plot-structure SKILL.md skillA
plot-structure from danjdewhurst/story-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add danjdewhurst/story-skills/plot-structure@git:20261102.6098078Pins git:20261102.6098078 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- danjdewhurst/story-skills
- Path
skills/plot-structure/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 22
- Latest version
- git:20261102.6098078, committed Nov 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 12, 2026
- Size
- 16,700 bytes
- Repository stars
- 382
- License
- MIT
This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a plot arc", "story structure", "add a plot point", "story timeline", "track foreshadowing", "pacing", "sagging middle", "act structure", "story arc", "plot outline", "snowflake method", or wants to plan and manage the narrative structure of a story. It owns book-level pacing; NOT for the craft of scene outcomes or chapter hooks, which this skill only plans in the outline (use scene-craft), or a pacing check as a revision pass…
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What the file says
# Plot Structure ## Overview Plan and manage story arcs, plot points, setups and payoffs, and the narrative timeline. Each arc is a markdown file in `plot/arcs/`, and `plot/timeline.md` holds the planned events and backstory in story order. The plot index lists all arcs, their status, and theme coverage. ## Prerequisites A story project must already exist (created via the story-init skill). Verify by checking for `story.md` in the project root. ## Choosing a Story Structure 1. Read `story.md` for genre, themes, and `form` (`novel`, `novella`, `novelette`, `short-story`, `flash`, `serial`, `picture-book`, `chapter-book`). For `short-story` and `flash`, use `references/short-story-form.md` instead of a multi-act beat sheet 2. Consult `references/structure-models.md` for available structures 3. Recommend a structure based on genre (default to three-act if unclear). If the user wants to design the whole book top-down before drafting, or asks for the Snowflake Method, follow `references/snowflake.md` on top of the chosen structure 4. Update `plot/_index.md` frontmatter `structure` field 5. Populate the story structure section with the beat sheet …
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How to install
mdr add danjdewhurst/story-skills/plot-structure@sha256:58a09c1771aedd6eThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261102.6098078, 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.
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Source
danjdewhurst/story-skills · 382 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_74fnl2y53gplkl7w GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=danjdewhurst/story-skills/plot-structure GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/58a09c1771aedd6e2e1d7ec605515c8167d9da472caa009512e25107eb3ad591
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