chapter-outline-builder

Generates structured single-chapter outlines for serialized fiction from plot inputs.

751|136|Updated May 31, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/Mochocyang/QMAI --skill chapter-outline-builder
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: chapter-outline-builder
Source: https://github.com/Mochocyang/QMAI/tree/main/skills/SkillHub/ZhanggangSkill/chapter-outline-builder
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/Mochocyang/QMAI --skill chapter-outline-builder

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Writing long serialized fiction requires each chapter to carry emotional beats, plot progression, foreshadowing, and hooks, but turning a rough idea or volume outline into a writable single-chapter outline is repetitive and error-prone. This Skill orchestrates a fixed seven-step pipeline that converts chapter-level inputs into a complete, standardized Chinese chapter outline ready for drafting.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Seven-Step Outline Pipeline: Sequentially runs attribute positioning, keyword conditions, four-beat flow, emotion curve, visual detail, foreshadow/hook planning, and final assembly into one outline.
  • Standardized Output Schema: Produces a full outline covering previous-chapter continuity, core event causality, emotion curve, foreshadowing recovery and planting, character state changes, worldbuilding updates, and a writing checklist.
  • Multi-Chapter Continuity: Supports generating outlines for consecutive chapters while preserving hook handoffs, foreshadow transitions, and per-chapter independence.
  • Use Case: A web novelist finishing a chapter where the protagonist was publicly humiliated asks for the next chapter's outline; the Skill produces a complete 章纲 with the three-day duel setup, emotional arc, planted foreshadowing, and a closing hook.

Quick Start

Ask the assistant to turn the previous chapter's ending state and this chapter's plot goal into a complete single-chapter outline following the chapter outline standard.

Frequently Asked Questions about chapter-outline-builder

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I turn a rough chapter idea into a full chapter outline?

Provide the previous chapter's ending state, the current plot stage goal, and what must change in this chapter. The Skill runs a seven-step pipeline covering positioning, keywords, four-beat flow, emotion curve, details, and foreshadowing, then assembles a complete outline with a writing checklist.

What inputs are required to generate a chapter outline?

The Skill needs the previous chapter's ending state, the current outline stage goal, the plot progress this chapter must achieve, the protagonist's situation and emotion, foreshadowing to plant or resolve, and what the next chapter should make readers anticipate.

Can it generate outlines for multiple consecutive chapters?

Yes, it repeats the full pipeline per chapter. Each chapter keeps its own emotion label, core memory point, and hook, while preserving handoffs of hooks and foreshadowing between chapters so the sequence does not collapse into one stretched summary.

What happens when some chapter information is missing?

If gaps are small, the Skill asks at most three short questions, prioritizing the previous chapter's unresolved problem, this chapter's required change, and the ending hook. For fast iteration it makes explicitly labeled assumptions instead of blocking.

When should I not use this chapter outline Skill?

Do not use it for whole-book or volume-level outlines, since it only handles single-chapter execution units. It also does not write prose directly unless explicitly requested, and it avoids endings that fully resolve tension without a hook.