Validates that chapters and the book's continuity tracker are consistent. Cross-references timeline, character state, any book-specific narrative stages, objects, and threads. Use when the user asks to check, verify, or validate continuity.
Validate continuity between chapter files and the book's continuity.md.
Resolve which book to operate on; the resolved path replaces {book} for the rest of this skill.
$ARGUMENTS. If the first token matches a subdirectory of books/, that is the book. Strip it; the remainder is the chapter scope.{book}/chapters/, {book}/docs/continuity.md, and {book}/docs/section_map.md exist. If any is missing, stop and report.Determine scope.
$ARGUMENTS (after book extraction) specifies chapter numbers (e.g., "42" or "40-43"), check those chapters.Read the target chapters. Read each chapter file in the scope from .
{book}/chapters/chNN.mdRead continuity.md. Read {book}/docs/continuity.md in full.
Read section outlines. For each chapter in scope, determine its section from {book}/docs/section_map.md and read the corresponding section outline for any expected narrative-stage markers (e.g., voice-bleed stage if the book uses one) and other requirements.
Cross-reference each chapter. For every chapter in scope, check:
## Continuity Check: Chapters [range]
### Results
| Chapter | Issues Found | Severity |
|---------|-------------|----------|
| Ch N | [count] | [highest severity] |
### Issues
[For each issue:]
**Ch N — [Category] — [Severity: ERROR/WARNING/INFO]**
- **Chapter says:** [quote or description]
- **Continuity says:** [quote or description]
- **Resolution:** [What needs to change — in the chapter, in continuity.md, or investigation needed]
### Clean
[List any chapters with zero issues]
Severity levels: