Agent skill

Fiction Outline

by openvetta in openvetta/open-vetta

Build or revise a compact novel outline, including premise, cast, conflicts, chapters, and continuity notes.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Fiction Outline

skills CLI
$ npx skills add openvetta/open-vetta --skill fiction-outline -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install openvetta/open-vetta fiction-outline --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/openvetta/open-vetta.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/plugins/externals/global-slot-demo/agent/skills/fiction-outline .claude/skills/fiction-outline && 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
fiction-outline
GitHub stars
290
Token cost
~201 tokens
SKILL.md length
96 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
21
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Build or revise a compact novel outline, including premise, cast, conflicts, chapters, and continuity notes.

  • Works in 5 steps: Identify the requested genre, tone,… → Produce a concise premise and a… → Define the main cast with goals, fears,… → …
  • Tasks that involve Creative writing and fiction
  • SKILL.md covers Workflow and Output Shape
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Fiction Outline is an agent skill from openvetta/open-vetta. Build or revise a compact novel outline, including premise, cast, conflicts, chapters, and continuity notes.

Its SKILL.md is about 200 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 Writing & Content, covering Creative writing and fiction. The repository describes itself as: Open-source, local-first AI agent for coding and real work. BYOK models, MCP, skills, plugins, workflows, and private knowledge bases. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Creative writing and fiction

Example prompts

  • “/fiction-outline”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Identify the requested genre, tone, protagonist, central conflict, and target length.
  2. Produce a concise premise and a one-paragraph story promise.
  3. Define the main cast with goals, fears, secrets, and relationship tension.
  4. Draft a chapter or scene-beat outline with cause-and-effect progression.
  5. End with continuity notes and the next useful writing step.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b983179. 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

Fiction Outline loads about 201 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 31 tokens; SKILL.md has 96 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~31
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~201

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 openvetta/open-vetta at commit b983179, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© openvetta). 96 words, ~201 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/fiction-outline/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
fiction-outline
description
Build or revise a compact novel outline, including premise, cast, conflicts, chapters, and continuity notes.

Fiction Outline Skill

Use this skill when the user asks to plan a novel, expand an idea into chapters, organize a story arc, or repair continuity.

Workflow

  1. Identify the requested genre, tone, protagonist, central conflict, and target length.
  2. Produce a concise premise and a one-paragraph story promise.
  3. Define the main cast with goals, fears, secrets, and relationship tension.
  4. Draft a chapter or scene-beat outline with cause-and-effect progression.
  5. End with continuity notes and the next useful writing step.

Output Shape

  • Premise
  • Story Promise
  • Main Cast
  • Conflict Engine
  • Outline
  • Continuity Notes
  • Next Step

© openvetta, Apache-2.0. 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 packages/plugins/externals/global-slot-demo/agent/skills/fiction-outline of openvetta/open-vetta.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b983179

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Questions about Fiction Outline

What does Fiction Outline do?

Build or revise a compact novel outline, including premise, cast, conflicts, chapters, and continuity notes. Fiction Outline is an agent skill from openvetta/open-vetta. Build or revise a compact novel outline, including premise, cast, conflicts, chapters, and continuity notes.

When should I use Fiction Outline?

Fiction Outline fits situations like: tasks that involve Creative writing and fiction.

How do I install Fiction Outline in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add openvetta/open-vetta --skill fiction-outline -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/plugins/externals/global-slot-demo/agent/skills/fiction-outline in openvetta/open-vetta) into .claude/skills/fiction-outline in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Fiction Outline in Codex?

Run `npx skills add openvetta/open-vetta --skill fiction-outline -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/plugins/externals/global-slot-demo/agent/skills/fiction-outline in openvetta/open-vetta) into .agents/skills/fiction-outline in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Fiction Outline 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 openvetta/open-vetta --skill fiction-outline -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/fiction-outline, .gemini/skills/fiction-outline, .github/skills/fiction-outline and .opencode/skills/fiction-outline in your project.

What does Fiction Outline need to run?

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

Does Fiction Outline 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 Fiction Outline 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 Fiction Outline use?

Fiction Outline is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Fiction Outline use?

About 201 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 804 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 Fiction Outline?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Fiction Outline: 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 Fiction Outline?

openvetta (a GitHub organization) maintains it in openvetta/open-vetta, which has 290 GitHub stars. The repository holds 21 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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