What problem does it solve?
Writers who want to learn from a published novel or long sample often end up either copying its surface style or extracting nothing actionable. This Skill deconstructs long-form fiction into semantic mechanisms—reader promise, conflict escalation, character motivation, information release, and prose behavior—so you can reuse the craft without imitating the text.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Source Ingestion with Traceability: Preserves novels from files, PDFs, URLs, or uploads via
ingest_material, keeping evidence pointers that separate direct observation from inference.
- Multi-Layer Decomposition: Analyzes story engine, structure, character, information flow, scene craft, prose behavior, and long-horizon continuity using the analysis lens in
references/analysis-lens.md.
- Optional Book Binding: Binds the analyzed source to an active book via
manage_book_reference(action="bind") so future writing can consult it as guidance, never as canon.
- Use Case: Upload a favorite novel and ask what makes its midpoint twists work; receive a chapter-anchored breakdown of transferable principles, failure conditions, and recombination options for your own story.
Quick Start
Analyze this novel file and extract the reusable storytelling mechanisms behind its conflict escalation and character arcs.
