🏠 Welcome to Swift Axis

Swift Axis is a guided-reading news site where short stories lead into each other, so you can read at your own pace and choose where to go next. This page is your entrance hall. Pick a card below to find the guide you need, whether you read the stories, write them, or connect an AI assistant to the site.

📖 Reading

Quick Start

What Swift Axis is, who each part of this guide is for, and the words we use.

Paths and Topics

How threads, choices, crossroads, maps and dated series work for readers.

Search and Explore

Find a story by title or topic, or pick a topic and be guided through it.

Signing In and Syncing

Keep your place between devices with an optional reader account.

Themes and AI Stories

Change the look of the site and choose whether to see AI-generated stories.

Briefs and The Wire

Short updates and shared links, and the strip that scrolls them.

📱 Android app

Getting the App

What the Android app does, and what it leaves to the website.

Reading in the App

Topics, maps, the gem belt, search and keeping your place.

Privacy in the App

What the app keeps on your phone, with a link to the privacy policy.

✍️ Studio

Signing In and the Dashboard

Open the Studio and find your way around.

Writing Stories

The editor, the hook, alt text and the AI flag.

Topics, Threads and Series

Plan choices, crossroads and dated series.

Publishing and Rebuilds

The publish rule and when your changes go live.

Images

Upload an image or search free image sources.

Site Settings

Site details, rebuild timing, analytics and demo content.

🤖 AI assistants and MCP

Connecting an Assistant

Create an API token and set up your MCP client.

Tool Reference

What each tool does and which scope it needs.

Good Practice

Dry runs, scopes, rate limits, images and the audit log.