story-maintenance agent skill by danjdewhurst
Maintains a story project by validating and reindexing it, repairing registries, checking links, and running continuity, pacing, clue, voice, and name checks.
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 | 105 lines, 3,147 words |
| Bundled files | 8 files, including references, scripts |
| Quality score | 87/100 · B 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: 1 script file (1 JavaScript). Your agent may run them, so read them first.
- License: MIT, an open-source or open-content license.
Install story-maintenance
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/story-maintenancetmp="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/danjdewhurst/story-skills.git "$tmp/repo"
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -R "$tmp/repo/"skills/story-maintenance .claude/skills/
rm -rf "$tmp"python3 ~/.codex/skills/.system/skill-installer/scripts/install-skill-from-github.py \
--repo danjdewhurst/story-skills \
--path skills/story-maintenancedanjdewhurst/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 to "validate", "reindex", "repair registries", "check links", "run the continuity, pacing, clue, voice, or name checks", "count words", "summarize a story project", "import an existing manuscript", "export a manuscript", "run a build", "generate a diagram", "record revision-pass status with `story passes`", "run the story CLI", or wants deterministic maintenance on a Story Skills markdown project. It runs the CLI and reads its output; NOT for judging a finding or revising the story to fix it (use revision-continuity for continuity errors and revision passes, plot-structure for pacing, voice-style for voices and prose, genre-craft for clues and fair play), or for sharing a review copy with readers (use feedback-triage).
From the description field of SKILL.md. Agents read this line to decide when to load the skill.
Sections in SKILL.md
- Overview
- CLI Access
- Commands
- Project CLI Configuration
- Failure Handling
- Shared Conventions
Files in the skill folder
SKILL.mdreferences/builds.mdreferences/commands.mdreferences/continuity-checks.mdreferences/conventions.mdreferences/editing-commands.mdscripts/package.jsonscripts/story.js
Suede Skill Check: 87/100 · B
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The rubric totals 100 points; published scores are capped at 99. Security scan: not scanned.
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What to review next
- Instruction depth: 4 of 7 points. 7 for a SKILL.md body of 500–3,000 words; 4 for 250–4,500; 1 for 100 or more.
- Description length: 3 of 5 points. 5 for 150–600 characters; 3 for 100–900; 1 for 50–1,024.
- Tool permissions declared: 0 of 2 points. 2 when the frontmatter declares allowed-tools.
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story-maintenance 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 | 3 of 5 |
| Boundary clause | 4 of 4 |
| Example request | 3 of 3 |
| Instruction depth | 4 of 7 |
| Reference files | 3 of 3 |
| Bundled scripts | 2 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.