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Narrative Efficiency

Narrative Efficiency keeps you aware of how well Narrova can respond in the current conversation. It is a performance signal—not a token countdown—so you can decide when to streamline context or start a fresh thread without losing your Storyform.

What the percentage means

  • Appears after your first exchange and updates as you work.
  • High Efficiency: responses stay quick, on-structure, and precise.
  • Dropping Efficiency: the thread is getting crowded; start a new conversation for clearer, faster answers.
  • Tooltip example: “Current Narrative Efficiency: 82%” reflects how effectively Narrova can keep thinking and replying inside this thread right now.

TIP

If Efficiency falls, start a new thread with the same Storyform or Story Context. Dramatica carries your Throughline context forward, so you regain headroom without losing direction.

Keep Efficiency high

  • Keep each conversation scoped to one goal or aspect; use additional conversations for new beats or analyses.
  • Move long research or drafts into Story Context and reference them instead of pasting everything into chat.
  • Upload transcripts into the Storyform Context when you need to bridge key Storybeats between threads.

Refreshing the conversation

  • Start a new conversation and re-select the same Storyform to restore Efficiency while keeping structure intact.
  • If needed, download the current conversation and upload it to the Storyform Context so Narrova can cite the thread without keeping it in the live chat window.

Use the Narrative Efficiency modal

Open Narrative Efficiency beside the input to tune how Narrova thinks and replies for this conversation:

  • Thinking (Brain icon): Quick, Light, Balanced (default), Deliberate, Frontier. Choose how deeply Narrova should reason before answering.
  • Response Length: Concise, Normal (default), Detailed. Pick how expansive replies should be.

IMPORTANT

Frontier is shown to all users but remains selectable only on Pro. Narrova sends your selected Thinking level, then applies any required agent/model normalization in the background (for example, clamping Storyforming up to Balanced).

Set your defaults

Go to Account → Preferences to set default Thinking per Narrova agent. When you switch agents, Narrova applies that saved level and reflects it in the modal (for example, “Set to Deliberate per your preferences for this Agent.”).