# Tracery (story-grammar text expansion library)

- id: src_01M569GBQYE4GC1CC1BYV4KAH3
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=metadata_checked, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T18, T01 · tags: level:established, procedural-text, grammar, generative
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:20:04.338Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569GBQYE4GC1CC1BYV4KAH3

Source: https://github.com/galaxykate/tracery

```json
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  "archived": false,
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "Small JavaScript grammar-expansion library for procedural text (bots, names, descriptions); the classic building block for generative narrative content and a handy template layer around LLM output.",
  "source_type": "repository",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Kate Compton (galaxykate)",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Few commits since 2024; pre-LLM technique."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2024-11-03T16:46:02.000Z"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Repository description: a story-grammar generation library for JavaScript; README notes the project is a text-expansion library with resources moved to tracery.io. · locator: README header · source: https://github.com/galaxykate/tracery
- [sourced_fact] Apache-2.0 license; last push 2024-11-03. · locator: LICENSE.MD · source: https://github.com/galaxykate/tracery/blob/master/LICENSE.MD
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- code: license=Apache-2.0 hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=permitted training=unknown · Apache-2.0 per LICENSE.MD. · evidence: https://github.com/galaxykate/tracery/blob/master/LICENSE.MD

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