Initializes a new epic with EPIC_TRACKING.md and story-level directory structure. Creates the foundation for managing all stories within an epic. Use when starting a new epic or when restructuring an existing epic to align with the PRD story breakdown.
Extract 2–12 epics (depending on complexity) for an idea using concept_summary.md as the semantic anchor (writes to ideas/<IDEA_ID>/runs and updates ideas/<IDEA_ID>/latest)
Use when writing subagent prompts, skill instructions, or any high-stakes task requiring accuracy and truthfulness
Classic writing guide by William Strunk Jr. (1918, public domain). Use when editing prose for clarity, conciseness, and proper grammar. Covers elementary rules of usage, composition principles, and style guidelines.
Creative writing skill for analyzing and critiquing story content. Use when the user requests feedback, critique, or analysis of their writing. Provides balanced feedback calibrated to intended audience.
Creative writing skill for drafting and editing narrative fiction prose. Use when writing new scenes, chapters, or dialogue, or when editing existing prose. Discovers and follows project-specific style guides, character voice conventions, and formatting preferences.
Creative writing skill for creating canonical reference documentation (wikis) for fictional worlds, characters, and story events. Use when creating or updating wiki pages, official documentation, character profiles, location documentation, or lore pages. Creates polished, sourced, encyclopedic reference material.
First-draft writing assistant for Crucible-planned novels. Use when author has completed planning (crucible-planner) and outlining (crucible-outliner) and wants to write the actual prose. Handles scene-by-scene drafting, style matching, continuity tracking, and hallucination prevention. Triggers on "write my novel," "draft chapter X," "start writing from my outline," "help me write my book," or when user has Crucible outline and wants prose output. Works with any Crucible-planned story.
Document creative decisions and protocol evolution in structured chronicle format.
Develop authentic cover letter narrative using philosophy, patterns, and job's cultural requirements
From multiple perspectives, build genuine consensus on what's true
Co-create any professional writing through Socratic dialogue using established voice patterns
Create 25-35 second cold opens that hook listeners by dropping them into a specific moment that encapsulates the episode's themes. Uses narrative snippets method (story arcs with beats) combined with Colin & Samir's rearrangement technique.
Transform predictable story elements into fresh, original versions. Use when something feels generic, when feedback says "I've seen this before," when elements orbit the protagonist too conveniently, or when you want to make a familiar trope feel new. Applies the 8-step CTF process and Orthogonality Principle.
Tone, diction, and phrasebook system for consistent writing + localization.
Systematically identify what's missing in non-fiction writing—both blind spots (inherent limitations) and blank spots (gaps that could be addressed). Use before finalizing non-fiction or when feedback feels incomplete.
Autonomous novel generation system. Creates complete books from premise to final draft with structured workflow including character creation, outlining, chapter planning, drafting, and editing. Use when user requests "write a book", "create a novel", "generate a complete story", or "automatic book machine". Accepts parameters for genre, word count, chapter count, POV, and content rating.
Master German Idealist and Existentialist philosophy. Use for: Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, phenomenology, dialectics, authenticity. Triggers: 'Hegelian', 'dialectic', 'Aufhebung', 'Geist', 'Spirit', 'Dasein', 'existentialism', 'authenticity', 'bad faith', 'Nietzsche', 'will to power', 'eternal return', 'Heidegger', 'Being', 'thrownness', 'Sartre', 'freedom', 'absurd', 'Kierkegaard', 'anxiety', 'leap of faith', 'phenomenology', 'hermeneutics'.
First Principles Framework (FPF) for structured, auditable reasoning.
Master ε-greedy, UCB, curiosity-driven, RND, intrinsic motivation exploration
Explore ideas through conversation. HOUSTON asks questions, has opinions, and suggests background agents when investigation would help.
