Agent skill

Narrative Voice Coach

by Ckokoski in Ckokoski/AuthorAgent

Deep analysis and coaching for developing a distinctive, consistent narrative voice across your manuscript

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Narrative Voice Coach

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Ckokoski/AuthorAgent --skill narrative-voice-coach -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Ckokoski/AuthorAgent narrative-voice-coach --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Ckokoski/AuthorAgent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/_archived/premium/narrative-voice-coach .claude/skills/narrative-voice-coach && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
narrative-voice-coach
GitHub stars
124
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
550 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
23
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Deep analysis and coaching for developing a distinctive, consistent narrative voice across your manuscript

  • Media & Creative work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers The 47-Marker Voice Analysis, Voice Report Card, Coaching Sessions and Voice Profile Export, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Narrative Voice Coach is an agent skill from Ckokoski/AuthorAgent. Deep analysis and coaching for developing a distinctive, consistent narrative voice across your manuscript

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Media & Creative. The repository describes itself as: The Autonomous AI Writing Agent — a secure, author-focused AI for fiction and nonfiction authors (Planning, Revision, Promotion, and more). The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Media & Creative work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/narrative-voice-coach”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 47e9570. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Narrative Voice Coach loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 32 tokens; SKILL.md has 550 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~32
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Ckokoski/AuthorAgent at commit 47e9570, republished under its MIT licence (© Ckokoski). 550 words, ~1,793 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/narrative-voice-coach/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
narrative-voice-coach
description
Deep analysis and coaching for developing a distinctive, consistent narrative voice across your manuscript
author
Writing Secrets
version
1.0.0
triggers
voice coach, narrative voice, writing voice, voice analysis, style coaching, find my voice, voice consistency, prose style
permissions
file:read, file:write

Narrative Voice Coach — Premium Skill

Your personal writing coach focused entirely on voice — the thing that makes YOUR writing unmistakably yours. Analyzes your prose at the sentence level, identifies your natural strengths, spots inconsistencies, and helps you develop a voice so distinctive that readers recognize you by paragraph two.

The 47-Marker Voice Analysis

Goes far beyond basic readability scores. Analyzes 47 distinct markers of writing voice:

Rhythm & Cadence (12 markers)
Voice Rhythm Analysis: "The Silent Hour"
Sample: Chapters 1-5 (22,000 words)

Avg Sentence Length:     14.3 words  (Genre avg: 16.2)
Sentence Length Variance: HIGH ✅     (Good — not monotonous)
Short Sentence Ratio:    23%         (Punchy when needed)
Fragment Usage:          8.4%        (Distinctive — intentional?)
Paragraph Length:        4.2 sentences (Tight, thriller-appropriate)

Rhythm Signature:
Long-Short-Short-Medium-Long (your natural pattern)
████░░░██░░████  ← Your rhythm
████████████████  ← Flat rhythm (what to avoid)

Cadence Score: 8.7/10
"Strong rhythmic instinct. Your short sentences hit hard
after long atmospheric setups. This is your superpower."
Word Choice & Diction (10 markers)
  • Latinate vs. Anglo-Saxon word preference
  • Concrete vs. abstract noun ratio
  • Active vs. passive voice percentage
  • Verb strength index (strong verbs vs. was/were/had)
  • Adjective density (sparse vs. lush)
  • Adverb reliance (flagged with alternatives)
  • Unique word ratio (vocabulary breadth)
  • Jargon/technical language level
  • Formality spectrum
  • Sensory word frequency by type (visual, auditory, tactile, etc.)
Sentence Architecture (8 markers)
  • Opening word patterns (how you start sentences)
  • Clause complexity (simple, compound, complex ratios)
  • Subordinate clause placement (front, mid, end)
  • Parallel structure usage
  • List/series patterns (do you use Oxford comma? series of 3?)
  • Sentence type ratio (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory)
  • Embedded thought patterns
  • Punctuation personality (em-dash lover? semicolon user? ellipsis addict?)
Narrative Distance (7 markers)
  • POV consistency and depth
  • Psychic distance variation (close vs. distant)
  • Interior monologue frequency
  • Free indirect discourse usage
  • Showing vs. telling ratio
  • Emotional exposition patterns
  • Reader address/breaking fourth wall
Dialogue Voice (5 markers)
  • Dialogue-to-narration ratio
  • Attribution patterns ("said" vs. creative tags)
  • Action beat frequency
  • Character voice differentiation score
  • Subtext density in conversations
Signature Moves (5 markers)
  • Recurring metaphor themes
  • Characteristic transitions
  • Opening/closing line patterns
  • Humor style and frequency
  • Thematic echoes

Voice Report Card

╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║          VOICE REPORT: Christopher Kokoski           ║
║          Sample: 45,000 words across 3 projects      ║
╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
║                                                      ║
║  STRENGTHS (Your Superpowers)                        ║
║  ✅ Rhythmic variety — natural ear for cadence       ║
║  ✅ Strong verbs — you rarely rely on "was"          ║
║  ✅ Sensory immersion — tactile details are vivid    ║
║  ✅ Dialogue feels natural and differentiated        ║
║  ✅ Short chapters — keeps pages turning             ║
║                                                      ║
║  GROWTH AREAS (Not weaknesses — opportunities)       ║
║  🔶 Adverb reliance in action scenes (+40% vs norm) ║
║  🔶 Paragraph openings repeat "She" pattern          ║
║  🔶 Psychic distance jumps in emotional scenes       ║
║  🔶 Metaphors cluster — 3 on one page, 0 on next    ║
║                                                      ║
║  SIGNATURE ELEMENTS (What makes you YOU)             ║
║  🖋️  Short punchy fragments after long builds        ║
║  🖋️  Sensory details grounded in touch/smell         ║
║  🖋️  Dialogue interrupted by action beats            ║
║  🖋️  Chapter endings on single-line paragraphs       ║
║  🖋️  Dark humor in tense moments                     ║
║                                                      ║
║  Voice Distinctiveness Score: 82/100                 ║
║  Consistency Score: 74/100                           ║
║  Genre Fit Score: 89/100 (Psychological Thriller)    ║
║                                                      ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝

Coaching Sessions

Voice Warm-Up

Before a writing session, review your voice markers to get in the zone:

voice warm-up

Returns a quick summary of your voice signature plus 3 example passages from YOUR work that exemplify your best voice. Read them before you start writing.

Consistency Check

Flag passages where your voice drifts:

voice consistency check chapter 12

Identifies paragraphs that don't sound like you — maybe you were tired, maybe the AI wrote that section, maybe you were copying another author's style unconsciously.

Show full SKILL.md (219 more words)Show less
Voice Match Score

Compare any passage to your established voice profile:

voice match "paste text here"

Returns a percentage match and identifies what's different.

Style Experiment

Want to try writing differently? Get coached through it:

voice experiment "more literary" chapter 3

Takes your chapter and shows you how it would read with specific voice adjustments — without losing what makes it yours.

Before/After Revision

See how your voice changed between drafts:

voice compare draft1.md draft2.md

Shows which voice markers shifted and whether the changes strengthened or weakened your voice.

Voice Profile Export

Generate a portable voice profile that other AuthorClaw skills use:

  • Ghostwriter Pro uses it to write in your voice
  • Dictation Cleanup uses it to preserve your patterns
  • Deep Write Mode matches its output to your markers
  • Sensitivity Reader adjusts for your narrative distance

Progressive Learning

The more you write with AuthorClaw, the better it knows your voice:

  • First 10,000 words: Basic voice profile
  • 25,000 words: Reliable voice markers established
  • 50,000+ words: Full 47-marker profile with high confidence
  • Cross-project: Tracks how your voice evolves over time

Commands

  • voice analysis — Full 47-marker voice analysis
  • voice report — Generate voice report card
  • voice warm-up — Pre-writing session voice review
  • voice consistency [chapter] — Check voice consistency
  • voice match [text] — Score text against your voice profile
  • voice experiment [style] [chapter] — Try a style variation
  • voice compare [file1] [file2] — Compare voice between drafts
  • voice export — Export voice profile for other skills

© Ckokoski, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/_archived/premium/narrative-voice-coach of Ckokoski/AuthorAgent.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 47e9570

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Questions about Narrative Voice Coach

What does Narrative Voice Coach do?

Deep analysis and coaching for developing a distinctive, consistent narrative voice across your manuscript. Narrative Voice Coach is an agent skill from Ckokoski/AuthorAgent.

When should I use Narrative Voice Coach?

Narrative Voice Coach fits situations like: media & Creative work in your project.

How do I install Narrative Voice Coach in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Ckokoski/AuthorAgent --skill narrative-voice-coach -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/_archived/premium/narrative-voice-coach in Ckokoski/AuthorAgent) into .claude/skills/narrative-voice-coach in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Narrative Voice Coach in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Ckokoski/AuthorAgent --skill narrative-voice-coach -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/_archived/premium/narrative-voice-coach in Ckokoski/AuthorAgent) into .agents/skills/narrative-voice-coach in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Narrative Voice Coach in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Ckokoski/AuthorAgent --skill narrative-voice-coach -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/narrative-voice-coach, .gemini/skills/narrative-voice-coach, .github/skills/narrative-voice-coach and .opencode/skills/narrative-voice-coach in your project.

What does Narrative Voice Coach need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Narrative Voice Coach is instructions for the agent only.

Does Narrative Voice Coach access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Narrative Voice Coach safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Narrative Voice Coach use?

Narrative Voice Coach is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Narrative Voice Coach use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Narrative Voice Coach?

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Who maintains Narrative Voice Coach?

Ckokoski (a GitHub user) maintains it in Ckokoski/AuthorAgent, which has 124 GitHub stars. The repository holds 23 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 11, 2026.

Source: Ckokoski/AuthorAgent on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.