Full-Length Novel Writing Assistant

Problem: Challenges in Long-Form Novel Writing

Writing a long-form web novel is a complex endeavor where authors often face:
- Creative Stagnation: Maintaining fresh ideas and plot progression over hundreds of thousands of words.
- Document Chaos: Scattered character sheets, world-building notes, foreshadowing lists, and progress logs that are hard to manage.
- Disrupted Continuity: Losing track of previous details across sessions, leading to inconsistencies or pacing issues.
- Lack of Version Control: Inability to track changes or revert to earlier drafts.

Solution: Structured Workflow and Memory System

This skill provides a comprehensive framework that breaks the creative process into manageable stages and employs a layered memory architecture for consistency.

• Mandatory Information Collection: For both new and ongoing projects, it first uses the AskUserQuestion tool to gather or extract six core elements (genre, core idea, protagonist, world, word count, update schedule), establishing a solid foundation.
• Creative Expansion Phase: Even with an outline, brainstorming is enforced to generate plot possibilities, character arcs, and world-building details via AI, enriching the original concept.
• Structured Document Management: It creates AGENTS.md (creative philosophy and guidelines) and 大纲.md (outline and settings) in the project root, and strictly follows a chapter creation workflow: first draft a 第 X 章创作计划.md (chapter plan), then write the content, and finally update memory documents.
• Layered Memory Architecture: Utilizes base-memory.md (current status summary), chapter-log.md (progress tracking), key-decisions.md (decision index), and archive/ (monthly archives) to maintain project state and ensure continuity.
• Dynamic Suggestions and Git Integration: After each chapter, it dynamically generates improvement suggestions for settings, characters, foreshadowing, etc., and supports version control via Git.

Use Cases and Caveats

• 适用场景: Ideal for authors planning or actively writing web novels, especially those managing complex plots, long-form content, or cross-temporal projects. It requires a willingness to follow a structured workflow.
• 注意事项:
• The workflow is mandatory and complete, from information collection to memory updates; no steps can be skipped, particularly the document reading and user inquiry during continuation.
• All user interactions must be conducted through the AskUserQuestion tool for structured choices.
• Document management relies on a specific directory structure (e.g., .agents/), requiring strict maintenance by the author or AI assistant.
• Git integration is optional but recommended for version control; the skill will prompt for commits when changes exist.