsWhat was bought and when, which accounting law requires us to keep. They contain no manuscript text.As long as the law requires, even after you close your account
Encrypted backupsCopies of the whole service, so a failure can’t lose your work.Cleared within 30 days of a deletion
AI provider copiesAnthropic or OpenAI may hold the text it processes for a limited time under its API terms. Neither may train on it. If we switch providers, this table will say so.Expires on the provider’s schedule, separately from ours
Site analyticsAnonymous page visits, so we know which pages help writers. No manuscript content.12 months
Questions about your data? hello@redpencil.aiLast updated

A data sheet for your book.

If an agent or publisher asks whether your manuscript went through AI, and on what terms, print this page’s one-sheet version and attach it to your reply.

04 · Deleting

What happens when you delete.

One click removes your manuscript and everything made from it from your account: reports, margin notes, chats and your Story Bible. Encrypted backups clear within 30 days. Any copy the AI provider holds expires separately, under its own retention terms, and none of it is ever used for training.

Closing your account removes every book at once, along with your email and account details. Purchase records stay with our payment processor for as long as accounting law requires. Try it on the example book here.

Your books · demo

The Cartographer’s Daughter

Example manuscript · 92,400 words · 4 reports · 212 margin notes

Send your book somewhere it stays yours.

Leave your email and we’ll tell you the day RedPencil opens; your manuscript will never train AI, and you can delete it whenever you like.

RedPencil.aiLast updated

Data sheet: what happens to a manuscript at RedPencil.ai

RedPencil is a waitlist today and holds no manuscripts. This sheet describes what will happen to a manuscript at launch.

Who reads the text
An AI editor. The text is processed by Anthropic, or by OpenAI as a fallback, only to write the author’s reports. Models change quickly; if RedPencil switches providers, its Transparency page will say so. No one at RedPencil opens a book unless the author asks for support and gives permission.
Training
The manuscript is excluded from all model training, ours and anyone else’s. The API terms of Anthropic and OpenAI exclude training on the text they process, and any provider RedPencil switches to will be held to the same term.
Writing
The editor annotates, asks and suggests. It never writes a sentence of the manuscript; every word stays the author’s.
Where it is kept
Encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest (Supabase Postgres and Storage), in a space only the author’s account can reach. The site runs on Vercel.
Other records
Payment details are held by Paddle. Site analytics contain no manuscript text and are kept for 12 months.
Deletion, in layers
  1. Now: removed from the author’s account, with every report, note and chat made from it.
  2. Within 30 days: encrypted backups cleared.
  3. On the provider’s schedule: any copy held by Anthropic or OpenAI expires, under its own API terms.

redpencil.ai/transparency · Questions: hello@redpencil.ai