| name | foreshadowing-audit |
| description | Load during ConsistencyAgent post-write review to verify that plants from earlier chapters have appropriate echoes or deliberate non-acknowledgment in the current chapter, and that characters have not gained information that was supposed to remain hidden. |
Foreshadowing Audit
Use this skill to find forgotten plants, premature reveals, and accidental knowledge leaks.
Audit Sources
Check StoryBible ## Story State, ## Open Questions, prior chapter summaries, and the current chapter.
Questions
- Does a previously planted object, gesture, line, or absence need an echo here?
- Is a promised payoff being delayed intentionally, or has it been forgotten?
- Does any character know or infer information that should still be hidden?
- Does the narration reveal a mystery the author appears to be preserving?
Findings
Report only actionable issues.
- Use
layer: continuity.
- Use
severity: major for premature reveals or broken mystery logic.
- Use
severity: minor for missing echoes or weak setup-payoff continuity.
- Point
locationRef to the relevant chapter, scene, or paragraph.
Do Not
Do not invent new foreshadowing requirements. Audit what exists or what the current chapter clearly implies.
