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Novel Setup

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  • Updated August 2, 2026
  • anian0/pick-skills

novel-setup is a Claude skill that manages the macro layer of a novel project, including cold-start, outline, story state, foreshadowing and opening briefs.

About

This skill handles the macro layer of a novel project: creating a project from scratch, planning the outline, maintaining story state, current conflict, foreshadowing and a writing-style knowledge base, and producing each chapter's opening brief. It also performs state write-back after a chapter is finalized. A novelist uses it to start and steer the overall story while chapter writing is delegated to novel-lite.

  • Macro management for a novel project: cold-start creation, outline planning, story-state and current-conflict tracking,
  • Maintains a scene-based writing-style knowledge base and produces the per-chapter opening brief (Phase 0)
  • Performs post-finalization state write-back and coordinates setting promotion across the four-skill suite

Novel Setup by the numbers

  • 9 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • Ranked #2,221 of 3,282 Productivity & Planning skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 3, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
At a glance

novel-setup capabilities & compatibility

free; runs locally, no API keys

Capabilities
project management · outline planning · state tracking · brief generation
Use cases
planning · project management
Runs
Runs locally
Pricing
Free
From the docs

What novel-setup says it does

小说项目宏观管理——从0创建项目、规划大纲、维护故事状态与当前冲突、追踪伏笔、管理创作风格知识库、产出开写简报。
SKILL.md
不写正文(交给novel-lite)
SKILL.md
npx skills add https://github.com/anian0/pick-skills --skill novel-setup

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Last updatedAugust 2, 2026
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What it does

Manage a novel project's macro layer: cold-start, outline, story state, foreshadowing, style knowledge base and opening briefs.

Who is it for?

Starting and steering a whole novel project - outline, story state, foreshadowing and style knowledge base - while chapters are written elsewhere.

Skip if: Writing chapter text (novel-lite) or reviewing chapters (novel-review); it does macro management only.

When should I use this skill?

The user starts a new novel project, plans an outline, adjusts story direction, sets the current conflict, or needs an opening brief.

What you get

A maintained macro setting set, per-chapter opening briefs, and post-chapter state write-back keeping the story coherent.

  • Outline, world, protagonist and constraint documents
  • Per-chapter opening brief
  • State write-back after finalization

By the numbers

  • 5-round interview cold start
  • opening brief has 10+ sections
  • phase review triggered every 5 chapters

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

小说项目宏观管理

四件套定位

Skill层级职责
novel-setup(本skill)宏观项目从0到1、大纲走向、故事状态、当前冲突、伏笔追踪、创作风格知识库维护、开写简报
novel-lite中观(写)单章创作:4阶段流程(简报→方向→必看文档→创作+自测)
novel-review中观(审)单章审查:正文审查、新设定审查、设定体检、阶段回顾
novel-style-extract风格从参考小说提取抽象化的创作风格规则,生成知识库文件
其他skill在此统一查看定位分工。

文件结构(宏观层)

project/
├── 相关设定/                  # ⭐ 本skill主要维护区
│   ├── 世界设定.md            # 世界规则、势力、地理
│   ├── 故事大纲.md            # 分卷/幕/章节规划
│   ├── 主角档案.md            # 画像、弧光、当前状态
│   ├── 故事状态.md            # 当前故事推进快照(每章定稿后更新)
│   ├── 当前冲突.md            # 短期核心冲突靶心(每5章必审视)
│   ├── 伏笔追踪.md            # 所有伏笔的埋设/回收状态
│   ├── 写作注意事项.md        # 硬性约束(视角、信息对称)
│   ├── 创作风格/              # 场景化风格知识库
│   │   ├── _总纲.md
│   │   ├── _索引.md
│   │   ├── 场景描写/
│   │   ├── 自检清单.md
│   │   └── 风格指纹/
│   ├── 角色/                  # novel-lite维护
│   ├── 物品/                  # novel-lite维护
│   └── 技能/                  # novel-lite维护
├── 工作区/                    # novel-lite管理
├── 正文/                      # novel-lite管理
├── 版本存档/                  # novel-lite管理
└── 创作标准/                  # novel-lite与novel-review维护

参考文档

文档何时加载
references/reference-核心文件模板.md创建或更新宏观文件时
references/reference-创作风格知识库.md初始化或演化创作风格知识库时
references/reference-开写简报模板.md出具开写简报时
references/reference-冷启动流程.md项目冷启动时

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核心场景

场景1:全新项目冷启动

采用访谈式引导,5轮完成:故事灵魂 → 世界观 → 主角 → 大纲骨架 → 写作约束+创作风格知识库初始化。

详细流程见 references/reference-冷启动流程.md

冷启动产出

  • 故事大纲.md世界设定.md主角档案.md写作注意事项.md
  • 初始化的 故事状态.md当前冲突.md、空白的 伏笔追踪.md
  • 创作风格知识库最小可用集(方式一:手动构建;方式二:调用novel-style-extract从参考小说提取)

场景2:每章开写前的"开写简报"(阶段0)

触发:novel-lite启动新章时,第一步请求本skill出具简报。

产出工作区/第X章VX/_预创作/00_开写简报.md

简报包含:

  • 当前进展回看
  • 本章在大纲中的定位
  • 当前冲突状态与应推进的节拍
  • 故事状态摘要
  • 伏笔动作建议(待回收/待强化/新埋)
  • 主角弧光节点
  • 约束提醒(视角铁律、信息对称、字数目标)
  • 创作风格分片建议(阶段2需加载哪些场景分片)
  • 关联实体清单
  • 风险提示

详细模板见 references/reference-开写简报模板.md

场景3:章节定稿后的"状态回写"

触发:novel-lite定稿后调用本skill。

执行顺序: 1. 更新 故事状态.md:时间地点、主角当前状态、活跃支线、活跃人物 2. 更新 当前冲突.md:勾选已推进节拍,判断是否触发演化(达成/失败/转化),必要时归档并建立下一段冲突 3. 更新 伏笔追踪.md:标记已回收、登记新埋 4. 更新 主角档案.md:弧光节点推进、当前状态参数 5. 采样风格指纹:从自检报告抽取本章风格指标,写入 创作风格/风格指纹/第X章.md 6. 检查大纲贴合度:偏离是否需要更新大纲 7. 接手宏观待定项晋升(世界规则/伏笔/大纲类) 8. 判断是否触发阶段回顾(N%5==0 → 提示用户跑novel-review模式D)

场景4:创作风格知识库演化

新增分片:novel-lite发现要写X场景但分片缺失 → 本skill创建骨架 → 如有参考小说,调用novel-style-extract增量提取

调整自检清单:novel-review阶段回顾发现"自检80分但风格漂移" → 调整阈值(调松或调严)

沉淀正反例:novel-review发现风格类问题 → 按归属写入对应分片

详细规则见 references/reference-创作风格知识库.md

场景5:大纲调整

流程: 1. 出示当前大纲与已写章节清单 2. 评估改动影响面(多少章受影响、多少伏笔需调整) 3. 给出三种方案:激进改动、温和调整、最小修正 4. 用户选定后更新大纲 5. 标记受影响章节与伏笔,通知novel-lite后续调整

场景6:定期全局体检

触发:用户主动请求或阶段回顾后需要宏观整改。

产出:「全局体检报告」:

  • 大纲进度 vs 实际进度
  • 主线推进健康度
  • 伏笔健康度(超期未回收、漏登)
  • 主角弧光节奏
  • 待定设定池规模
  • 风格指纹漂移趋势
  • 风险项汇总

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待定设定接手协议

待定设定的晋升执行按归属分工:

归属目标文件执行者
角色(普通配角/路人)相关设定/角色/novel-lite
物品相关设定/物品/novel-lite
技能相关设定/技能/novel-lite
世界底层规则相关设定/世界设定.md本skill
写作硬约束相关设定/写作注意事项.md本skill
新风格规则/分片相关设定/创作风格/本skill
新伏笔登记相关设定/伏笔追踪.md本skill
大纲调整相关设定/故事大纲.md本skill
主角弧光节点相关设定/主角档案.md本skill

前置条件:接手晋升前,待定项必须已通过novel-review模式B审查。

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与其他skill的交接

与novel-lite

时机本skill动作novel-lite动作
项目启动生成宏观设定+知识库最小集创建工作区目录结构
开写第N章 阶段0出具开写简报并写入读取简报,进入阶段1
阶段2(必看文档)提供风格分片细节、设定切片补充按简报汇总成02_必看文档.md
第N章定稿执行状态回写+风格指纹采样移入正文目录
大纲变更更新大纲+标记影响按新大纲调整后续章节

与novel-style-extract

时机本skill动作novel-style-extract动作
冷启动Round5引导用户提供参考小说,调用全量提取抽象化风格规则
创作中发现分片缺失创建分片骨架增量提取指定场景分片内容
review发现风格问题评估是否调整知识库结构重新提取/修正对应分片

关键分工

  • 本skill负责目录创建、索引维护、版本控制
  • novel-style-extract负责内容生成(且必须是抽象化的风格规则)
  • novel-style-extract生成内容后不直接写入,先提交用户确认

与novel-review

  • novel-review审查时读取宏观文件作为依据
  • novel-review模式B标注"由本skill接手"的待定项 → 本skill执行晋升
  • novel-review模式C标注"由本skill接手"的整改项 → 本skill修订
  • novel-review模式D中"由本skill接手"的项(风格指纹漂移、自检阈值调整等)→ 本skill落地

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边界

  • 不写正文(交给novel-lite)
  • 不审章节(交给novel-review)
  • 不主动发明大纲之外的剧情
  • 状态回写时若与既有设定冲突,先报告后更新
  • 不直接读写工作区/待定设定/的文件结构(由novel-lite维护)
  • 接手晋升前必须确认待定项已通过审查
  • 不擅自改动创作风格知识库的铁律和自检阈值——调整必须经用户确认
  • 开写简报与状态回写之外,不主动改工作区/下任何文件
  • 不直接生成02_必看文档.md——由novel-lite在阶段2汇总生成

Related skills

FAQ

Does novel-setup write chapters?

No. Its boundary states it does not write chapter text - that is delegated to novel-lite; it manages the project's macro layer.

How is a new project started?

Through an interview-style cold start in five rounds: story soul, worldview, protagonist, outline skeleton, and writing constraints plus style-KB init.

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