StoryForge Skills Reference
Reference of all 61 StoryForge skills with call arguments and purpose, grouped by phase: setup, ideas, authors, planning, writing, checking, memoir, series, production, test data.
StoryForge Skills Reference
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The plugin contains 61 skills. You call them with /storyforge:<name>. Arguments in <angle brackets> are required, arguments in [square brackets] are optional. book-slug is the identifier of the book, chapter-slug that of a chapter (for example 01-the-beginning).
Which variant a book gets is decided by book_category. If you call a fiction skill for a memoir, it points you to the matching -memoir variant (or the other way round).
Setup and orientation
| Skill |
Arguments |
Purpose |
setup |
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First-time setup and repair: virtual environment, dependencies, config, Pandoc check |
configure |
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Edit config.yaml and an author's writing mode interactively |
start-session |
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Verify setup, load the session, list books and authors, suggest a next step |
help |
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Show skills, workflow and quick start |
next-step |
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Suggest the next step from book status and workflow |
resume |
<book-slug> |
Resume work on a book: status and recommendations |
book-dashboard |
[book-slug] |
Progress overview for one book or all books |
Ideas and concept
| Skill |
Arguments |
Purpose |
brainstorm |
[idea-slug] |
Develop book ideas in dialogue, fiction ("What if?") or memoir ("What happened?") |
ideas |
[status] [genre] |
List, filter and manage saved ideas |
new-book |
[title] |
Create a book project with directory scaffold; also --series= and --copy-recurring-from= for series volumes, and --from-idea |
book-conceptualizer |
<book-slug> |
Develop the concept in five phases (fiction: premise, theme, conflict, structure, pitch; memoir: premise, theme, scope, structure, pitch) |
Author profiles
| Skill |
Arguments |
Purpose |
create-author |
<author-name> |
Create an author profile with style, voice and preferences |
delete-author |
<author-slug> |
Safely delete a profile with its discoveries, checking for referencing books |
study-author |
<file-path> [author-slug] |
Analyse PDFs or text files and extend the profile with the style |
harvest-author-rules |
[book-slug] [--author author-slug] |
Move the findings of a finished book into the author profile |
promote-rule |
[book-slug] ["phrase"] [--to author\|global] |
Lift a rule from book scope to author or global scope |
backfill-style-principles |
[author-slug] |
Backfill style principles from existing analysis files |
migrate-source-genres |
[author-slug] |
Backfill source_genres on existing author discoveries from the analysis files |
Planning (fiction)
| Skill |
Arguments |
Purpose |
plot-architect |
<book-slug> |
Build the plot on one of nine structures (acts, beats, turning points, character arcs) |
character-creator |
<book-slug> [name] |
Develop characters in 14 steps with arc, voice and motivation |
world-builder |
<book-slug> |
Work out settings, magic systems, societies and history |
rolling-planner |
[book-slug] |
Scene-by-scene planning for plantsers and discovery writers |
genre-creator |
<genre-name> |
Create new genre definitions or genre mixes |
researcher |
<topic> [book-slug] |
Research topics for authenticity via web search |
Writing and revising
| Skill |
Arguments |
Purpose |
chapter-writer |
<book-slug> <chapter-number> |
Write a chapter in the author's voice, appended to the draft |
chapter-scene-rewriter |
<book-slug> <chapter-slug> [scene-number] |
Replace a single scene of an already written chapter in place (fiction only) |
chapter-fixer |
<book-slug> <chapter-slug> |
Targeted line-level fixes from reviewer findings or your own read |
register-callback |
<Regel\|Workflow\|Callback>: <text> |
Store a rule, workflow instruction or callback for the active book |
report-issue |
[book-slug] ["phrase or pattern description"] |
Turn a recurring prose problem into an enforceable rule |
unblock |
[book-slug] |
Diagnose writer's block and resolve it with targeted steps |
Checking
| Skill |
Arguments |
Purpose |
chapter-reviewer |
<book-slug> <chapter-slug> |
Review a chapter for craft, voice and AI tells (33 points; chapter 1 additionally gets 13 opening points) |
chapter-voice-harvest |
<book-slug> [chapter-slug] |
Evaluate voice patterns from the logged review decisions and move confirmed patterns into the author profile as style principles; runs after the review round, before the humanizer |
chapter-humanizer |
<book-slug> <chapter-slug> |
Find AI constructions, propose alternatives and apply approved changes |
chapter-proofreader |
<book-slug> <chapter-slug> |
Check spelling, grammar and punctuation |
voice-checker |
<book-slug> [chapter-slug] |
Holistic AI-authenticity score from 0 to 100 across seven dimensions (memoir: eight) |
author-check |
<book-slug> <chapter-slug> |
Positive style compliance against the author's style principles |
manuscript-checker |
<book-slug> [--interactive] |
Scan the whole fiction manuscript for rule violations, plot holes, clichés and repetition |
continuity-checker |
<book-slug> |
Check all drafts against timeline, travel matrix (fiction) or people log (memoir) |
sensitivity-reader |
<book-slug> [chapter-slug] |
Check for problematic representations, stereotypes and harmful tropes |
rules-audit |
[book-slug] |
Audit book rules for scanner blind spots and apply corrections |
backfill-promises |
[book-slug] [--force] |
Backfill the Promises sections in already written chapters |
Memoir
| Skill |
Arguments |
Purpose |
plot-architect-memoir |
<book-slug> |
Shape the narrative arc with one of four structure types (chronological, thematic, braided, vignette) |
character-creator-memoir |
<book-slug> [name] |
Capture real people with relationship, category, consent and anonymization |
chapter-writer-memoir |
<book-slug> <chapter-number> |
Write a memoir chapter, with consent gates and memoir craft |
chapter-reviewer-memoir |
<book-slug> <chapter-slug> |
Review a memoir chapter, including consent obligations |
manuscript-checker-memoir |
<book-slug> [--interactive] |
Scan a memoir manuscript, with five additional memoir checks |
memoir-ethics-checker |
<book-slug> |
Check consent and defamation risk: PASS, WARN or FAIL |
emotional-truth-prompt |
<book-slug> [chapter-slug] |
Felt-sense pass through memoir scenes with questions and revision directions |
Series
| Skill |
Arguments |
Purpose |
series-planner |
<series-name> |
Plan a series: overarching arc, connections, canon |
harvest-character-evolution |
[book-slug] |
Move the end-of-book state of recurring characters into the series trackers |
bootstrap-book-from-series |
<prev-book-slug> <new-book-slug> |
Prepare the new volume's character files from the predecessor's trackers |
Production
| Skill |
Arguments |
Purpose |
export-engineer |
<book-slug> [format] [--arc] |
Produce EPUB, PDF or MOBI via Pandoc, also as an ARC (advance reader copy) |
cover-artist |
<book-slug> |
Generate cover prompts for DALL-E or Midjourney, deliberately without text in the image |
cover-typography-mockup |
<book-slug> |
HTML mockup for title and author typography on a finished cover |
translator |
<book-slug> <target-language> |
Translate a book chapter by chapter into another language |
promo-writer |
<book-slug> [platform] |
Generate social media copy for the book |
beta-promo-writer |
<book-slug> [platform] |
Recruitment copy for finding beta readers and ARC reviewers |
beta-feedback |
<book-slug> [--file path/to/feedback.md] |
Triage beta-reader feedback, cross-reference it and build a revision plan |
Test data
These three skills are test infrastructure and not meant for everyday writing. They create, reset or remove test fixtures with the prefix zz-sandbox-. The model does not call them on its own.
| Skill |
Arguments |
Purpose |
create-testdata |
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Create disposable fixtures: one author, one fiction book, one memoir book, three people |
reset-testdata |
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Reset the fixtures to their documented baseline |
delete-testdata |
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Remove the fixtures completely |
Typical flow
Fiction: create-author, new-book, book-conceptualizer, plot-architect, character-creator, world-builder, then per chapter chapter-writer, chapter-reviewer, optionally chapter-voice-harvest, chapter-humanizer, chapter-proofreader, and at the end manuscript-checker, export-engineer.
Memoir: create-author, new-book (category memoir), book-conceptualizer, plot-architect-memoir, character-creator-memoir, then per chapter chapter-writer-memoir, emotional-truth-prompt, chapter-reviewer-memoir, optionally chapter-voice-harvest, chapter-humanizer, chapter-proofreader, and at the end manuscript-checker-memoir, memoir-ethics-checker, export-engineer.
The flow adapts to the writing mode, see Writing Modes. The checks in detail: Quality System.