SKILL.md
Chapter Writing
Overview
Write story chapters using an outline-first workflow. Gathers context with story context, which keeps later chapters out, builds a beat-by-beat outline for approval, then writes full prose. After writing, records the scene dates, the continuity state, and each setup planted or paid off in the one record that owns it, and rebuilds registries with story reindex.
Prerequisites
A story project must already exist with at least:
story.md(story bible)- At least one character in
characters/ - A plot structure in
plot/_index.md(recommended but not required for first chapters)
Prose Pass and Companion Skill
The in-repo line-editing skill owns the prose-quality pass (line edit, voice differentiation, copyedit, read-aloud, proof). It ships with Story Skills, so it is always available: run it on a drafted chapter before marking it revised.
The external better-writing skill is an optional complement for general prose quality and anti-generic writing checks. Before drafting or revising chapter prose, check whether it is available in the active agent environment. Detect it by looking for its skill directory in the configured skills paths: