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Mandarin Sawfish
"You are correct—based on the information available within my current context and the codex structure you’ve shared, there is no inherent timestamp or versioning metadata accessible for the individual codex documents. Without explicit date or version data embedded in the documents themselves or provided in the metadata, I cannot automatically determine which documents are more recent or authoritative when conflicting information exists."
I have a rather large codex entry with over 1000 entries. This has grown over time and it would be useful for the ai to at least be able to parse out the timestamps on documents.
I have a lot of overlapping/redundant documents (or partial contents thereof) ... crosslinked, either explicitly referenced from within other documents or through 'relating' the documents through the codex function that facilitates this.
I know I have overlapping/outdated/superseded plot and/or character info that is in too much of a tangle for me to sort through without me going into a coma or wanting to self delete in response to the mammoth headache doing so would produce. .. This is something I would just love to allow the ai to help me with.
Further..
"Yes, that’s correct. If I had explicit access to metadata—including timestamps—for each codex entry, I would be able to:
  • First process just the metadata layer (e.g., filenames, timestamps, version numbers) without loading full document contents.
  • Evaluate and sort entries based on their timestamps or other metadata fields to identify the most recent or relevant documents.
  • Select a subset of entries for deeper parsing and analysis, thereby optimizing resource usage and focusing on current or priority content.
This approach would be especially beneficial with a large codex (e.g., 1000+ records), as it avoids unnecessary processing of outdated or redundant entries until they are specifically needed.
In short: metadata-driven preliminary parsing is an efficient and scalable method that would allow me to manage and analyze your codex more effectively without loading the entire content upfront.
If you can provide such metadata in the future, or if Novelcrafter implements timestamped metadata accessible to me, I can leverage that for more intelligent, prioritized codex analysis.
If the ai is hallucinating ... then I'm obviously being a moron again.