From a3a6c522875c662cee4d4e3b7eb8aa86c25b9cc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Beckley <nick@spotorno.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 21:14:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Phase=2020AI=20=E2=80=93=20Story=20Intelligence?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20Pipeline=20&=20Character=20Review?=
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---
 PlotLine/Controllers/OnboardingController.cs  |  52 +++++-
 .../OnboardingStoryIntelligenceService.cs     |  58 ++++++-
 ...StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportService.cs |  65 ++++++-
 PlotLine/ViewModels/OnboardingViewModels.cs   |  39 ++++-
 .../Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligence.cshtml |   8 +-
 .../StoryIntelligenceCharacterComplete.cshtml |  53 ++++++
 .../StoryIntelligenceCharacters.cshtml        | 159 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../StoryIntelligenceComplete.cshtml          |  19 ++-
 .../StoryIntelligenceProgress.cshtml          |   6 +-
 .../Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceReview.cshtml |  62 +------
 .../_StoryIntelligencePipelineHeader.cshtml   |  50 ++++++
 .../_StoryIntelligencePipelineSummary.cshtml  |  36 ++++
 PlotLine/wwwroot/css/onboarding.css           | 118 +++++++++++++
 13 files changed, 640 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceCharacterComplete.cshtml
 create mode 100644 PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceCharacters.cshtml
 create mode 100644 PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/_StoryIntelligencePipelineHeader.cshtml
 create mode 100644 PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/_StoryIntelligencePipelineSummary.cshtml

diff --git a/PlotLine/Controllers/OnboardingController.cs b/PlotLine/Controllers/OnboardingController.cs
index 4468266..53ddefd 100644
--- a/PlotLine/Controllers/OnboardingController.cs
+++ b/PlotLine/Controllers/OnboardingController.cs
@@ -109,8 +109,32 @@ public sealed class OnboardingController(IOnboardingService onboarding, IOnboard
             return NotFound();
         }
 
-        return model.HasActiveRuns
-            ? RedirectToAction(nameof(StoryIntelligenceProgress), new { batchId })
+        if (model.HasActiveRuns)
+        {
+            return RedirectToAction(nameof(StoryIntelligenceProgress), new { batchId });
+        }
+
+        return model.AllCommitted
+            ? RedirectToAction(nameof(StoryIntelligenceCharacters), new { batchId })
+            : View(model);
+    }
+
+    [HttpGet("story-intelligence/characters")]
+    public async Task<IActionResult> StoryIntelligenceCharacters(Guid batchId)
+    {
+        var model = await storyIntelligence.GetProgressAsync(batchId);
+        if (model is null)
+        {
+            return NotFound();
+        }
+
+        if (model.HasActiveRuns)
+        {
+            return RedirectToAction(nameof(StoryIntelligenceProgress), new { batchId });
+        }
+
+        return !model.AllCommitted
+            ? RedirectToAction(nameof(StoryIntelligenceReview), new { batchId })
             : View(model);
     }
 
@@ -160,7 +184,7 @@ public sealed class OnboardingController(IOnboardingService onboarding, IOnboard
 
         TempData[result.Success ? "OnboardingStoryIntelligenceMessage" : "OnboardingStoryIntelligenceError"] = result.Message;
         return result.Success && progress.AllCommitted
-            ? RedirectToAction(nameof(StoryIntelligenceComplete), new { batchId })
+            ? RedirectToAction(nameof(StoryIntelligenceCharacters), new { batchId })
             : RedirectToAction(nameof(StoryIntelligenceReview), new { batchId });
     }
 
@@ -175,12 +199,32 @@ public sealed class OnboardingController(IOnboardingService onboarding, IOnboard
         }
 
         TempData[result.Success ? "OnboardingStoryIntelligenceMessage" : "OnboardingStoryIntelligenceError"] = result.Message;
-        return RedirectToAction(nameof(StoryIntelligenceReview), new { batchId = form.BatchID });
+        return result.Success
+            ? RedirectToAction(nameof(StoryIntelligenceCharacterComplete), new { batchId = form.BatchID })
+            : RedirectToAction(nameof(StoryIntelligenceCharacters), new { batchId = form.BatchID });
+    }
+
+    [HttpGet("story-intelligence/characters/complete")]
+    public async Task<IActionResult> StoryIntelligenceCharacterComplete(Guid batchId)
+    {
+        var model = await storyIntelligence.GetCharacterImportResultAsync(batchId);
+        return model is null ? NotFound() : View(model);
     }
 
     [HttpGet("story-intelligence/complete")]
     public async Task<IActionResult> StoryIntelligenceComplete(Guid batchId)
     {
+        var progress = await storyIntelligence.GetProgressAsync(batchId);
+        if (progress is null)
+        {
+            return NotFound();
+        }
+
+        if (!progress.PipelineDashboard.CharacterStageComplete)
+        {
+            return RedirectToAction(nameof(StoryIntelligenceCharacters), new { batchId });
+        }
+
         var model = await storyIntelligence.GetCompletionAsync(batchId);
         return model is null ? NotFound() : View(model);
     }
diff --git a/PlotLine/Services/OnboardingStoryIntelligenceService.cs b/PlotLine/Services/OnboardingStoryIntelligenceService.cs
index f63a998..8e934c8 100644
--- a/PlotLine/Services/OnboardingStoryIntelligenceService.cs
+++ b/PlotLine/Services/OnboardingStoryIntelligenceService.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public interface IOnboardingStoryIntelligenceService
     Task<(StoryIntelligenceProgressViewModel? Progress, StoryIntelligenceImportCommitResult Result)> CommitAsync(Guid batchId, int runId);
     Task<(StoryIntelligenceProgressViewModel? Progress, StoryIntelligenceImportCommitResult Result)> CommitAllAsync(Guid batchId);
     Task<(StoryIntelligenceProgressViewModel? Progress, StoryIntelligenceImportCommitResult Result)> ImportCharactersAsync(Guid batchId, StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportForm form);
+    Task<StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportResultViewModel?> GetCharacterImportResultAsync(Guid batchId);
     Task<StoryIntelligenceCompletionViewModel?> GetCompletionAsync(Guid batchId);
 }
 
@@ -255,6 +256,7 @@ public sealed class OnboardingStoryIntelligenceService(
             });
         }
 
+        var characterReview = await characterImport.BuildReviewAsync(batch);
         return new StoryIntelligenceProgressViewModel
         {
             BatchID = batch.BatchID,
@@ -264,7 +266,15 @@ public sealed class OnboardingStoryIntelligenceService(
             ProjectName = batch.ProjectName,
             BookTitle = batch.BookTitle,
             Chapters = chapters,
-            CharacterReview = await characterImport.BuildReviewAsync(batch)
+            CharacterReview = characterReview,
+            PipelineDashboard = new StoryIntelligencePipelineDashboardViewModel
+            {
+                ChaptersAnalysed = chapters.Count(chapter => chapter.IsRunComplete),
+                ScenesImported = chapters.Sum(chapter => chapter.ScenesCreated),
+                CharactersIdentified = characterReview.Candidates.Count + batch.CharacterDecisions.Count,
+                CharactersCreatedOrLinked = batch.CharacterDecisions.Count(decision => decision.CreatedOrLinked),
+                CharacterStageComplete = batch.CharacterStageComplete || characterReview.IsComplete
+            }
         };
     }
 
@@ -343,6 +353,27 @@ public sealed class OnboardingStoryIntelligenceService(
         return (await GetProgressAsync(batchId), result);
     }
 
+    public async Task<StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportResultViewModel?> GetCharacterImportResultAsync(Guid batchId)
+    {
+        var batch = await batchStore.GetAsync(RequireUserId(), batchId);
+        if (batch is null)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return new StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportResultViewModel
+        {
+            BatchID = batch.BatchID,
+            ProjectID = batch.ProjectID,
+            BookID = batch.BookID,
+            CharactersCreated = batch.LastCharacterImportResult?.CharactersCreated ?? 0,
+            CharactersLinked = batch.LastCharacterImportResult?.CharactersLinked ?? 0,
+            CharactersIgnored = batch.LastCharacterImportResult?.CharactersIgnored ?? 0,
+            PovLinksResolved = batch.LastCharacterImportResult?.PovLinksResolved ?? 0,
+            ScenePeoplePanelsUpdated = batch.LastCharacterImportResult?.ScenePeoplePanelsUpdated ?? 0
+        };
+    }
+
     public async Task<StoryIntelligenceCompletionViewModel?> GetCompletionAsync(Guid batchId)
     {
         var progress = await GetProgressAsync(batchId);
@@ -360,7 +391,9 @@ public sealed class OnboardingStoryIntelligenceService(
             ProjectName = progress.ProjectName,
             BookTitle = progress.BookTitle,
             ChaptersCommitted = progress.CommittedChapterCount,
-            ScenesCreated = progress.Chapters.Sum(chapter => chapter.ScenesCreated)
+            ScenesCreated = progress.Chapters.Sum(chapter => chapter.ScenesCreated),
+            CharactersCreatedOrLinked = progress.PipelineDashboard.CharactersCreatedOrLinked,
+            CharacterStageComplete = progress.PipelineDashboard.CharacterStageComplete
         };
     }
 
@@ -591,6 +624,9 @@ public sealed class OnboardingStoryIntelligenceBatch
     public string? BookTitle { get; init; }
     public DateTime CreatedUtc { get; init; } = DateTime.UtcNow;
     public IReadOnlyList<OnboardingStoryIntelligenceBatchItem> Items { get; init; } = [];
+    public List<OnboardingStoryIntelligenceCharacterDecision> CharacterDecisions { get; } = [];
+    public StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportBatchResult? LastCharacterImportResult { get; set; }
+    public bool CharacterStageComplete { get; set; }
 }
 
 public sealed class OnboardingStoryIntelligenceBatchItem
@@ -601,3 +637,21 @@ public sealed class OnboardingStoryIntelligenceBatchItem
     public int ChapterID { get; init; }
     public int RunID { get; init; }
 }
+
+public sealed class OnboardingStoryIntelligenceCharacterDecision
+{
+    public string Key { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+    public string Action { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+    public string? CharacterName { get; init; }
+    public int? CharacterID { get; init; }
+    public bool CreatedOrLinked { get; init; }
+}
+
+public sealed class StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportBatchResult
+{
+    public int CharactersCreated { get; init; }
+    public int CharactersLinked { get; init; }
+    public int CharactersIgnored { get; init; }
+    public int PovLinksResolved { get; init; }
+    public int ScenePeoplePanelsUpdated { get; init; }
+}
diff --git a/PlotLine/Services/StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportService.cs b/PlotLine/Services/StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportService.cs
index 1d6e547..049175b 100644
--- a/PlotLine/Services/StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportService.cs
+++ b/PlotLine/Services/StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportService.cs
@@ -33,12 +33,15 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportService(
     public async Task<StoryIntelligenceCharacterReviewViewModel> BuildReviewAsync(OnboardingStoryIntelligenceBatch batch)
     {
         var data = await BuildCandidateDataAsync(batch);
+        var decidedKeys = batch.CharacterDecisions.Select(decision => decision.Key).ToHashSet(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        var visibleCandidates = data.Candidates.Where(candidate => !decidedKeys.Contains(candidate.Key)).ToList();
         return new StoryIntelligenceCharacterReviewViewModel
         {
             HasCommittedScenes = data.HasCommittedScenes,
-            CanImport = data.Candidates.Count > 0,
+            CanImport = visibleCandidates.Count > 0,
             AlreadyLinkedCount = data.AlreadyLinkedCount,
-            Candidates = data.Candidates.Select(candidate => new StoryIntelligenceCharacterReviewCandidateViewModel
+            IsComplete = data.HasCommittedScenes && visibleCandidates.Count == 0,
+            Candidates = visibleCandidates.Select(candidate => new StoryIntelligenceCharacterReviewCandidateViewModel
             {
                 Key = candidate.Key,
                 CharacterName = candidate.DisplayName,
@@ -62,11 +65,11 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportService(
         }
 
         var choices = form.Characters
-            .Where(choice => choice.Include && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(choice.Key))
+            .Where(choice => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(choice.Key))
             .ToDictionary(choice => choice.Key, choice => choice, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
         if (choices.Count == 0)
         {
-            return new StoryIntelligenceImportCommitResult { Success = false, Message = "Choose at least one character to create or link." };
+            return new StoryIntelligenceImportCommitResult { Success = false, Message = "Choose at least one character to create, link or ignore." };
         }
 
         var existingIndex = await BuildCharacterIndexAsync(batch.ProjectID);
@@ -74,6 +77,8 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportService(
         var roleTypes = lookupData.RoleTypes;
         var presenceTypes = lookupData.PresenceTypes;
         var created = 0;
+        var linkedExisting = 0;
+        var ignored = 0;
         var linkedAppearances = 0;
         var povLinks = 0;
         var resolvedCharacters = new Dictionary<string, int>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
@@ -85,11 +90,22 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportService(
                 continue;
             }
 
+            if (string.Equals(choice.Action, StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportActions.Ignore, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                ignored++;
+                AddDecision(batch, candidate.Key, StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportActions.Ignore, candidate.DisplayName, null, false);
+                continue;
+            }
+
             var requestedName = Clean(choice.ImportName);
             var importName = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(requestedName) ? candidate.DisplayName : requestedName;
-            var characterId = candidate.ExistingCharacterID
-                ?? existingIndex.Find(importName)?.CharacterID
-                ?? existingIndex.Find(candidate.DisplayName)?.CharacterID;
+            var forceCreateSeparate = string.Equals(choice.Action, StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportActions.CreateSeparate, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            var matchedExistingId = forceCreateSeparate
+                ? null
+                : candidate.ExistingCharacterID
+                    ?? existingIndex.Find(importName)?.CharacterID
+                    ?? existingIndex.Find(candidate.DisplayName)?.CharacterID;
+            var characterId = matchedExistingId;
 
             if (!characterId.HasValue)
             {
@@ -102,6 +118,10 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportService(
                 });
                 created++;
             }
+            else
+            {
+                linkedExisting++;
+            }
 
             AddResolvedName(resolvedCharacters, candidate.DisplayName, characterId.Value);
             AddResolvedName(resolvedCharacters, importName, characterId.Value);
@@ -123,6 +143,8 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportService(
                 });
                 linkedAppearances++;
             }
+
+            AddDecision(batch, candidate.Key, choice.Action, importName, characterId.Value, true);
         }
 
         foreach (var scene in data.SceneAnalyses)
@@ -137,10 +159,22 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportService(
             povLinks++;
         }
 
+        batch.CharacterStageComplete = true;
+        batch.LastCharacterImportResult = new StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportBatchResult
+        {
+            CharactersCreated = created,
+            CharactersLinked = linkedExisting,
+            CharactersIgnored = ignored,
+            PovLinksResolved = povLinks,
+            ScenePeoplePanelsUpdated = linkedAppearances
+        };
+
         logger.LogInformation(
-            "Imported Story Intelligence characters for batch {BatchID}. Created={Created} LinkedAppearances={LinkedAppearances} PovLinks={PovLinks}",
+            "Imported Story Intelligence characters for batch {BatchID}. Created={Created} LinkedExisting={LinkedExisting} Ignored={Ignored} LinkedAppearances={LinkedAppearances} PovLinks={PovLinks}",
             batch.BatchID,
             created,
+            linkedExisting,
+            ignored,
             linkedAppearances,
             povLinks);
 
@@ -148,10 +182,23 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportService(
         {
             Success = true,
             ScenesCreated = linkedAppearances,
-            Message = $"Characters imported. {created:N0} character(s) created, {linkedAppearances:N0} scene appearance(s) linked, {povLinks:N0} POV link(s) updated."
+            Message = $"Characters imported. {created:N0} created, {linkedExisting:N0} linked, {ignored:N0} ignored, {linkedAppearances:N0} scene appearance(s) updated, {povLinks:N0} POV link(s) resolved."
         };
     }
 
+    private static void AddDecision(OnboardingStoryIntelligenceBatch batch, string key, string action, string? characterName, int? characterId, bool createdOrLinked)
+    {
+        batch.CharacterDecisions.RemoveAll(decision => string.Equals(decision.Key, key, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+        batch.CharacterDecisions.Add(new OnboardingStoryIntelligenceCharacterDecision
+        {
+            Key = key,
+            Action = action,
+            CharacterName = characterName,
+            CharacterID = characterId,
+            CreatedOrLinked = createdOrLinked
+        });
+    }
+
     private async Task<CharacterCandidateData> BuildCandidateDataAsync(OnboardingStoryIntelligenceBatch batch)
     {
         var existingIndex = await BuildCharacterIndexAsync(batch.ProjectID);
diff --git a/PlotLine/ViewModels/OnboardingViewModels.cs b/PlotLine/ViewModels/OnboardingViewModels.cs
index 0f8725c..f8c1b03 100644
--- a/PlotLine/ViewModels/OnboardingViewModels.cs
+++ b/PlotLine/ViewModels/OnboardingViewModels.cs
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ public sealed class OnboardingJourneyHeaderViewModel
     public string AriaLabel { get; init; } = "Manuscript import progress";
 }
 
+public sealed class StoryIntelligencePipelineHeaderViewModel
+{
+    public string CurrentStage { get; init; } = "Analyse Manuscript";
+}
+
 public sealed class WritingJourneyOnboardingForm
 {
     [Required(ErrorMessage = "Choose the closest writing stage before continuing.")]
@@ -138,6 +143,7 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceProgressViewModel
     public string? BookTitle { get; init; }
     public IReadOnlyList<StoryIntelligenceOnboardingChapterViewModel> Chapters { get; init; } = [];
     public StoryIntelligenceCharacterReviewViewModel CharacterReview { get; init; } = new();
+    public StoryIntelligencePipelineDashboardViewModel PipelineDashboard { get; init; } = new();
     public int ChapterCount => Chapters.Count;
     public int CompletedChapterCount => Chapters.Count(chapter => chapter.IsRunComplete);
     public int CommittedChapterCount => Chapters.Count(chapter => chapter.HasCompletedCommit);
@@ -154,11 +160,21 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceProgressViewModel
     public bool HasCharactersToReview => CharacterReview.Candidates.Count > 0;
 }
 
+public sealed class StoryIntelligencePipelineDashboardViewModel
+{
+    public int ChaptersAnalysed { get; init; }
+    public int ScenesImported { get; init; }
+    public int CharactersIdentified { get; init; }
+    public int CharactersCreatedOrLinked { get; init; }
+    public bool CharacterStageComplete { get; init; }
+}
+
 public sealed class StoryIntelligenceCharacterReviewViewModel
 {
     public bool CanImport { get; init; }
     public bool HasCommittedScenes { get; init; }
     public int AlreadyLinkedCount { get; init; }
+    public bool IsComplete { get; init; }
     public IReadOnlyList<StoryIntelligenceCharacterReviewCandidateViewModel> Candidates { get; init; } = [];
 }
 
@@ -186,10 +202,17 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportForm
 public sealed class StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportChoiceForm
 {
     public string Key { get; set; } = string.Empty;
-    public bool Include { get; set; }
+    public string Action { get; set; } = StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportActions.Approve;
     public string? ImportName { get; set; }
 }
 
+public static class StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportActions
+{
+    public const string Approve = "Approve";
+    public const string Ignore = "Ignore";
+    public const string CreateSeparate = "CreateSeparate";
+}
+
 public sealed class StoryIntelligenceCompletionViewModel
 {
     public StoryIntelligenceJobProgress Job { get; init; } = new();
@@ -201,6 +224,20 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceCompletionViewModel
     public string? BookTitle { get; init; }
     public int ChaptersCommitted { get; init; }
     public int ScenesCreated { get; init; }
+    public int CharactersCreatedOrLinked { get; init; }
+    public bool CharacterStageComplete { get; init; }
+}
+
+public sealed class StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportResultViewModel
+{
+    public Guid BatchID { get; init; }
+    public int ProjectID { get; init; }
+    public int BookID { get; init; }
+    public int CharactersCreated { get; init; }
+    public int CharactersLinked { get; init; }
+    public int CharactersIgnored { get; init; }
+    public int PovLinksResolved { get; init; }
+    public int ScenePeoplePanelsUpdated { get; init; }
 }
 
 public sealed class StoryIntelligenceOnboardingChapterViewModel
diff --git a/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligence.cshtml b/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligence.cshtml
index 7e6addd..125b7a4 100644
--- a/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligence.cshtml
+++ b/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligence.cshtml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 
 <section class="onboarding-shell" aria-labelledby="story-intelligence-title">
     <div class="onboarding-panel">
-        <partial name="_OnboardingJourneyHeader" model="@(new OnboardingJourneyHeaderViewModel { CurrentStep = 8 })" />
+        <partial name="_StoryIntelligencePipelineHeader" model="@(new StoryIntelligencePipelineHeaderViewModel { CurrentStage = "Analyse Manuscript" })" />
         <div class="onboarding-copy">
-            <p class="eyebrow">Step 8 of 9</p>
+            <p class="eyebrow">Analyse manuscript</p>
             <h1 id="story-intelligence-title">Analyse Manuscript</h1>
             <p>PlotDirector will analyse approved chapters in the background and prepare scene suggestions for review.</p>
         </div>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
                 <h2>Analysis has already started</h2>
                 <p>You can continue reviewing progress for the approved chapters.</p>
                 <div class="onboarding-actions">
-                    <a class="btn btn-primary" asp-action="StoryIntelligenceReview" asp-route-batchId="@Model.ExistingBatchID">Review analysis</a>
+                    <a class="btn btn-primary" asp-action="StoryIntelligenceReview" asp-route-batchId="@Model.ExistingBatchID">Continue pipeline</a>
                     <form asp-action="ScanManuscript" method="post">
                         <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="submit">Scan manuscript again</button>
                     </form>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
             <section class="onboarding-form-section">
                 <p>Nothing will be created yet. PlotDirector will prepare scene suggestions for review.</p>
-                <p>For this step, only scenes can be created in PlotDirector. Characters, locations, assets and relationships stay as later suggestions.</p>
+                <p>Scenes are reviewed first. Character review follows after scenes are created, with locations, assets, relationships and knowledge shown as upcoming Story Intelligence stages.</p>
             </section>
 
             @if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Model.Message))
diff --git a/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceCharacterComplete.cshtml b/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceCharacterComplete.cshtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbe4b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceCharacterComplete.cshtml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+@model StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportResultViewModel
+@{
+    ViewData["Title"] = "Characters created";
+}
+
+<section class="onboarding-shell" aria-labelledby="story-character-complete-title">
+    <div class="onboarding-panel onboarding-review-panel">
+        <partial name="_StoryIntelligencePipelineHeader" model="@(new StoryIntelligencePipelineHeaderViewModel { CurrentStage = "Create Characters" })" />
+        <div class="onboarding-copy">
+            <p class="eyebrow">Build Story Database</p>
+            <div class="onboarding-success-heading">
+                <span aria-hidden="true">&check;</span>
+                <h1 id="story-character-complete-title">Characters created</h1>
+            </div>
+            <p>PlotDirector updated your story database from the approved character decisions. The next Story Intelligence stages are ready to slot in as they are implemented.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="onboarding-scan-counts onboarding-review-counts">
+            <div>
+                <span>Characters created</span>
+                <strong>@Model.CharactersCreated.ToString("N0")</strong>
+            </div>
+            <div>
+                <span>Characters linked</span>
+                <strong>@Model.CharactersLinked.ToString("N0")</strong>
+            </div>
+            <div>
+                <span>Characters ignored</span>
+                <strong>@Model.CharactersIgnored.ToString("N0")</strong>
+            </div>
+            <div>
+                <span>POV links resolved</span>
+                <strong>@Model.PovLinksResolved.ToString("N0")</strong>
+            </div>
+            <div>
+                <span>Scene People panels updated</span>
+                <strong>@Model.ScenePeoplePanelsUpdated.ToString("N0")</strong>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="story-future-stage-grid">
+            <article class="story-future-stage"><strong>Review Locations</strong><span>Coming Soon</span></article>
+            <article class="story-future-stage"><strong>Review Assets</strong><span>Coming Soon</span></article>
+            <article class="story-future-stage"><strong>Review Relationships</strong><span>Coming Soon</span></article>
+            <article class="story-future-stage"><strong>Review Knowledge</strong><span>Coming Soon</span></article>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="onboarding-actions">
+            <a class="btn btn-outline-secondary" asp-action="StoryIntelligenceCharacters" asp-route-batchId="@Model.BatchID">Back to characters</a>
+            <a class="btn btn-primary" asp-action="StoryIntelligenceComplete" asp-route-batchId="@Model.BatchID">Continue</a>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</section>
diff --git a/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceCharacters.cshtml b/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceCharacters.cshtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f64a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceCharacters.cshtml
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+@model StoryIntelligenceProgressViewModel
+@{
+    ViewData["Title"] = "Review characters";
+}
+
+<section class="onboarding-shell" aria-labelledby="story-character-title">
+    <div class="onboarding-panel onboarding-review-panel story-review-page">
+        <partial name="_StoryIntelligencePipelineHeader" model="@(new StoryIntelligencePipelineHeaderViewModel { CurrentStage = "Review Characters" })" />
+        <div class="onboarding-copy">
+            <p class="eyebrow">Review Story Intelligence</p>
+            <h1 id="story-character-title">Review Characters</h1>
+            <p>Approve the characters PlotDirector should create or link from your imported scenes. You stay in control of every character record.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        @if (TempData["OnboardingStoryIntelligenceError"] is string error)
+        {
+            <div class="alert alert-danger">@error</div>
+        }
+        @if (TempData["OnboardingStoryIntelligenceMessage"] is string message)
+        {
+            <div class="alert alert-success">@message</div>
+        }
+
+        <partial name="_StoryIntelligencePipelineSummary" model="Model.PipelineDashboard" />
+
+        <section class="story-review-chapter-list" aria-label="Character review">
+            @if (Model.CharacterReview.Candidates.Count == 0)
+            {
+                <div class="story-review-note">
+                    <strong>No character decisions are waiting.</strong>
+                    <p class="mb-0">Characters are already up to date, or there were no character suggestions ready to import.</p>
+                </div>
+                <div class="story-future-stage-grid">
+                    @FutureStage("Review Locations")
+                    @FutureStage("Review Assets")
+                    @FutureStage("Review Relationships")
+                    @FutureStage("Review Knowledge")
+                </div>
+                <div class="onboarding-actions">
+                    <a class="btn btn-outline-secondary" asp-action="StoryIntelligenceReview" asp-route-batchId="@Model.BatchID">Back to scenes</a>
+                    <a class="btn btn-primary" asp-action="StoryIntelligenceComplete" asp-route-batchId="@Model.BatchID">Continue</a>
+                </div>
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                <div class="story-review-card-actions">
+                    <button class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-sm" type="button" data-character-bulk="approve-all">Approve all</button>
+                    <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary btn-sm" type="button" data-character-bulk="approve-selected">Approve selected</button>
+                    <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary btn-sm" type="button" data-character-bulk="ignore-selected">Ignore selected</button>
+                    <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary btn-sm" type="button" data-character-bulk="expand">Expand all</button>
+                    <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary btn-sm" type="button" data-character-bulk="collapse">Collapse all</button>
+                </div>
+
+                <form asp-action="ImportStoryIntelligenceCharacters" method="post" data-character-review-form>
+                    <input type="hidden" name="BatchID" value="@Model.BatchID" />
+                    <div class="story-character-card-grid">
+                        @for (var i = 0; i < Model.CharacterReview.Candidates.Count; i++)
+                        {
+                            var candidate = Model.CharacterReview.Candidates[i];
+                            <details class="story-character-card" open data-character-card>
+                                <summary>
+                                    <input type="checkbox" checked data-character-selected aria-label="Select @candidate.CharacterName" />
+                                    <span>
+                                        <strong>@candidate.CharacterName</strong>
+                                        <small>@candidate.AppearsInScenes.ToString("N0") scene@(candidate.AppearsInScenes == 1 ? string.Empty : "s")</small>
+                                    </span>
+                                    <em>@candidate.Confidence</em>
+                                </summary>
+
+                                <input type="hidden" name="Characters[@i].Key" value="@candidate.Key" />
+
+                                <div class="story-character-card__body">
+                                    <dl>
+                                        <div><dt>First appearance</dt><dd>@Display(candidate.ExampleFirstAppearance)</dd></div>
+                                        <div><dt>Possible aliases</dt><dd>@(candidate.PossibleAliases.Count == 0 ? "None detected" : string.Join(", ", candidate.PossibleAliases))</dd></div>
+                                        <div><dt>Existing match</dt><dd>@(candidate.ExistingCharacterName ?? "None")</dd></div>
+                                    </dl>
+
+                                    @if (candidate.IsExistingMatch)
+                                    {
+                                        <div class="story-review-note">
+                                            <strong>Possible existing character</strong>
+                                            <p>@candidate.CharacterName may already be @candidate.ExistingCharacterName. Choose whether to link them or create a separate character.</p>
+                                        </div>
+                                    }
+
+                                    <fieldset class="story-character-actions">
+                                        <legend>Decision</legend>
+                                        <label>
+                                            <input type="radio" name="Characters[@i].Action" value="@StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportActions.Approve" checked data-character-action />
+                                            @(candidate.IsExistingMatch ? "Link to existing" : "Create new character")
+                                        </label>
+                                        @if (candidate.IsExistingMatch)
+                                        {
+                                            <label>
+                                                <input type="radio" name="Characters[@i].Action" value="@StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportActions.CreateSeparate" data-character-action />
+                                                Create separate character
+                                            </label>
+                                        }
+                                        <label>
+                                            <input type="radio" name="Characters[@i].Action" value="@StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportActions.Ignore" data-character-action />
+                                            Ignore
+                                        </label>
+                                    </fieldset>
+
+                                    <label class="form-label" for="character-import-name-@i">Import name</label>
+                                    <input id="character-import-name-@i" class="form-control" name="Characters[@i].ImportName" value="@candidate.ImportName" />
+                                </div>
+                            </details>
+                        }
+                    </div>
+
+                    <div class="onboarding-actions">
+                        <a class="btn btn-outline-secondary" asp-action="StoryIntelligenceReview" asp-route-batchId="@Model.BatchID">Back to scenes</a>
+                        <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Create characters</button>
+                    </div>
+                </form>
+            }
+        </section>
+    </div>
+</section>
+
+@section Scripts {
+    <script>
+        (() => {
+            const form = document.querySelector("[data-character-review-form]");
+            if (!form) return;
+
+            const cards = () => Array.from(form.querySelectorAll("[data-character-card]"));
+            const setAction = (card, action) => {
+                const input = card.querySelector(`[data-character-action][value="${action}"]`);
+                if (input) input.checked = true;
+            };
+            document.querySelectorAll("[data-character-bulk]").forEach(button => {
+                button.addEventListener("click", () => {
+                    const action = button.getAttribute("data-character-bulk");
+                    const selectedCards = cards().filter(card => card.querySelector("[data-character-selected]")?.checked);
+                    if (action === "approve-all") cards().forEach(card => setAction(card, "@StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportActions.Approve"));
+                    if (action === "approve-selected") selectedCards.forEach(card => setAction(card, "@StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportActions.Approve"));
+                    if (action === "ignore-selected") selectedCards.forEach(card => setAction(card, "@StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportActions.Ignore"));
+                    if (action === "expand") cards().forEach(card => card.open = true);
+                    if (action === "collapse") cards().forEach(card => card.open = false);
+                });
+            });
+            form.addEventListener("submit", () => {
+                cards()
+                    .filter(card => !card.querySelector("[data-character-selected]")?.checked)
+                    .forEach(card => setAction(card, "@StoryIntelligenceCharacterImportActions.Ignore"));
+            });
+        })();
+    </script>
+}
+
+@functions {
+    private static string Display(string? value) => string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value) ? "Not detected" : value;
+
+    private static Microsoft.AspNetCore.Html.IHtmlContent FutureStage(string label)
+        => new Microsoft.AspNetCore.Html.HtmlString($"<article class=\"story-future-stage\"><strong>{System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlEncode(label)}</strong><span>Coming Soon</span></article>");
+}
diff --git a/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceComplete.cshtml b/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceComplete.cshtml
index f5e5dc8..5c2b4af 100644
--- a/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceComplete.cshtml
+++ b/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceComplete.cshtml
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 
 <section class="onboarding-shell" aria-labelledby="story-complete-title">
     <div class="onboarding-panel onboarding-review-panel">
-        <partial name="_OnboardingJourneyHeader" model="@(new OnboardingJourneyHeaderViewModel { CurrentStep = 9 })" />
+        <partial name="_StoryIntelligencePipelineHeader" model="@(new StoryIntelligencePipelineHeaderViewModel { CurrentStage = "Complete" })" />
         <div class="onboarding-copy">
-            <p class="eyebrow">Step 9 of 9</p>
+            <p class="eyebrow">Story Intelligence pipeline</p>
             <div class="onboarding-success-heading">
                 <span aria-hidden="true">&check;</span>
-                <h1 id="story-complete-title">Manuscript import complete</h1>
+                <h1 id="story-complete-title">Story Intelligence complete</h1>
             </div>
-            <p>PlotDirector created scenes from the approved manuscript chapters. Characters, locations, assets and relationships were left untouched.</p>
+            <p>PlotDirector completed every implemented Story Intelligence stage for this manuscript. Future stages will continue from this same pipeline as they become available.</p>
         </div>
 
         <div class="onboarding-scan-counts onboarding-review-counts">
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
                 <strong>@Model.ScenesCreated</strong>
             </div>
             <div>
-                <span>Notes needing review</span>
-                <strong>None imported</strong>
+                <span>Characters created / linked</span>
+                <strong>@Model.CharactersCreatedOrLinked.ToString("N0")</strong>
             </div>
             <div>
                 <span>Book</span>
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@
             </div>
         </div>
 
+        <div class="story-future-stage-grid">
+            <article class="story-future-stage"><strong>Review Locations</strong><span>Coming Soon</span></article>
+            <article class="story-future-stage"><strong>Review Assets</strong><span>Coming Soon</span></article>
+            <article class="story-future-stage"><strong>Review Relationships</strong><span>Coming Soon</span></article>
+            <article class="story-future-stage"><strong>Review Knowledge</strong><span>Coming Soon</span></article>
+        </div>
+
         <div class="onboarding-actions">
             <a class="btn btn-primary" asp-controller="Writer" asp-action="Index" asp-route-projectId="@Model.ProjectID">View scenes</a>
             <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" asp-controller="Books" asp-action="Details" asp-route-id="@Model.BookID">View book</a>
diff --git a/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceProgress.cshtml b/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceProgress.cshtml
index f3a8e16..0e6798c 100644
--- a/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceProgress.cshtml
+++ b/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceProgress.cshtml
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
          data-story-intelligence-run-ids="@runIds"
          data-story-max-progress-percent="@progressPercent"
          data-story-intelligence-has-active-runs="@Model.HasActiveRuns.ToString().ToLowerInvariant()">
-        <partial name="_OnboardingJourneyHeader" model="@(new OnboardingJourneyHeaderViewModel { CurrentStep = 8 })" />
+        <partial name="_StoryIntelligencePipelineHeader" model="@(new StoryIntelligencePipelineHeaderViewModel { CurrentStage = "Analyse Manuscript" })" />
         <div class="onboarding-copy story-live-hero">
-            <p class="eyebrow">Step 8 of 9</p>
+            <p class="eyebrow">Analyse manuscript</p>
             <h1 id="story-progress-title">Reading your manuscript</h1>
             <p>PlotDirector is analysing your chapters and preparing scenes for review. You can safely leave this page and return later.</p>
         </div>
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
                     <a class="btn btn-primary"
                        data-story-review-link
                        asp-action="StoryIntelligenceReview"
-                       asp-route-batchId="@Model.BatchID">Review analysis</a>
+                       asp-route-batchId="@Model.BatchID">Review scenes</a>
                 }
             }
         </div>
diff --git a/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceReview.cshtml b/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceReview.cshtml
index e60fddc..11ddb96 100644
--- a/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceReview.cshtml
+++ b/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/StoryIntelligenceReview.cshtml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 @using System.Security.Claims
 @inject IConfiguration Configuration
 @{
-    ViewData["Title"] = "Review analysis";
+    ViewData["Title"] = "Review scenes";
     var adminEmails = Configuration.GetSection("Admin:AllowedEmails").Get<string[]>() ?? [];
     var userEmail = User.FindFirstValue(ClaimTypes.Email);
     var isAdmin = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(userEmail)
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
 
 <section class="onboarding-shell" aria-labelledby="story-review-title">
     <div class="onboarding-panel onboarding-review-panel story-review-page">
-        <partial name="_OnboardingJourneyHeader" model="@(new OnboardingJourneyHeaderViewModel { CurrentStep = 9 })" />
+        <partial name="_StoryIntelligencePipelineHeader" model="@(new StoryIntelligencePipelineHeaderViewModel { CurrentStage = "Review Scenes" })" />
         <div class="onboarding-copy">
-            <p class="eyebrow">Step 9 of 9</p>
-            <h1 id="story-review-title">Review Story Intelligence Results</h1>
-            <p>PlotDirector has finished reading your manuscript. Review the detected scenes first, then approve any characters you want to add or link.</p>
+            <p class="eyebrow">Review Story Intelligence</p>
+            <h1 id="story-review-title">Review Scenes</h1>
+            <p>PlotDirector has finished reading your manuscript. Review the detected scenes before creating them in your story database.</p>
         </div>
 
         @if (TempData["OnboardingStoryIntelligenceError"] is string error)
@@ -178,56 +178,6 @@
             Scene creation uses PlotDirector import safeguards. Duplicate imports are blocked, and failures roll back safely.
         </section>
 
-        @if (Model.CharacterReview.HasCommittedScenes)
-        {
-            <section class="story-review-chapter-list" aria-label="Character review">
-                <h2>Review Characters</h2>
-                @if (Model.CharacterReview.Candidates.Count == 0)
-                {
-                    <p class="text-muted">No new character suggestions are waiting. Existing scene character links are already up to date where PlotDirector could match them.</p>
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    <p>Approve the characters PlotDirector should create or link from the imported scenes. You can rename new characters before import.</p>
-                    <form asp-action="ImportStoryIntelligenceCharacters" method="post">
-                        <input type="hidden" name="BatchID" value="@Model.BatchID" />
-                        <div class="story-scene-preview-list">
-                            @for (var i = 0; i < Model.CharacterReview.Candidates.Count; i++)
-                            {
-                                var candidate = Model.CharacterReview.Candidates[i];
-                                <article class="story-scene-preview">
-                                    <input type="hidden" name="Characters[@i].Key" value="@candidate.Key" />
-                                    <div>
-                                        <label>
-                                            <input type="checkbox" name="Characters[@i].Include" value="true" checked />
-                                            <strong>@candidate.CharacterName</strong>
-                                        </label>
-                                        <span class="story-review-status story-review-status--ready">@candidate.ActionLabel</span>
-                                    </div>
-                                    <dl>
-                                        <div><dt>Appears in</dt><dd>@candidate.AppearsInScenes.ToString("N0") scene@(candidate.AppearsInScenes == 1 ? string.Empty : "s")</dd></div>
-                                        <div><dt>Confidence</dt><dd>@candidate.Confidence</dd></div>
-                                        <div><dt>Match</dt><dd>@(candidate.ExistingCharacterName ?? "New character")</dd></div>
-                                    </dl>
-                                    @if (candidate.PossibleAliases.Count > 0)
-                                    {
-                                        <p>Aliases: @string.Join(", ", candidate.PossibleAliases)</p>
-                                    }
-                                    @if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(candidate.ExampleFirstAppearance))
-                                    {
-                                        <p>@candidate.ExampleFirstAppearance</p>
-                                    }
-                                    <label class="form-label" for="character-import-name-@i">Import name</label>
-                                    <input id="character-import-name-@i" class="form-control" name="Characters[@i].ImportName" value="@candidate.ImportName" readonly="@candidate.IsExistingMatch" />
-                                </article>
-                            }
-                        </div>
-                        <button class="btn btn-primary mt-3" type="submit">Import approved characters</button>
-                    </form>
-                }
-            </section>
-        }
-
         <div class="onboarding-actions">
             @if (Model.BatchID.HasValue)
             {
@@ -241,7 +191,7 @@
                 }
                 else if (Model.AllCommitted)
                 {
-                    <a class="btn btn-primary" asp-action="StoryIntelligenceComplete" asp-route-batchId="@Model.BatchID">Continue</a>
+                    <a class="btn btn-primary" asp-action="StoryIntelligenceCharacters" asp-route-batchId="@Model.BatchID">Review characters</a>
                 }
             }
         </div>
diff --git a/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/_StoryIntelligencePipelineHeader.cshtml b/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/_StoryIntelligencePipelineHeader.cshtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b90ac0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/_StoryIntelligencePipelineHeader.cshtml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+@model StoryIntelligencePipelineHeaderViewModel
+@{
+    var phases = new[]
+    {
+        new { Name = "Phase 1", Label = "Prepare manuscript", Stages = new[] { "Connect Word Companion", "Scan Manuscript", "Review Chapters" } },
+        new { Name = "Phase 2", Label = "Analyse manuscript", Stages = new[] { "Analyse Manuscript" } },
+        new { Name = "Phase 3", Label = "Review Story Intelligence", Stages = new[] { "Review Scenes", "Review Characters", "Review Locations", "Review Assets", "Review Relationships", "Review Knowledge" } },
+        new { Name = "Phase 4", Label = "Build Story Database", Stages = new[] { "Create Scenes", "Create Characters", "Complete" } }
+    };
+    var flatStages = phases.SelectMany(phase => phase.Stages).ToList();
+    var currentIndex = Math.Max(0, flatStages.FindIndex(stage => string.Equals(stage, Model.CurrentStage, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)));
+    var percent = flatStages.Count <= 1 ? 100 : Math.Clamp((currentIndex * 100) / (flatStages.Count - 1), 0, 100);
+}
+
+<div class="onboarding-progress story-pipeline-progress" aria-label="Story Intelligence pipeline progress">
+    <span>@Model.CurrentStage</span>
+    <div class="onboarding-progress-track">
+        <span style="width:@percent%"></span>
+    </div>
+</div>
+<ol class="onboarding-stepper story-pipeline-stepper" aria-label="Story Intelligence pipeline">
+    @foreach (var phase in phases)
+    {
+        var firstStageIndex = flatStages.FindIndex(stage => phase.Stages.Contains(stage));
+        var lastStageIndex = firstStageIndex + phase.Stages.Length - 1;
+        var phaseClass = currentIndex > lastStageIndex
+            ? "is-complete"
+            : currentIndex >= firstStageIndex && currentIndex <= lastStageIndex
+                ? "is-current"
+                : "is-upcoming";
+        <li class="@phaseClass">
+            <span>@phase.Name.Replace("Phase ", string.Empty)</span>
+            <strong>@phase.Label</strong>
+            <small>@StageSummary(phase.Stages, currentIndex, firstStageIndex)</small>
+        </li>
+    }
+</ol>
+
+@functions {
+    private static string StageSummary(IReadOnlyList<string> stages, int currentIndex, int firstStageIndex)
+    {
+        var localIndex = currentIndex - firstStageIndex;
+        if (localIndex >= 0 && localIndex < stages.Count)
+        {
+            return stages[localIndex];
+        }
+
+        return stages.Count == 1 ? stages[0] : $"{stages.Count} stages";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/_StoryIntelligencePipelineSummary.cshtml b/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/_StoryIntelligencePipelineSummary.cshtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c087803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PlotLine/Views/Onboarding/_StoryIntelligencePipelineSummary.cshtml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+@model StoryIntelligencePipelineDashboardViewModel
+
+<section class="story-review-summary story-pipeline-summary" aria-label="Story Intelligence progress summary">
+    <div>
+        <span>Chapters analysed</span>
+        <strong>&check; @Model.ChaptersAnalysed.ToString("N0")</strong>
+    </div>
+    <div>
+        <span>Scenes imported</span>
+        <strong>&check; @Model.ScenesImported.ToString("N0")</strong>
+    </div>
+    <div>
+        <span>Characters identified</span>
+        <strong>@Model.CharactersIdentified.ToString("N0")</strong>
+    </div>
+    <div>
+        <span>Characters created / linked</span>
+        <strong>@(Model.CharacterStageComplete ? $"Done: {Model.CharactersCreatedOrLinked:N0}" : "In review")</strong>
+    </div>
+    <div>
+        <span>Locations</span>
+        <strong>Coming next</strong>
+    </div>
+    <div>
+        <span>Assets</span>
+        <strong>Coming next</strong>
+    </div>
+    <div>
+        <span>Relationships</span>
+        <strong>Coming next</strong>
+    </div>
+    <div>
+        <span>Knowledge</span>
+        <strong>Coming next</strong>
+    </div>
+</section>
diff --git a/PlotLine/wwwroot/css/onboarding.css b/PlotLine/wwwroot/css/onboarding.css
index 8a217d1..2755379 100644
--- a/PlotLine/wwwroot/css/onboarding.css
+++ b/PlotLine/wwwroot/css/onboarding.css
@@ -863,6 +863,122 @@ summary.story-review-chapter-heading {
   display: flex;
   justify-content: flex-end;
   gap: .65rem;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+}
+
+.story-pipeline-stepper small {
+  display: block;
+  color: var(--bs-secondary-color);
+  font-size: .72rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  margin-top: .15rem;
+}
+
+.story-character-card-grid,
+.story-future-stage-grid {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: .75rem;
+}
+
+.story-character-card {
+  border: 1px solid rgba(31, 42, 68, .1);
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .64);
+  padding: .8rem;
+}
+
+.story-character-card summary {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: auto minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
+  gap: .65rem;
+  align-items: center;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.story-character-card summary span {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: .1rem;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.story-character-card summary small,
+.story-character-card summary em {
+  color: var(--bs-secondary-color);
+  font-size: .82rem;
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 700;
+}
+
+.story-character-card__body {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: .75rem;
+  padding-top: .85rem;
+}
+
+.story-character-card__body dl {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
+  gap: .65rem;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.story-character-card__body dt {
+  color: var(--bs-secondary-color);
+  font-size: .78rem;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
+.story-character-card__body dd {
+  margin: .15rem 0 0;
+}
+
+.story-character-actions {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: .75rem;
+  border: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.story-character-actions legend {
+  width: 100%;
+  color: var(--bs-secondary-color);
+  font-size: .78rem;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
+.story-character-actions label {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: .35rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+}
+
+.story-future-stage-grid {
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
+  margin: 1rem 0;
+}
+
+.story-future-stage {
+  border: 1px dashed rgba(31, 42, 68, .22);
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  padding: .85rem;
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .45);
+}
+
+.story-future-stage strong,
+.story-future-stage span {
+  display: block;
+}
+
+.story-future-stage span {
+  color: var(--bs-secondary-color);
+  font-size: .84rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  margin-top: .2rem;
 }
 
 .story-scene-preview-list {
@@ -1283,6 +1399,8 @@ summary.story-review-chapter-heading {
   .story-live-stats,
   .story-review-summary,
   .story-review-scene-panel,
+  .story-character-card__body dl,
+  .story-future-stage-grid,
   .story-scene-preview dl,
   .story-live-current,
   .story-live-feed-grid,