word-tracker

What problem does it solve?

Authors and editors waste time manually counting words, tracking revisions, and aggregating progress across many markdown files; this skill automates accurate word counts, date tracking, and progress reporting so you can focus on writing instead of bookkeeping.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Count words across individual markdown files or entire directories with optional recursive scanning.
• Maintain a version-friendly CSV tracker that records word counts, date created, and date updated for each file.
• Advanced counting options include excluding YAML frontmatter, ignoring code blocks, handling hyphenated words, and calculating manuscript-style counts and reading time.
• Built-in CLI and programmatic package API enable scheduled reports, pre-commit hooks, batch processing across projects, and progress-to-goal analytics for novel- or series-scale workflows.

Quick Start

Run the standalone tracker against your drafts folder to create or update a CSV progress tracker and generate a summary report.