The Nabu User Manual#
Nabu is a screenwriting app built to help you finish a screenplay, with Nisaba as your AI writing partner who organizes your ideas, blocks out the story, and helps you keep character voice, arcs, and structure straight all the way to the last page.
New here? Start with Getting Started.
Getting Started#
Your first hour with Nabu: making an account, creating or importing a project, and finding your way around.
- Getting Started overview
- Creating your account — passwordless email links, Google, Apple
- Your first project — the wizard, a blank project, or importing a script
- A tour of your workspace — the project menu and what every page is for
Writing your screenplay#
The editor — where you type and shape the script in industry format.
- Writing overview
- The editor — the writing page and how it auto-formats as you go
- Vomit draft — type freely without distractions
- Screenplay formatting — element types, the element picker, auto-uppercasing
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Editor menus — the right-click menu and quick actions
- Inline AI suggestions — accepting or rejecting Nisaba's edits
- Saving and autosave
Working with Nisaba#
Your AI writing partner — how to talk to her and what she can do.
- Nisaba overview
- Meet Nisaba — who she is and where she lives in the app
- Chatting with Nisaba — the chat panel and in-chat commands
- The wizard — from a vision to a story map of scene cards
- What Nisaba can do — her capabilities, and what she won't do
Shaping your structure#
The high-level views — scene cards and your visual story map.
- Structure overview
- The board — the corkboard: scene cards, zones, and sequences
- The timeline — the Temporal page, with your outline and story views
Your story elements#
The supporting documents that surround the script.
- Story elements overview
- The Story page — your Story Core, threads and Nisaba's questions on one screen
- Characters and locations — the character bible and location directory
- Logline, synopsis & treatment — your story's foundation documents
- Title page — title, author, and contact details
Getting feedback#
- Feedback overview
- Coverage and the Script Doctor — running a coverage report and reading the verdict
Saving and version history#
Autosave, named save points, and restoring earlier versions.
- Versions overview
- History and versions — saving, naming, comparing, and restoring
- Undo and redo — in-editor undo and undoing Nisaba's last write
Import and export#
Importing an existing script and getting your finished work out.
- Import & export overview
- Importing a script — PDF, Final Draft, Fountain, or document file
- Exporting your screenplay — PDF, Final Draft (FDX), Fountain, backup, and production reports
Your account & settings#
Profile, sign-in, sessions, notifications, and memory.
- Account & settings overview
- Settings overview — every settings page at a glance
- Profile and account — name, profile, and workspace settings
- Notifications — choosing what you hear about
- Sessions and security — your signed-in devices
- Memory — what Nabu remembers about you
- API keys and webhooks — coming soon
Usage and billing#
How your plan works and what uses it.
- Billing overview
- Usage explained — your plan and what it covers
- What uses your plan — the AI actions that count toward usage
- Referrals — sharing Nabu
Reference#
Quick answers, definitions, and your data.
- Reference overview
- FAQ — common questions answered
- Glossary — plain-language definitions of Nabu terms
- Privacy and your data — the no-AI-training promise and legal pages