Chinese Novel Writing System
leenbj/novel-creator-skill
Guides long-form Chinese novel writing from a rough idea through outlines, chapter drafts and quality gates, with file-based memory for a story meant to reach 300万字.
Guides an agent through writing a complete standalone commercial short story, from premise to full manuscript, review and packaging, with rules for scenes, reversals and evidence.
Install Commercial Short Fiction Writing
$ npx skills add Narcooo/inkos --skill inkos-short-writing -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Narcooo/inkos inkos-short-writing --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Narcooo/inkos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writing .claude/skills/inkos-short-writing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "inkos-short-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/Narcooo/inkos/tree/master/packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writing into .claude/skills/inkos-short-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "inkos-short-writing", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/Narcooo/inkos/tree/master/packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writingType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add Narcooo/inkos --skill inkos-short-writing -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Narcooo/inkos inkos-short-writing --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Narcooo/inkos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writing .agents/skills/inkos-short-writing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "inkos-short-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/Narcooo/inkos/tree/master/packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writing into .agents/skills/inkos-short-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "inkos-short-writing", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Narcooo/inkos --skill inkos-short-writing -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Narcooo/inkos inkos-short-writing --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Narcooo/inkos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writing .cursor/skills/inkos-short-writing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "inkos-short-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/Narcooo/inkos/tree/master/packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writing into .cursor/skills/inkos-short-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "inkos-short-writing", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Narcooo/inkos.git --path packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writing--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add Narcooo/inkos --skill inkos-short-writing -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Narcooo/inkos inkos-short-writing --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Narcooo/inkos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writing .gemini/skills/inkos-short-writing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "inkos-short-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/Narcooo/inkos/tree/master/packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writing into .gemini/skills/inkos-short-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "inkos-short-writing", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install Narcooo/inkos inkos-short-writingInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add Narcooo/inkos --skill inkos-short-writing -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Narcooo/inkos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writing .github/skills/inkos-short-writing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "inkos-short-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/Narcooo/inkos/tree/master/packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writing into .github/skills/inkos-short-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "inkos-short-writing", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Narcooo/inkos --skill inkos-short-writing -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Narcooo/inkos inkos-short-writing --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Narcooo/inkos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writing .opencode/skills/inkos-short-writing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "inkos-short-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/Narcooo/inkos/tree/master/packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writing into .opencode/skills/inkos-short-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "inkos-short-writing", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
inkos-short-writing- GitHub stars
- 10k
- Token cost
- ~891 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 480 words
- Files
- 2 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 21
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
At a glance
Guides an agent through writing a complete standalone commercial short story, from premise to full manuscript, review and packaging, with rules for scenes, reversals and evidence.
- Writing a complete standalone short story from a premise
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Revising a full short-fiction manuscript for coherence and payoff
- Packaging a story with title, synopsis, selling points and cover direction
What it does
This skill is for complete standalone short fiction, not long serials or discussion-only answers. It keeps the user's premise, emotional target, taboos, viewpoint and ending preference, and asks only about a missing choice that would materially change the story. Chapter count and length set by the user are binding; when they are left open, 12 to 18 focused chapters is offered as a commercial default rather than a requirement.
The craft rules call for one main line plus at most one supporting reversal line, full scenes in place of synopsis, personality shown through action, and reversals and rewards set up with visible evidence rather than sudden stupidity or luck. Discoveries must carry forward into later chapters, and a payoff must not be delivered twice. A chapter that runs short is expanded with the missing confrontation, decision or consequence instead of repeated conclusions.
Title, chapter titles, opening, manuscript, synopsis, selling points and cover direction are treated as one product. The opening should be a concrete first-screen disturbance, and mobile prose should stay dense but breathable. A production checklist in references/production-checklist.md supports the process.
When your agent uses it
- Writing a complete standalone short story from a premise
- Revising a full short-fiction manuscript for coherence and payoff
- Packaging a story with title, synopsis, selling points and cover direction
- Expanding thin chapters into full scenes
Example prompts
- “Write a complete short story about a night-shift nurse who finds her hospital hiding records, ending on a bittersweet note.”
- “Revise this manuscript so the discovery in chapter four carries forward and no payoff happens twice.”
- “Write the synopsis, selling points and cover direction for my finished short story.”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8fc2ae5. 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
Commercial Short Fiction Writing loads about 891 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 24 tokens; SKILL.md has 480 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 Narcooo/inkos at commit 8fc2ae5, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© Narcooo). 480 words, ~891 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/inkos-short-writing/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- inkos-short-writing
- description
- 商业短篇的构思、一次写完、整篇审改与包装。Use for confirmed standalone short-fiction production.
Short-fiction writing
Use this skill when the user wants a complete standalone commercial short story, not a long serial or a discussion-only answer.
- Preserve the user's premise, emotional target, taboo, viewpoint, and ending preference. Ask only for a missing choice that would materially change the story.
- User-specified chapter count and length are authoritative. When the user leaves them open, 12–18 focused chapters is a useful commercial default, not a production requirement or refusal boundary.
- Apply the writing method to the operation authorized by the user and host.
- Build one main line and at most one supporting reversal line. Prefer complete scenes over a synopsis montage at any requested scale.
- Express personality and values through action. Every scene must move conflict, causality, evidence, emotion, payoff, or relationship.
- Set up reversals and rewards through visible evidence; do not use sudden stupidity or unexplained luck.
- Make decisive evidence causally credible through established access, motivation and actions. Dramatize its acquisition when a conflict or reversal depends on it; routine handling can use concise transitions. A delayed revelation may explain earlier possession without contradicting the established facts.
- A discovery changes what the character knows. Later chapters must carry that knowledge forward instead of presenting the same identification as a new discovery. Likewise, a payment or other payoff already delivered must not arrive for the first time again later.
- When a chapter is below its requested length, expand the missing confrontation, resistance, decision, evidence acquisition or emotional consequence into a complete scene. Do not meet length by repeating conclusions or reciting administrative steps.
- Treat title, chapter titles, opening, full manuscript, synopsis, selling points, and cover direction as one coherent product.
- Make the opening a concrete first-screen disturbance rather than an abstract pitch. Chapter titles promise the active pressure or turn; later chapters must not collapse into result summaries.
- Keep mobile prose dense but breathable. Stage major reversals, confrontations, reveals, and payoffs beat by beat through action, dialogue, evidence, and sensory detail.
- During revision, preserve the causal events and ending transition unless the user explicitly requests changes to them. Shorten by merging repeated reaction, explanation, and transition; lengthen with missing dramatic action rather than padding.
- Packaging must describe the manuscript that actually exists. A cover direction serves a mobile portrait book cover with a readable title zone, strong emotion, recognizable story props, and the story's real conflict.
- For a commercial mobile short-fiction cover, use a 3:4 portrait composition, a large two-to-four-line title zone, a close or half-body character with a charged expression, and only a few immediately recognizable conflict props. Favor high-contrast thumbnail readability over cinematic, corporate, magazine, or landscape-video aesthetics. When image-model lettering is unreliable, reserve a clean deterministic typography zone instead of asking for long generated text.
- Report partial failures honestly; a cover failure must not erase a successful manuscript.
- Respond in the user's language.
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Load references/production-checklist.md before a full production run or whole-story revision.
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Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writing of Narcooo/inkos.
- SKILL.md
- references/production-checklist.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8fc2ae5
Compare with similar skills
Commercial Short Fiction Writing next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Short Fiction Writing this skillNarcooo/inkos | 10k | — | ~891 | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Chinese Novel Writing Systemleenbj/novel-creator-skill | 671 | — | ~3.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Chinese Novelist Chapter WriterPenglongHuang/chinese-novelist-skill | 3.3k | — | ~491 | Automated safety check: Warn | MIT | |
| Sun-Style Restrained Narrative WritingKKKKhazix/sun-style-writing | 403 | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Short Web Fiction Writeruu201/character-arc | 583 | — | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Narrative Continuity CriticUfukNode/Noustiny | 181 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Commercial Short Fiction Writing
What does Commercial Short Fiction Writing do?
Guides an agent through writing a complete standalone commercial short story, from premise to full manuscript, review and packaging, with rules for scenes, reversals and evidence. This skill is for complete standalone short fiction, not long serials or discussion-only answers. It keeps the user's premise, emotional target, taboos, viewpoint and ending preference, and asks only about a missing choice that would materially change the story.
When should I use Commercial Short Fiction Writing?
Commercial Short Fiction Writing fits situations like: writing a complete standalone short story from a premise; revising a full short-fiction manuscript for coherence and payoff; packaging a story with title, synopsis, selling points and cover direction; expanding thin chapters into full scenes.
How do I install Commercial Short Fiction Writing in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Narcooo/inkos --skill inkos-short-writing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writing in Narcooo/inkos) into .claude/skills/inkos-short-writing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Commercial Short Fiction Writing in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Narcooo/inkos --skill inkos-short-writing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/core/skills/inkos-short-writing in Narcooo/inkos) into .agents/skills/inkos-short-writing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Commercial Short Fiction Writing 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 Narcooo/inkos --skill inkos-short-writing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/inkos-short-writing, .gemini/skills/inkos-short-writing, .github/skills/inkos-short-writing and .opencode/skills/inkos-short-writing in your project.
What does Commercial Short Fiction Writing need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Commercial Short Fiction Writing is instructions for the agent only.
Does Commercial Short Fiction Writing 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 Commercial Short Fiction Writing 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 Commercial Short Fiction Writing use?
Commercial Short Fiction Writing is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Commercial Short Fiction Writing use?
About 891 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.6k 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 1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Commercial Short Fiction Writing?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Commercial Short Fiction Writing: Chinese Novel Writing System (leenbj/novel-creator-skill, 671 stars), Chinese Novelist Chapter Writer (PenglongHuang/chinese-novelist-skill, 3.3k stars), Sun-Style Restrained Narrative Writing (KKKKhazix/sun-style-writing, 403 stars) and Short Web Fiction Writer (uu201/character-arc, 583 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Commercial Short Fiction Writing?
Narcooo (a GitHub user) maintains it in Narcooo/inkos, which has 10,226 GitHub stars. The repository holds 21 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.
Source: Narcooo/inkos on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.