story-init SKILL.md skillA
story-init from bs779517/story-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add bs779517/story-skills/story-init@git:20260212.9c72eb5Pins git:20260212.9c72eb5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- bs779517/story-skills
- Path
skills/story-init/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260212.9c72eb5, committed Feb 12, 2026
- Size
- 4,321 bytes
- Repository stars
- 8
- License
- MIT
This skill should be used when the user asks to "start a new story", "initialize a story project", "create a story", "new book", "set up a story", or wants to begin a new fiction writing project from scratch.
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
# Story Initialization
## Overview
Initialize a new story project with a structured markdown folder layout. Creates the story bible, character registry, worldbuilding index, plot structure, and chapter tracker - all as cross-referenced markdown files with YAML frontmatter.
## When to Use
- Starting a new story, book, or fiction project
- Setting up the folder structure for an existing story idea
- NOT for adding to an existing story project (use the domain-specific skills instead)
## Workflow
1. Ask for basic story information:
- Title
- Genre and sub-genre
- Brief synopsis (2-3 sentences)
- Setting era/time period
- Key themes (2-4)
- POV style (first-person, third-person-limited, third-person-omniscient)
- Tense (past, present)
2. Create the folder structure at the current working directory:
```
{story-title-kebab}/
├── story.md
├── characters/
│ └── _index.md
├── worldbuilding/
│ ├── _index.md
│ ├── locations/
│ └── systems/
├── plot/
│ ├── _index.md
│ ├── arcs/
│ └── timeline.md
└── chapters/
└── _index.md
```
3. Populate `story.md` with the story bible:
```yaml
---
title: "{Title}"
genre: {genre}
sub-genre: {sub-genre}
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How to install
mdr add bs779517/story-skills/story-init@sha256:92de4ffe1e2a7f23The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260212.9c72eb5, 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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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Feb 12, 2026.
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- 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
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Source
bs779517/story-skills · 8 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-14 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_lqbxiptnhnjfef7g GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=bs779517/story-skills/story-init GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/92de4ffe1e2a7f23ed578eee186c43c437d74206b87c2e77d97874323da2d372
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