Agent skill

My Novel Writer

by infometa in infometa/workbuddyskills

Novel writing assistant with character management, worldbuilding, outline control, and chapter generation.

No licenceAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install My Novel Writer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add infometa/workbuddyskills --skill my-novel-writer -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install infometa/workbuddyskills my-novel-writer --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/infometa/workbuddyskills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/my-novel-writer .claude/skills/my-novel-writer && 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
my-novel-writer
GitHub stars
348
Token cost
~1.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
241 words
Files
15 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
218
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Novel writing assistant with character management, worldbuilding, outline control, and chapter generation.

  • Works in 12 steps: 初始化小说 → 设定人物 → 设定世界观 → …
  • Tasks that involve Creative writing and fiction
  • SKILL.md covers 🚀 功能特性, 📖 使用指南, 📂 完整文件结构 and ⚙️ 高级技巧, plus 5 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3; needs NOVEL_API_KEY

What it does

My Novel Writer is an agent skill from infometa/workbuddyskills. Novel writing assistant with character management, worldbuilding, outline control, and chapter generation. Features plot thread tracking, character cards, world templates, and quality review. Supports wuxia, urban, sci-fi, and fantasy genres. Triggers: 写小说, 创作小说, 人物设定, 世界观, 大纲, 章节生成, novel writing, character creation.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 19 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `examples/plot_threads.json`, `examples/project_example.json` and `guides/novel_structure_guide.md`).

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Creative writing and fiction. The repository describes itself as: WorkBuddy skills / connectors / experts archive for offline study.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Creative writing and fiction

Example prompts

  • “/my-novel-writer”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • A credential in NOVEL_API_KEY

Workflow steps

12 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. 初始化小说
  2. 设定人物
  3. 设定世界观
  4. 规划大纲
  5. 生成章节
  6. 查看进度
  7. 更新大纲(动态调整)
  8. 风格微调
  9. 一致性检查
  10. 批量生成
  11. 字数控制 (Word Count)
  12. 逻辑闭环 (Logic Consistency)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 91b77ea. 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

    Ships 6 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python3

    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 these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • NOVEL_API_KEY

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

Context cost

My Novel Writer loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 84 tokens; SKILL.md has 241 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~84
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.7k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~3.8k

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 241 words (~1,652 tokens).

name
my-novel-writer
description_zh
辅助创作长篇小说,支持人物设定、世界观管理和分章生成
description_en
Novel writing with character management, worldbuilding & chapter generation
version
1.0.0

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 14 other files (scripts, references) in skills/my-novel-writer of infometa/workbuddyskills.

  • SKILL.md
  • examples/plot_threads.json
  • examples/project_example.json
  • guides/novel_structure_guide.md
  • references/LESSONS_LEARNED.md
  • references/RESOURCE_OVERVIEW.md
  • scripts/__init__.py
  • scripts/config_models.py
  • scripts/core.py
  • scripts/plot_tracker.py
  • scripts/prompts.py
  • scripts/text_processor.py
  • templates/chapter_outline.md
  • templates/character_card.md
  • templates/world_building.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 91b77ea

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Questions about My Novel Writer

What does My Novel Writer do?

Novel writing assistant with character management, worldbuilding, outline control, and chapter generation. My Novel Writer is an agent skill from infometa/workbuddyskills. Novel writing assistant with character management, worldbuilding, outline control, and chapter generation.

When should I use My Novel Writer?

My Novel Writer fits situations like: tasks that involve Creative writing and fiction.

How do I install My Novel Writer in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add infometa/workbuddyskills --skill my-novel-writer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/my-novel-writer in infometa/workbuddyskills) into .claude/skills/my-novel-writer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install My Novel Writer in Codex?

Run `npx skills add infometa/workbuddyskills --skill my-novel-writer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/my-novel-writer in infometa/workbuddyskills) into .agents/skills/my-novel-writer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use My Novel Writer 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 infometa/workbuddyskills --skill my-novel-writer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/my-novel-writer, .gemini/skills/my-novel-writer, .github/skills/my-novel-writer and .opencode/skills/my-novel-writer in your project.

What does My Novel Writer need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, My Novel Writer needs Python for the scripts in its folder, the command-line tools its instructions call (python3) and credentials named NOVEL_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Python 3; A credential in NOVEL_API_KEY.

Does My Novel Writer 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 My Novel Writer 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does My Novel Writer use?

No licence was found for My Novel Writer or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does My Novel Writer use?

About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to My Novel Writer?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with My Novel Writer: Story Multi-Perspective Review (zenstory-ai/oh-story-claudecode, 7.4k stars), Short Web Fiction Trend Scan (zenstory-ai/oh-story-claudecode, 7.4k stars), InkOS Creative Harness (Narcooo/inkos, 10k stars) and Novel Art (eternityspring/shuohao-skills, 4.3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains My Novel Writer?

infometa (a GitHub user) maintains it in infometa/workbuddyskills, which has 348 GitHub stars. The repository holds 218 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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