From 9671a712a18e662172f16b588aee668f42ae6cf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tangent <rose@tangentfox.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 02:03:58 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] initial

---
 .gitignore               |   7 ++
 cover.lua                | 181 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 cover_briefs/.gitkeep    |   0
 extracted_texts/.gitkeep |   0
 4 files changed, 188 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore
 create mode 100755 cover.lua
 create mode 100644 cover_briefs/.gitkeep
 create mode 100644 extracted_texts/.gitkeep

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f38cf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.DS_Store
+extracted_texts/**
+!extracted_texts/.gitkeep
+intermediates/**
+!intermediates/.gitkeep
+cover_briefs/**
+!cover_briefs/.gitkeep
diff --git a/cover.lua b/cover.lua
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0955b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cover.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env luajit
+
+package.path = (arg[0]:match("@?(.*/)") or arg[0]:match("@?(.*\\)")) .. "lib" .. package.config:sub(1, 1) .. "?.lua;" .. package.path
+local utility = require "utility"
+local json = utility.require("dkjson")
+
+local default_model = "gemma4:12b-mlx"
+local maximum_bytes = 20000
+
+local partial_prompt = [[You are extracting information for a later cover design process.
+
+This is only one section of a larger story.
+
+Do NOT attempt to design a cover.
+Do NOT decide what should appear on the cover.
+Do NOT write a summary.
+
+Extract only information that may be useful when creating a cover after all story sections have been analyzed.
+
+Return:
+
+GENRE:
+- up to 5 items
+
+SETTING:
+- locations
+- environments
+- time period
+
+CHARACTERS:
+- names
+- physical descriptions
+- distinctive visual traits
+
+CREATURES:
+- notable creatures
+
+OBJECTS:
+- important recurring items
+
+VISUAL MOTIFS:
+- recurring imagery
+- symbols
+- repeated visual elements
+
+THEMES:
+- major themes
+
+MOOD:
+- emotional tone
+
+COLORS:
+- colors strongly associated with scenes or imagery
+
+MEMORABLE VISUAL SCENES:
+- 3-10 visually striking moments
+
+CONFIDENCE:
+- how central each item appears to be
+
+]]
+
+local cover_brief_prompt = [[Generate a cover brief from the following:
+
+]]
+
+local segmented_cover_brief_prompt = [[Generate a single cover brief.
+
+Prefer elements that:
+- appear repeatedly across chunks
+- have highest confidence
+- best represent the entire story
+
+Avoid minor plot events.
+Avoid spoilers.
+
+]]
+
+local read_all = function(file_name)
+  return utility.open(file_name, "r", function(file)
+    return file:read("*all")
+  end)
+end
+
+local timings = {}
+local timing_report = function()
+  local minimum, maximum, sum = math.huge, 0, 0
+  for _, delta in ipairs(timings) do
+    if delta > maximum then maximum = delta end
+    if delta < minimum then minimum = delta end
+    sum = sum + delta
+  end
+  print("")
+  print("Prompts took a total of " .. sum .. " minutes.")
+  print("Average: " .. math.floor(sum / #timings) .. " minutes. Fastest: " .. minimum .. " minutes. Slowest: " .. maximum .. " minutes.")
+end
+
+local strip_reasoning = function(text, reasoning_lines)
+  if not reasoning_lines then reasoning_lines = {} end
+  local tab = text:split("\n")
+  table.remove(tab, 1) -- remove "Thinking..."
+
+  while true do
+    local done = tab[1] == "...done thinking."
+    local line = table.remove(tab, 1)
+    if done then
+      table.remove(tab, 1) -- remove newline after end of thinking
+      return table.concat(tab, "\n")
+    elseif #tab < 1 then
+      return text -- no reasoning output
+    else
+      reasoning_lines[#reasoning_lines + 1] = line -- export thinking lines
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+local send_prompt = function(text, model)
+  if type(text) == "table" then text = table.concat(text, "\n") end
+
+  local tmp_file_name = utility.tmp_file_name()
+  utility.open(tmp_file_name, "w", function(file)
+    file:write(text)
+  end)
+
+  local start_time = os.time()
+  -- word wrap breaks the raw output badly, so I need to implement my own for terminal output somehow
+  local output = utility.capture_safe("cat " .. tmp_file_name:enquote() .. " | ollama run " .. (model or default_model) .. " --nowordwrap")
+  local delta = math.floor( (os.time() - start_time) / 60 * 10 ) / 10
+  timings[#timings + 1] = delta
+  os.execute("rm " .. tmp_file_name)
+  if not output then error("ollama failed to generate output") end
+  output = output:sub(1, -2) -- strip extra newline from utility.capture_safe
+
+  output = strip_reasoning(output)
+
+  return output
+end
+
+local tree
+tree = function(path, fn)
+  utility.list(path or ".", function(path_name)
+    if path_name == ".git" then return end
+    if path_name == ".gitkeep" then return end
+    if utility.is_file(path_name) then
+      fn(path_name)
+    else
+      tree(path .. utility.path_separator .. path_name, fn)
+    end
+  end)
+end
+
+tree("extracted_texts", function(file_name)
+  local path, name, extension = utility.split_path_components(file_name)
+  local text = read_all(file_name)
+  local result
+
+  if #text > maximum_bytes then
+    local outputs = {}
+    -- TODO check if this would work just as well starting from 1 instead..
+    for i = 0, #text/maximum_bytes do
+      print((i + 1) .. " of " .. math.floor(#text/maximum_bytes + 1))
+      local piece = text:sub(i * maximum_bytes, (i + 1) * maximum_bytes - 1)
+      result = send_prompt(partial_prompt .. piece)
+      outputs[#outputs + 1] = result
+
+      -- temporary
+      utility.open("intermediates/" .. (i + 1) .. ".txt", "w", function(file)
+        file:write(result)
+        file:write("\n")
+      end)
+      print(#result .. " characters added to full context.")
+    end
+
+    text = table.concat(outputs, "\n\n")
+  end
+
+  result = send_prompt(cover_brief_prompt .. text)
+  print(result)
+end)
+
+timing_report()
diff --git a/cover_briefs/.gitkeep b/cover_briefs/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/extracted_texts/.gitkeep b/extracted_texts/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29