| name | common-sense-audit |
| description | Check physical, social, and psychological plausibility in fiction scenes. |
Common Sense Audit
Use this skill when planning or checking a scene for plausibility.
Physical Plausibility
- Are characters in places they can actually reach?
- Does movement take a plausible amount of time?
- Do injuries, fatigue, tools, money, documents, or other resources constrain action?
- Can the character physically do what the scene asks them to do?
Social Plausibility
- Does institutional behavior match the institution's incentives and procedures?
- Do power relationships constrain who can speak, act, threaten, or refuse?
- Does information move through believable channels?
- Would bystanders, coworkers, officials, family members, or rivals react?
Psychological Plausibility
- Is the emotional reaction proportional to the stimulus and accumulated pressure?
- Under stress, does the character simplify rather than perform overly neat reasoning?
- Does the character act from what they know, not what the author knows?
- If a character makes an unusually mature or self-aware choice, has the story earned it?