reader-panel agent skill by danjdewhurst
Simulates a beta read with reader personas, showing how genre readers might react and whether they would keep reading before real beta readers.
At a glance
| Publisher | danjdewhurst |
|---|---|
| Repository | danjdewhurst/story-skills (24 listed skills) |
| Category | Writing and Editing |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | October 14, 2026 (repository) |
| SKILL.md | 236 lines, 2,115 words |
| Bundled files | 6 files, including references |
| Quality score | 90/100 · A Passes all seven graded checks |
| Security scan | Not scanned |
| README badge | Get the badges for this listing |
Before you install
Read from the skill's files at the directory's October 19, 2026 snapshot: what ships with it, what its code reads, and the terms it is published under.
- Bundled scripts: none.
- License: MIT, an open-source or open-content license.
Install reader-panel
The skills CLI works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents; the other routes copy the folder by hand.
npx skills add https://github.com/danjdewhurst/story-skills/tree/main/skills/reader-paneltmp="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/danjdewhurst/story-skills.git "$tmp/repo"
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -R "$tmp/repo/"skills/reader-panel .claude/skills/
rm -rf "$tmp"python3 ~/.codex/skills/.system/skill-installer/scripts/install-skill-from-github.py \
--repo danjdewhurst/story-skills \
--path skills/reader-paneldanjdewhurst/story-skills is third-party code. Read SKILL.md and any bundled scripts before you install it.
How the author describes it
This skill should be used when the user asks for a "simulated beta read", "reader panel", "persona read", "first read before my beta readers", "how would a genre reader react", "would a reader keep going", "pre-beta read", "mock beta readers", or wants structured persona reads of a chapter range before human readers see it. NOT for real reader feedback (use feedback-triage), a paid sensitivity or authenticity read (use editorial-review), or the agent's own line edit (use line-editing).
From the description field of SKILL.md. Agents read this line to decide when to load the skill.
Sections in SKILL.md
- Overview
- Prerequisites
- When to Use
- Personas
- Workflow
- 1. Scope the panel
- 2. Gather context without spoilers
- 3. Run each read independently
- 4. Write the files
- 5. Hand off to feedback-triage
- Conventions
- CLI Maintenance
- Reference Files
- Shared Conventions
Files in the skill folder
SKILL.mdreferences/continuity-reader.mdreferences/first-page-reader.mdreferences/genre-reader.mdreferences/line-editor.mdreferences/sensitivity-reader.md
Suede Skill Check: 90/100 · A
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- Bundled scripts: 0 of 2 points. 2 when the skill folder ships a scripts/ folder.
- Tool permissions declared: 0 of 2 points. 2 when the frontmatter declares allowed-tools.
- Compatibility declared: 0 of 2 points. 2 when the frontmatter declares compatibility.
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reader-panel passes the required frontmatter check and all seven graded checks, which cover the SKILL.md format, a declared license and a commit in the last year. Those checks earn 56 of the score’s points; the rest come from description quality, instruction depth, bundled files, maintenance and curated-list citations. How the score works.
See the checks and points
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Frontmatter parses and declares a name and a description | Pass |
| Name uses lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, 64 characters or fewer | Pass |
| Name matches the skill's folder name | Pass |
| Description is between 50 and 1,024 characters | Pass |
| Description says when an agent should use the skill | Pass |
| SKILL.md body is 500 lines or fewer | Pass |
| A license is declared in the frontmatter or the repository | Pass |
| Repository has a commit in the last 12 months | Pass |
| Score component | Points |
|---|---|
| Structural checks | 56 of 56 |
| Description length | 5 of 5 |
| Boundary clause | 4 of 4 |
| Example request | 3 of 3 |
| Instruction depth | 7 of 7 |
| Reference files | 3 of 3 |
| Bundled scripts | 0 of 2 |
| Recent maintenance | 9 of 9 |
| Curated-list citations | 3 of 7 |
| Tool permissions declared | 0 of 2 |
| Compatibility declared | 0 of 2 |
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Where this skill is cited
danjdewhurst/story-skills appears in 2 curated lists: heilcheng/awesome-agent-skills, hesreallyhim/awesome-claude-code.