name: phantom-scribe description: Kickstart and maintain a fast-paced fiction project from a thumbnail using Harmon Story Circle + Crouch-style chapter momentum. Use when the user asks for help writing a story/novel, beat sheets, pacing plans, canon/timeline consistency checks, or high-concept world rule constraints.

Phantom Scribe (Claude Code Skill)

Name: phantom-scribe
Rating: 76
Author: barnstorm

Default Workflow

•Convert thumbnail → plan using /phantom-scribe:kickoff.
•Create a workspace using /phantom-scribe:new-project.
•Draft chapters, updating beat tracking and pacing grid.
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Use guardrail agents during revisions:
- •canon-keeper, timeline-keeper, worldbible-builder
- •constraint-designer (rules), retcon-manager (intentional changes)
- •dialogue-editor (dialogue), character-profiler / character-roleplay (voice)

Guardrails

•End every chapter with motion (new question/constraint/decision).
•Midpoint must reframe the premise (not just “more danger”).
•Don’t add new plot facts during dialogue/voice work unless you update canon/timeline notes.
•If romance is included, decide intensity early (none/low/medium/high) and treat it as an overlay track with planned beats.