Plan Story - Interactive Planning Workflow

Launch the planning-coordinator agent to guide the writer through multi-phase story planning. The agent handles the full interactive dialogue, scenario generation, and plan creation.

When to Use

•Writer wants to plan new content at any level (act, chapter, scene, event)
•Writer needs to develop a strategic plan or scene blueprint
•Writer says anything about planning story content

Invocation

Parse Arguments

Extract optional arguments from the user's command:

code

/plan-story                          → No arguments, agent will ask
/plan-story scene 0205               → Level: scene, context: act-2 ch-05 scene-05
/plan-story chapter 03               → Level: chapter, context: chapter 03
/plan-story strategic act 2          → Level: strategic, context: act 2
/plan-story event "Mara discovers"   → Level: event, context: description

Argument format: /plan-story [level] [context...]

•level (optional): strategic | storyline | chapter | scene | event
•context (optional): Act/chapter/scene numbers or description

Launch Agent

Invoke the planning-coordinator agent via the Task tool:

code

Task(
  subagent_type="planning-coordinator",
  prompt="<parsed arguments and user request>",
  description="Interactive story planning"
)

Pass to the agent:

•The planning level (if specified)
•The context identifiers (act/chapter/scene numbers)
•Any additional user notes or goals
•If no arguments provided, instruct agent to ask the user interactively

Planning Levels

Level	Output	Saved To
Strategic	Act plan	`acts/act-{N}/strategic-plan.md`
Storyline	Character arc	`acts/act-{N}/storylines/{character}.md`
Chapter	Chapter plan	`acts/act-{N}/chapters/chapter-{NN}/plan.md`
Scene	Scene blueprint	`acts/act-{N}/chapters/chapter-{NN}/scenes/scene-{NNNN}-blueprint.md`
Event	Event within scene	Integrated into scene blueprint

What the Agent Does (5 Phases)

•Exploration - Gather context, ask clarifying questions
•Scenarios - Generate 3-5 development options (requires human approval)
•Path Planning - Break chosen path into events/scenes
•Detailing - Emotional arcs, beats, dialogue plans
•Integration - Integrate with existing storylines, assess impact

Phase 2 always requires writer approval before proceeding.

Session Awareness

The planning-coordinator agent handles session management internally. Verify an active session exists before launching if the result will write files.

Examples

code

User: /plan-story
→ Agent asks: "What would you like to plan? (act/chapter/scene/event)"

User: /plan-story scene 0204
→ Agent begins scene-level planning for scene 0204

User: /plan-story chapter 03
→ Agent begins chapter-level planning for chapter 03

User: Спланируй следующую главу акта 2
→ Triggers this skill, agent plans next chapter of act 2