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Build plot beats as Prior State -> Trigger -> Character Interpretation -> Decision -> Action -> Consequence.
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Load when the MainAgent is assembling a comparison report across multiple narrative-direction explorations (results from parallel/sequential task(explorer) calls). Use to compare directions along narrative, character, cost, and reader-promise dimensions. "Branches" here means narrative branches — this is NOT a git branch tool.
Plan and track a character's long-term transformation arc, ensuring each action reflects their current stage of change.
Check physical, social, and psychological plausibility in fiction scenes.
Load when WriterAgent finishes a chapter draft or is planning a chapter that should set up later payoffs. Use to embed plant-able details (objects, gestures, line drops) for ch+2 or later, and to verify earlier plants get acknowledged. Skip for the very first chapter (no prior plants exist) and for pure dialogue scenes with no narrative scaffolding.
Plan or draft scenes where rhythm, tension, and momentum matter by balancing escalation and release.
| name | causal-chain-construction |
| description | Build plot beats as Prior State -> Trigger -> Character Interpretation -> Decision -> Action -> Consequence. |
Use this skill when planning or checking plot logic.
A strong plot beat is not just an event. It is a causal chain:
Prior State -> Trigger -> Character Interpretation -> Decision -> Action -> Consequence
