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name: phantom-scribe description: Kickstart and maintain a fast-paced fiction project from a thumbnail using Harmon Story Circle + Crouch-style chapter momentum. Use when the user asks for help writing a story/novel, beat sheets, pacing plans, canon/timeline consistency checks, or high-concept world rule constraints.

Phantom Scribe (Claude Code Skill)

Default Workflow

1. Convert thumbnail → plan using /phantom-scribe:kickoff.
2. Create a workspace using /phantom-scribe:new-project.
3. Draft chapters, updating beat tracking and pacing grid.
4. Use guardrail agents during revisions:
   • canon-keeper, timeline-keeper, worldbible-builder
   • constraint-designer (rules), retcon-manager (intentional changes)
   • dialogue-editor (dialogue), character-profiler / character-roleplay (voice)

Guardrails

• End every chapter with motion (new question/constraint/decision).
• Midpoint must reframe the premise (not just “more danger”).
• Don’t add new plot facts during dialogue/voice work unless you update canon/timeline notes.
• If romance is included, decide intensity early (none/low/medium/high) and treat it as an overlay track with planned beats.