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Somewhere, a reviewer, editor, or committee is about to ask you “how did you decide?” — and if the answer is anywhere other than in front of you, the work you were proud of is now a defense.
RedInkAI is the record you build while you write, so the question arrives to a folder that’s already open.
Already wrote it? Build an Authorship Packet for one paper — $10 →
The record has to exist before the question is asked. There is no way to build one after the fact.
See it play out for you
For authors
Novel defense
"How much of this novel did AI write?"
For journalists
Op-ed defense
"Can you confirm this is your voice?"
For students
Flagged paper
"Your paper was flagged for AI use."
For researchers
Manuscript defense
"How did AI shape this submission?"
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We never read your text
Hashes only — your words stay yours.
You own your record
Export every event as PDF or JSON, anytime.
No judgement of content
We document the process. Reviewers decide.
Cryptographic chain
Tampering breaks the chain — and shows it.
Here’s how we solve it
RedInkAI closes the AI governance gap with two working parts that share one record. You write in one, verify in the other.
The traceability layer
Every AI prompt, every draft, every edit — captured as you work and sealed into a cryptographic chain of custody. Anyone can verify it independently at a public endpoint. Tampering breaks the chain, and the break is visible. Export the whole record as a signed PDF whenever you need to hand it over.
Because “trust me” is not a governance answer.
How InkTrail worksThe writing surface
As you draft, quiet editorial observations appear beside the passage they refer to — tighten a sentence, sharpen a claim, question a source. You decide what to keep. Every decision flows into your InkTrail as part of the record.
Cognitive scaffolding — not replacement.
How Redline Editor worksHow RedInkAI works
Step 1
Draft in the RedInkAI editor. As you work, every AI prompt, every revision, and every decision is captured in real time.
Step 2
Quiet editorial observations appear in the margin — tighten, voice, structure, evidence. Adopt, dismiss, or ignore. Every choice flows into your InkTrail.
Step 3
One click generates an Authorship Packet — a verifiable receipt any reviewer, editor, compliance team, or court can independently check.
The moment this matters
Suddenly, you're explaining instead of showing. Reaching for screenshots. Searching old chats. Trying to remember exactly when you wrote what.
A student’s Turnitin flag. A journal editor’s follow-up. An IRB question. A regulatory reviewer’s audit. A court asking about AI-assisted filings. The moment arrives differently — but the record answers the same way.
The reframe
RedInkAI reads with you as you write. Editorial observations appear quietly in the margin — never as a chatbot in your face. Each note, each draft, each decision lands in a verifiable record. When the question comes, you don’t argue. You hand over a packet that already exists.
Use it when you need it. RedInkAI is not a daily habit — it’s the record you build in five minutes, not five weeks.
Frequently Asked Questions
RedInkAI is a record-keeper for the way you write. It works alongside you, helping you think through your draft and quietly logging every step — the questions you asked, the AI suggestions you took or rejected, and the parts you wrote on your own. When someone asks how you made it, you have receipts.
Guidance credits are how the Free plan tracks usage. One credit = one guidance question ("Tighten this paragraph," "Where is this argument weakest?"). You get 25 free — enough to take a full essay or chapter from blank page to a finished, defensible draft. Student, Premium, and Professional plans get unlimited guidance, no cap.
Your InkTrail is the time-stamped record of how a piece of writing came together. Every guidance question, every revision, every AI suggestion you accepted or skipped — all logged in order, linked together with a tamper-proof hash chain. Think of it as version history for your thinking.
An Authorship Packet is the export of your InkTrail — a shareable, signed document you hand to an editor, professor, agent, or reviewer when they ask how the piece was written. It includes a verifiable link, an adoption breakdown (what AI suggested vs. what you actually used), and a clean disclosure summary. Five-minute defense, ready when you need it.
Those tools write for you. RedInkAI thinks with you. We don't generate paragraphs; we ask sharper questions about the paragraph you wrote — and we keep the receipt that proves the words are yours. Use AI in the room. Don't put AI on the page.
Anyone whose name is on the work. Students whose papers get flagged by detection tools that are wrong more than 1-in-10 times. Novelists agents now ask before requesting a full manuscript. Op-ed writers whose editors are starting to ask "is this really your voice?" Researchers facing journal AI-disclosure policies. Lawyers, consultants, policy writers — anyone for whom "I wrote this myself" is part of the deliverable.
TrailMap is the visual version of your InkTrail — a timeline that shows how a piece of writing evolved, with milestones for major edits and structural decisions. Useful for novelists tracking a manuscript across months, and for researchers showing the arc of a paper.
Pricing
Every plan includes InkTrail, all templates, and your full authorship record.
Getting Started
Try the editor with 25 guidance credits — enough to take one full essay, paper, or chapter to a finished artifact. All templates included.
Verified Student
Everything in Premium, half price. .edu email required. Defense-ready for flagged papers.
Unlimited Guidance
Unlimited document-specific guidance, all export options, full InkTrail and TrailMap. Annual: $290/yr (save 17%).
Audit-Grade Accountability
Everything in Premium, plus formal attestation reports and discipline-specific guidance. Annual: $1,341/yr (save 25%).
Why now
AI-detection is already in your workflow.
Turnitin scans every student paper. Journals ship AI-disclosure clauses. Publishers ask agents. The question is not if you'll be asked — it's when.
A challenged paper has no rewind button.
Screenshots after the fact don't hold up. Version history doesn't show the AI prompts you used. The record has to exist before the question arrives.
The receipt costs less than the doubt.
Start free. Pay $10 to attest one paper. The full defense packet is ready in minutes, not weeks of arguing.