lore-drop-planner

name	lore-drop-planner
description	Plan episodic reveals, callbacks, teasers, and payoff arcs for personality-led brands, then output a lore release schedule. Use when Codex needs to structure anticipation and payoff around a creator or founder's ongoing world-building.

Lore Drop Planner

Use this skill when you need a sequence of reveals and callbacks that builds anticipation without becoming confusing or manipulative.

Default product shape: a compact macOS MenuBarExtra utility with a source-aware popover for canon loading, drop sequencing, and schedule export and an optional settings/history window.

Quick Start

1. Confirm the subject, target audience, and source window.
2. Gather only public or user-authorized material into a working set.
3. Produce a lore-release-schedule with the default sections below.
4. If the user wants a richer product concept, keep it menu bar first and native to SwiftUI.

Accepted Inputs

• canon maps, campaign notes, or world-building references
• existing content calendar, launch windows, and major dates
• notes on unresolved mysteries, recurring props, or teased payoffs
• constraints around what must stay private, fictional, or undisclosed

Output Artifact

Primary artifact: lore-release-schedule

Default sections:

• Arc summary and audience promise
• Drop sequence with reveal, teaser, callback, and payoff beats
• Cross-format notes for posts, lives, clips, merch, or events
• Confusion risks and guardrails for clarity
• Review points for when to accelerate, pause, or retire the arc

Workflow

Gather Sources

• Inventory open loops, existing callbacks, and promised payoffs.
• Map the calendar constraints before inventing new reveals.
• Separate actual lore from campaign noise so the schedule stays coherent.

Distill Signal

• Group open threads into clear arcs with distinct emotional roles.
• Reject reveals that only work through confusion or false alarm.
• Score each beat for anticipation, clarity, and payoff potential.

Build The Artifact

• Export a release schedule with cadence, format, and audience takeaway.
• Show where a callback refreshes memory before a bigger reveal.
• Add pause or reset rules if the arc starts feeling convoluted or overhyped.

Mac Product Shape

• Prefer MenuBarExtra with these primary actions:
  • Load Canon
  • Sequence Drops
  • Review Timeline
  • Export Schedule
• Keep the popover between 320 pt and 380 pt wide with grouped sections, clear source status, and a strong export action.
• Use a lightweight settings or history window only for source rules, saved exports, or weighting controls.

Safety Boundaries

• Work only from public or user-authorized material.
• Do not assist with stalking, covert profiling, rumor laundering, harassment, or minors-focused manipulation.
• Do not rely on fake emergencies, manipulative ambiguity, or unresolved bait designed only to keep audiences anxious.

Example Prompts

• Use $lore-drop-planner to sequence this artist's callbacks and reveals across the next six weeks and export a lore release schedule.
• Use $lore-drop-planner to turn these founder-brand open loops into a clean teaser and payoff schedule that stays easy to follow.

Resources

• references/product-spec.md: product surface, SwiftUI layout, artifact template, icon direction, and first-run behavior.