Agent skill

Narrative Structure Patterns

Visual Storytellingof Narrative Structure Pattern Library. An agent skill from revfactory/harness-100.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Narrative Structure Patterns

skills CLI

$ npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill narrative-structure-patterns -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install revfactory/harness-100 narrative-structure-patterns --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/revfactory/harness-100.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns .claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns && rm -rf skills-src

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

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Install the "narrative-structure-patterns" agent skill from https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100/tree/main/en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns into .claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "narrative-structure-patterns", 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

$skill-installer install https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100/tree/main/en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns

Type 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill narrative-structure-patterns -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install revfactory/harness-100 narrative-structure-patterns --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns .agents/skills/narrative-structure-patterns && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

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Install the "narrative-structure-patterns" agent skill from https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100/tree/main/en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns into .agents/skills/narrative-structure-patterns/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "narrative-structure-patterns", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill narrative-structure-patterns -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install revfactory/harness-100 narrative-structure-patterns --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns .cursor/skills/narrative-structure-patterns && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

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Install the "narrative-structure-patterns" agent skill from https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100/tree/main/en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns into .cursor/skills/narrative-structure-patterns/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "narrative-structure-patterns", 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

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100.git --path en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill narrative-structure-patterns -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install revfactory/harness-100 narrative-structure-patterns --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns .gemini/skills/narrative-structure-patterns && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

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Install the "narrative-structure-patterns" agent skill from https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100/tree/main/en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns into .gemini/skills/narrative-structure-patterns/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "narrative-structure-patterns", 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.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install revfactory/harness-100 narrative-structure-patterns

Installs 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).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill narrative-structure-patterns -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns .github/skills/narrative-structure-patterns && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

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Install the "narrative-structure-patterns" agent skill from https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100/tree/main/en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns into .github/skills/narrative-structure-patterns/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "narrative-structure-patterns", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill narrative-structure-patterns -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install revfactory/harness-100 narrative-structure-patterns --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns .opencode/skills/narrative-structure-patterns && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "narrative-structure-patterns" agent skill from https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100/tree/main/en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns into .opencode/skills/narrative-structure-patterns/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "narrative-structure-patterns", 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: narrative-structure-patterns
GitHub stars: 1.3k
Token cost: ~968 tokens
SKILL.md length: 314 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 464
Repo updated: Mar 22, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Visual Storytellingof Narrative Structure Pattern Library. An agent skill from revfactory/harness-100.

Works in 5 steps: 3 Structure (Classic Three-Act) → 5 Structure (before) → of (12 ) → …
Tasks that involve Storytelling
SKILL.md covers subject Agent, Narrative Structure Pattern, Emotion Curve Design and Visual rhythm (Image-Text…, plus 2 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Narrative Structure Patterns is an agent skill from revfactory/harness-100. Visual Storytellingof Narrative Structure Pattern Library. 3/5/hero's journey Structure, Emotion Curve Design, Scene before technique, Text-Image Balance Formula story-architect Extended Skill. 'Narrative Structure', 'Story arc', 'Emotion Curve', 'Scene before', ' Structure', 'Visual rhythm' etc. Story Design when . , Text writing Image of .

Its SKILL.md is about 970 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 Storytelling. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Storytelling

Example prompts

“Narrative Structure”
“Story arc”
“Emotion Curve”
“/narrative-structure-patterns”

Workflow steps

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

3 Structure (Classic Three-Act)
5 Structure (before)
of (12 )
Structure ()
vs Structure (Juxtaposition)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8e8d35c. 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 Structure Patterns loads about 968 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 93 tokens; SKILL.md has 314 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~93
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~968

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 revfactory/harness-100 at commit 8e8d35c, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© revfactory). 314 words, ~968 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: narrative-structure-patterns
description: Visual Storytellingof Narrative Structure Pattern Library. 3/5/hero's journey Structure, Emotion Curve Design, Scene before technique, Text-Image Balance Formula story-architect Extended Skill. 'Narrative Structure', 'Story arc', 'Emotion Curve', 'Scene before', ' Structure', 'Visual rhythm' etc. Story Design when . , Text writing Image of .

Narrative Structure Patterns — Narrative Structure Pattern Library

Narrative structures, emotion curves, and visual rhythm patterns used by the story-architect agent when designing visual stories.

subject Agent

story-architect — of Structure Patternand Emotion Curve Story lean Designin apply.

Narrative Structure Pattern

1. 3 Structure (Classic Three-Act)

Visual inof Structure.

	ratio	Role	Visual in application
1:	25%	, introduction	in Image + introduction Text
2: development	50%	etc., ,	Scene , vs,
3:	25%	, afterglow,	Image + into

2. 5 Structure (before)

before narrative + Visual .

	Role	Image	Text
**** (introduction)	background,	and,	narration,
**** (before)	,	,	,
before (before)	before,	to, vs	Emotion,
**** ()	of,	and	,
**** ()	Engagement	lean Image	/secondsvs

3. of (12 )

Brand Story, , narrativein .

	name	Visual in application	Image Suggestion
1	daily life	of Current	daily life
2		of	when vs
3			,
4		/
5		when	, ,
6~8	whenand	,	Scene
9		vs before	/composition
10		/	,
11			daily life
12	daily life	when

4. Structure ()

in, when , inin .

whenbetween **per **to composition
: 2~4Scene, of /
between **Visual **to ( Color, , )
of composition lean Structure

5. vs Structure (Juxtaposition)

Before/After, and , of comparison.

Pattern	composition	and
A-B-A-B	placement	vsof rhythm
A-A-A → B-B-B	before vs after	beforeof
A+B when	/	Integration vs

Emotion Curve Design

Emotion Pattern

1. (Ascending)

Scene1 ━━ Scene2 ━━ Scene3 ━━ Scene4 ━━ Scene5
 20% 35% 55% 80% 100%

, narrativein .

2. (Descending)

Scene1 ━━ Scene2 ━━ Scene3 ━━ Scene4 ━━ Scene5
 90% 70% 50% 30% 15%

, , narrative.

3. (Mountain)

 Scene3
 ╱ ╲
 Scene2 Scene4
╱ ╲
Scene1 Scene5

narrative arc. duringin .

4. (Wave)

 ╱╲ ╱╲ ╱╲
╱ ╲╱ ╲╱ ╲

rhythm in. and of .

5. (Staircase)

 ━━━
 ━━━╱
 ━━━╱
 ━━━╱
━━━╱

. Scene .

Visual rhythm (Image-Text placement)

Pattern

Pattern	Image:Text ratio	and
Image	70:30	Visual	,
****	50:50	Information +	,
Text	30:70	,	, Analysis

Scene within placement Pattern

Pattern	composition	rhythm
→ Text	before Image in Text	rhythm -
	Image + Text ( vs)
Text	Image in Text	Integration, when
Caption	Image Caption	photography
Quote	+ Text	Emotion

Scene before technique

technique	description	Visual application
****	before	Scene margins None
****	before	, margins
****	before	Image
	/Color	of subject
Emotion	Emotion	Emotion, Scene
vs	to before	→, →
within	Text Scene	before Text

Scene Guide

Story type		optimal	vs
in	3	5~6	8
in	6	8~12	15
Story	10	15~20	25
in	8	12~16	20

Scene element

Image: 1~2 ( + )
Text: 50~150
Caption/: 10~30

Files

Just SKILL.md in en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns of revfactory/harness-100.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8e8d35c

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Questions about Narrative Structure Patterns

What does Narrative Structure Patterns do?

Visual Storytellingof Narrative Structure Pattern Library. An agent skill from revfactory/harness-100. Narrative Structure Patterns is an agent skill from revfactory/harness-100. Visual Storytellingof Narrative Structure Pattern Library.

When should I use Narrative Structure Patterns?

Narrative Structure Patterns fits situations like: tasks that involve Storytelling.

How do I install Narrative Structure Patterns in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill narrative-structure-patterns -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns in revfactory/harness-100) into .claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Narrative Structure Patterns in Codex?

Run `npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill narrative-structure-patterns -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (en/15-visual-storytelling/.claude/skills/narrative-structure-patterns in revfactory/harness-100) into .agents/skills/narrative-structure-patterns in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Narrative Structure Patterns 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 revfactory/harness-100 --skill narrative-structure-patterns -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-structure-patterns, .gemini/skills/narrative-structure-patterns, .github/skills/narrative-structure-patterns and .opencode/skills/narrative-structure-patterns in your project.

What does Narrative Structure Patterns need to run?

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

Does Narrative Structure Patterns 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 Structure Patterns 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 Structure Patterns use?

Narrative Structure Patterns 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 Narrative Structure Patterns use?

About 968 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k 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 Structure Patterns?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Narrative Structure Patterns: Data Storytelling (ynulihao/AgentSkillOS, 617 stars), Chinese Novel Writing System (leenbj/novel-creator-skill, 666 stars), Chinese Novelist Chapter Writer (PenglongHuang/chinese-novelist-skill, 3.3k stars) and Liu Run Style Business Column Writer (liangdabiao/liurun-bookwriter-skills, 273 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Narrative Structure Patterns?

revfactory (a GitHub user) maintains it in revfactory/harness-100, which has 1,290 GitHub stars. The repository holds 464 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Source: revfactory/harness-100 on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Narrative Structure Patterns

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Narrative Structure Patterns — Narrative Structure Pattern Library

subject Agent

Narrative Structure Pattern

1. 3 Structure (Classic Three-Act)

2. 5 Structure (before)

3. of (12 )

4. Structure ()

5. vs Structure (Juxtaposition)

Emotion Curve Design

Emotion Pattern

1. (Ascending)

2. (Descending)

3. (Mountain)

4. (Wave)

5. (Staircase)

Visual rhythm (Image-Text placement)

Pattern

Scene within placement Pattern

Scene before technique

Scene Guide

Scene element

Files

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