What is Folio's authorship record, and what does it show?

Last reviewed November 4, 2026

The authorship record logs how text entered your scenes — typed, pasted, dragged in, or restored with undo — as counts and times, never your words. You can share a summary by link or save it as a PDF. It documents your writing process. It does not prove that no AI was used, and the report says so.

What it records

While the record is on, Folio notes how text enters your scenes. It keeps counts and times only. It covers scenes, not your world, research or notes entries.

• Typed, pasted, dragged in, and restored with undo or redo, counted in characters
• How many sessions you wrote in, how many days were active, and your active writing time
• The date and approximate size of larger pastes
• Characters entered per day

What it never records

It never stores your text. The shared report shows counts, dates and your Folio handle. It doesn't show what you wrote, and it can't say where pasted text came from.

What it can and can't show

The record is a picture of your writing process, such as steady typing over many days. It is not proof that no AI was used: someone could retype text from elsewhere, and the events come from your browser. Treat it as supporting evidence of how a manuscript was written, not as a certificate.

Turn it on or off

The record is on by default for each project. To change it, open the project's Authorship page and use the On/Off switch. When it is off, nothing new is recorded. What was already recorded stays until you delete the project.

Read your report

The Authorship page shows the same report others would see. At the top, At a glance gives the share of typed and pasted characters, your writing time and days active. Below it are a section on Pasted text (larger pastes with their times and approximate word counts) and a Writing over time chart by day.

Share a report

1. Open the project's Authorship page.
2. Choose Create share link and copy the link.
3. Send it to whoever needs it. They can read the summary without signing in.
4. To stop sharing, choose Turn off link. The old address stops working, and creating a new link gives a different address.

You can also open the report on its own page and choose Download PDF, which uses your browser's print window. Pick "Save as PDF" as the destination.

When it's useful

• A publisher, agent or contest asks how a manuscript was written.
• You want your own record of when and how you worked.
• Someone questions whether your work is your own.