Inkroost FAQ
Inkroost is a creation and publishing platform for comics, webtoons, and manga. Build a series, generate or upload pages, write the text layer, publish chapters. Everything below is how the platform actually works today.
What is Inkroost?
Inkroost is a creation and publishing platform for comics, webtoons, and manga. Creators build a series, define their characters and visual style, generate or upload artwork page by page, write the accompanying text layer, and publish chapters that readers can find and read on the web.
Can I create a comic, webtoon, or manga with AI on Inkroost?
Yes. Inkroost includes an AI page generator. You describe a scene, the platform injects your series style profile and the style profiles of any characters you reference, and it returns page variants for you to review. You approve the variants you want and they become pages in a chapter. Generation is charged in Inkroost credits, which you buy in packages.
How do I turn a story idea into comic pages?
Create a series, then set a series style profile describing the look you want. Create a character sheet for each named character with specific appearance details — hair, eyes, build, signature outfit, distinguishing marks. Create a chapter, then generate one page per story beat, passing the characters who appear in it. Approve the pages you like, put them in reading order, add alt text and a transcript to each page, and publish the chapter.
Does Inkroost support webtoon and comic formats, or only manga?
All three. A series carries its own reading direction — left-to-right for Western comics and vertical-scroll webtoons, right-to-left for traditional manga — plus its own genres, maturity rating, and style profile. Nothing in the platform assumes a Japanese-style page layout.
Can an AI assistant create comics on Inkroost for me?
Yes. Inkroost runs a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server at https://inkroost.com/mcp. An AI assistant connected to it can create a series, set style profiles, build character sheets, create chapters, generate and approve pages, write the page text layer, and publish — the same operations available in the web app. Claude.ai connects through a custom connector over OAuth; other clients such as Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf connect with a bearer token created at https://inkroost.com/settings/api-tokens.
Is there an API for agent-driven comic creation?
The MCP server is the supported programmatic interface. It speaks the MCP specification over HTTPS at a single endpoint, and its tools are grouped into story, characters, art, publishing, and credits. Manual bearer tokens carry granular abilities — read story data, write story data, generate art, publish, read credits, purchase credits — so you can give an agent only what it needs.
Who owns the work I create on Inkroost?
You do. Inkroost publishes and hosts your series; the terms of service at https://inkroost.com/terms set out the rights you grant for that hosting and nothing beyond it.
How do readers pay for chapters?
They do not pay Inkroost for chapters. Every chapter is either free to read, or supporter-only. A supporter-only chapter unlocks for readers who support that creator on the creator's own connected platform — currently Patreon — which Inkroost verifies. Inkroost credits pay for AI generation only; they never unlock a chapter.
What are Inkroost credits for?
Credits pay for AI image generation — cover art, banners, and chapter pages. You buy them in packages and spend them per generation. You can check your balance and estimate the cost of a generation before running it, from the web app or from an AI assistant over MCP.
Does published work get reviewed before it goes live?
Yes. A chapter is submitted for review and must be approved before it becomes publicly readable, and series carry a declared maturity rating. Only published, approved chapters of published series appear in the catalogue, the sitemap, and search results.
Is my work readable by search engines and AI assistants?
Yes, when you write the text layer. Every page can carry alt text and a transcript. Inkroost renders that text on the chapter page and gives each page of a public chapter its own canonical URL, and lists those URLs in https://inkroost.com/sitemap.xml. Drafts, unapproved chapters, and supporter-only chapters are never listed.
What does it cost to start?
Creating an account and a series costs nothing. Current credit package prices are listed at https://inkroost.com/pricing.