story-review

Review web fiction chapters with multi-agent adversarial critique and deterministic lint scripts.

116|21|Updated Jul 6, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/Xiaoyangy/novel-studio --skill story-review-xiaoyangy
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: story-review
Source: https://github.com/Xiaoyangy/novel-studio/tree/main/skills/story-review
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/Xiaoyangy/novel-studio --skill story-review-xiaoyangy

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes scripts (resource) and references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve? Long-form fiction drafts drift in structure, character voice, consistency, and prose quality, and single-pass reviews miss issues. This Skill coordinates a multi-perspective adversarial review of novel chapters, producing severity-ranked, evidence-backed findings with executable fix suggestions. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Multi-Agent Review Modes: full mode spawns four reviewer agents (story-architect, character-designer, narrative-writer, consistency-checker); lean mode spawns two; automatic fallback to solo mode when agents are missing, malformed, stale, or spawn fails. - Platform Rubrics & Embedded Fallbacks: loads platform-specific rubrics for Fanqie, Qidian, or Zhihu, or a generic web-fiction rubric, with built-in fallback criteria when reference files are unreadable. - Deterministic Pre-Checks: runs Node.js scripts to detect AI-flavor sentence patterns, banned words, punctuation issues, and model degeneration (verbatim repetition, truncation, placeholder leakage) without modifying files. - Use Case: After drafting chapters 200-300 of a serialized web novel, run the review to receive a unified findings report sorted by severity (S1-S4), covering plot structure, character motivation, dialogue quality, factual consistency, and AI-writing fingerprints, plus inherited foreshadowing items that should have been resolved. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to review the latest chapters of your novel with /story-review, optionally specifying full, lean, or solo mode and the target platform.

Frequently Asked Questions about story-review

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

FAQPage Schema
How do I review a web novel chapter for plot and character problems?

Invoke the review with a chapter file or range, and it coordinates specialized reviewer perspectives covering story architecture, character voice, prose quality, and factual consistency. Findings are returned in a unified schema with severity levels S1 through S4 and concrete fix suggestions.

What is the difference between full, lean, and solo review modes?

Full mode spawns four reviewer agents in parallel, lean mode spawns only the story-architect and consistency-checker, and solo mode runs the review in the current session without subagents. If required agents are missing, malformed, or fail to spawn, the review automatically degrades to solo and reports the fallback reason.

Does the review support platform-specific rubrics like Fanqie or Qidian?

Yes, it loads dedicated rubrics for Fanqie, Qidian, and Zhihu based on the project's stated target platform, falling back to a generic web-fiction rubric when no platform is identified. If rubric files are unreadable, embedded fallback criteria are used and reported as the rubric source.

Can the review detect AI-writing patterns and banned phrases?

Yes, bundled Node.js scripts deterministically flag high-risk AI sentence patterns, em-dash misuse, fragmented sentences, overlong paragraphs, and model degeneration such as verbatim repetition or truncation. These script findings merge into the report as prose or format issues without modifying the source files.

What happens when reviewing large batches of chapters?

Multi-chapter reviews are split into batches, each producing independent findings that are later merged. Open foreshadowing items due for resolution are injected into each batch so dangling hooks from earlier chapters are caught, and newly discovered open items are written back to the tracking file.

Why did my review fall back to solo mode?

Fallback occurs when required reviewer agent files are missing or malformed, the deployment is stale, the agent tool is unavailable, a spawn fails at runtime, or the review is already running inside a subagent. The report header lists the exact fallback reason and suggests rerunning the setup command.