novelist SKILL.md skillA
novelist from cowork-os/cowork-os is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add cowork-os/cowork-os/novelist@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- cowork-os/cowork-os
- Path
resources/skills/novelist/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Sep 19, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 12, 2026
- Size
- 3,939 bytes
- Repository stars
- 535
- License
- MIT
Create chaptered long-form fiction with worldbuilding, outlining, drafting, revision, and optional packaging when the user asks for a novel or novella.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Novelist ## Goal - Produce a complete long-form fiction pipeline with minimal back-and-forth. - Default to doing the work, not repeatedly asking for permission between phases. - Leave a durable workspace trail that can be resumed cleanly. ## Inputs - Required: `seed` - Optional with defaults: `genre`, `target_words`, `chapter_count`, `packaging`, `canon_mode` If the user invoked `/novelist` without optional parameters, use the defaults and continue. If `seed` is missing, ask only for the seed and pause. ## Artifact Root - Write everything under `artifacts/skills/novelist/` Expected files: - `brief.md` - `world.md` - `characters.md` - `outline.md` - `voice.md` - `canon.md` - `progress.json` - `chapters/chapter-XX-title.md` - `revision-notes.md` - `manuscript_complete.md` - `manifest.md` - Optional packaged outputs such as `.epub` and `.pdf` ## Operating Mode - Resume if artifacts already exist. - Do not restart completed phases unless the user explicitly asks for a rewrite. - Do not ask for chapter-by-chapter approval. - Ask at most one extra question only when a single missing decision would materially change the manuscript. ## Workflow …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add cowork-os/cowork-os/novelist@sha256:77e3cb27e1e5b6ddThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_2hqofyxynovmmdol)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Apr 12, 2026 and Sep 19, 2026, about one every 80 days. Its first recorded version is graded C and its latest A.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-09-19 | b67f2e4 | 3,939 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-08-20 | 4fc032e | 3,930 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260412.6b4ae35 | 2026-04-12 | 6b4ae35 | 3,658 B | C | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3939 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
cowork-os/cowork-os · 535 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_2hqofyxynovmmdol GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cowork-os/cowork-os/novelist GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/77e3cb27e1e5b6dd04878904b90f5ab10b5b5ec60435cf45d41d653bc23e69f6
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.