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Agent Skills: outline

Create chapter and scene breakdown. Use after architecture is established.

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Skill Metadata

Name
outline
Description
Create chapter and scene breakdown. Use after architecture is established.

Create a chapter outline using the outliner agent.

What This Does

  1. Reads existing architecture
  2. Spawns the outliner agent
  3. Breaks story into chapters with:
    • Chapter purposes
    • POV assignments
    • Scene beats (Goal → Conflict → Disaster)
    • Word count targets
    • Pacing notes

Usage

/outline                   # Create outline from architecture
/outline book 2            # Outline specific book in series
/outline revise            # Revise existing outline

If arguments provided: $ARGUMENTS

Prerequisites

Story architecture should exist. Character docs help but aren't required.

Output

Produces/updates chapter outline in project README or separate outline file.