Add novel-writing app: .NET 10 API, React front end, agent and MCP server

Builds out the vertical slice for planning and writing a novel. Three front
ends — the React UI, an embedded Claude agent, and an MCP stdio server — all go
through one REST API, so an edit made from Claude Code and one made in the
browser are the same edit.

Layout:
  Domain          entities and enums, no dependencies
  Application     services, DTOs, the agent tool-use loop and its 15 tools
  Infrastructure  EF Core 10 + SQLite, Anthropic SDK client
  Api             ASP.NET Core 10 minimal APIs, OpenAPI, ProblemDetails
  Mcp             MCP stdio server, 21 tools over the same REST API
  Web             React 19 + Vite + TanStack Query + Tailwind v4

Data model is Project > Characters / OutlineNodes / Chapters > Scenes, plus
agent conversations. The outline is a self-nesting tree so acts, sequences and
beats can be arranged however the book wants; scenes carry goal/conflict/outcome
because that is what the agent drafts prose from.

Notes on a few choices:

- Conversation history replays to the model as text only. The agent re-reads
  current state through its tools rather than trusting a record of edits that
  may since have changed in the UI.
- The user's turn is persisted before the tool loop runs, so a question is
  recorded even when the model call fails. Turn order uses an explicit sequence
  column; timestamps tie when a turn completes inside one tick.
- Tool failures return is_error results rather than throwing, so the model can
  read the message and correct itself. MCP tools do the same via CallToolResult,
  which keeps the API's own message instead of a generic SDK error.
- The Anthropic client is constructed lazily. It is injected into the agent
  service, which also serves read-only endpoints, and those should keep working
  on an install with no key. Sending without one returns 503, not 400.
- DateTimeOffset is stored as UTC ticks. SQLite refuses to ORDER BY the default
  text form, which every "recently updated first" listing depends on.

Tests run against real in-memory SQLite rather than the EF in-memory provider so
they exercise the cascade deletes and query translation that actually ship.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01S56bfZMGe1hnhpWP4CjjNw
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using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using NovelSoftware.Application.Dtos;
using NovelSoftware.Domain.Entities;
namespace NovelSoftware.Application.Services;
public class CharacterService(INovelDbContext db)
{
public async Task<IReadOnlyList<CharacterDto>> ListAsync(Guid projectId, CancellationToken ct = default)
{
var characters = await Query()
.Where(c => c.ProjectId == projectId)
.OrderBy(c => c.Role)
.ThenBy(c => c.Name)
.ToListAsync(ct);
return [.. characters.Select(c => c.ToDto())];
}
public async Task<CharacterDto> GetAsync(Guid id, CancellationToken ct = default) =>
(await FindAsync(id, ct)).ToDto();
public async Task<CharacterDto> CreateAsync(Guid projectId, CreateCharacterRequest request, CancellationToken ct = default)
{
await EnsureProjectExists(projectId, ct);
var character = new Character
{
ProjectId = projectId,
Name = request.Name,
Role = request.Role,
Age = request.Age,
Pronouns = request.Pronouns,
Occupation = request.Occupation,
Appearance = request.Appearance,
Personality = request.Personality,
Backstory = request.Backstory,
Want = request.Want,
Need = request.Need,
InternalConflict = request.InternalConflict,
ExternalConflict = request.ExternalConflict,
ArcSummary = request.ArcSummary,
Voice = request.Voice,
Notes = request.Notes
};
db.Characters.Add(character);
await db.SaveChangesAsync(ct);
return character.ToDto();
}
public async Task<CharacterDto> UpdateAsync(Guid id, UpdateCharacterRequest request, CancellationToken ct = default)
{
var character = await FindAsync(id, ct);
character.Name = Patch.Apply(character.Name, request.Name) ?? character.Name;
character.Role = request.Role ?? character.Role;
character.Age = Patch.Apply(character.Age, request.Age);
character.Pronouns = Patch.Apply(character.Pronouns, request.Pronouns);
character.Occupation = Patch.Apply(character.Occupation, request.Occupation);
character.Appearance = Patch.Apply(character.Appearance, request.Appearance);
character.Personality = Patch.Apply(character.Personality, request.Personality);
character.Backstory = Patch.Apply(character.Backstory, request.Backstory);
character.Want = Patch.Apply(character.Want, request.Want);
character.Need = Patch.Apply(character.Need, request.Need);
character.InternalConflict = Patch.Apply(character.InternalConflict, request.InternalConflict);
character.ExternalConflict = Patch.Apply(character.ExternalConflict, request.ExternalConflict);
character.ArcSummary = Patch.Apply(character.ArcSummary, request.ArcSummary);
character.Voice = Patch.Apply(character.Voice, request.Voice);
character.Notes = Patch.Apply(character.Notes, request.Notes);
character.UpdatedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
await db.SaveChangesAsync(ct);
return character.ToDto();
}
public async Task DeleteAsync(Guid id, CancellationToken ct = default)
{
var character = await FindAsync(id, ct);
db.Characters.Remove(character);
await db.SaveChangesAsync(ct);
}
public async Task<CharacterDto> AddRelationshipAsync(
Guid characterId, CreateRelationshipRequest request, CancellationToken ct = default)
{
var character = await FindAsync(characterId, ct);
var related = await db.Characters
.FirstOrDefaultAsync(c => c.Id == request.RelatedCharacterId, ct)
?? throw new NotFoundException(nameof(Character), request.RelatedCharacterId);
if (related.ProjectId != character.ProjectId)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("Characters must belong to the same project to be related.");
}
db.CharacterRelationships.Add(new CharacterRelationship
{
CharacterId = characterId,
RelatedCharacterId = request.RelatedCharacterId,
RelationshipType = request.RelationshipType,
Description = request.Description
});
await db.SaveChangesAsync(ct);
return (await FindAsync(characterId, ct)).ToDto();
}
public async Task RemoveRelationshipAsync(Guid relationshipId, CancellationToken ct = default)
{
var relationship = await db.CharacterRelationships
.FirstOrDefaultAsync(r => r.Id == relationshipId, ct)
?? throw new NotFoundException(nameof(CharacterRelationship), relationshipId);
db.CharacterRelationships.Remove(relationship);
await db.SaveChangesAsync(ct);
}
private IQueryable<Character> Query() =>
db.Characters
.Include(c => c.Relationships)
.ThenInclude(r => r.RelatedCharacter);
private async Task<Character> FindAsync(Guid id, CancellationToken ct) =>
await Query().FirstOrDefaultAsync(c => c.Id == id, ct)
?? throw new NotFoundException(nameof(Character), id);
private async Task EnsureProjectExists(Guid projectId, CancellationToken ct)
{
if (!await db.Projects.AnyAsync(p => p.Id == projectId, ct))
{
throw new NotFoundException(nameof(Project), projectId);
}
}
}