Use when writing or revising novel scenes that must stay aligned with canon, chapter state, tracker summaries, artifact positions, risk levels, relationship status, or timeline continuity. Best for scene writing, repair rounds, and any task that depends on recent locked scenes or story_state.
Use this skill to keep a scene inside the project's established state instead of letting prose drift override canon.
chapter_state, story_state, or tracker slices.revise, or rewrite task.Read only the files you need:
01_inputs/tasks/current_task.md03_locked/canon/chXX_state.md when present in the task03_locked/state/story_state.json03_locked/state/trackers/Produce a short structured checklist, not freeform lore. Keep it to the fields the writer must actively preserve.
Recommended shape:
{
"skill": "continuity-guard",
"mode": "scene-canon",
"must_check": [
"current book time",
"investigation stage",
"artifact holder and location"
],
"high_risk_conflicts": [
"Do not move a hidden item back into storage if tracker says it is carried on body."
],
"non_drift_fields": [
"risk level",
"relationship status",
"last locked scene consequence"
]
}
scene-canon: general scene writing continuityartifact-state: object holder, location, visibilitytimeline-check: current time, relative order, scene bridgerepair-check: high-risk items for revise/rewrite roundsRead only what you need:
references/checklist.md for the standard continuity checklistreferences/conflicts.md for typical drift patterns and what to do