Resume work on a fiction project. Loads context and suggests what to do next.
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skills/go/SKILL.md
January 25, 2026
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.claude/skills/go/Resume work on a fiction project. This loads the project into context and provides a clear recommendation for what to work on next. ## Current State - Recent changes: !`git log --oneline -3 2>/dev/null || echo "not a git repo"` - Progress file: !`cat progress.md 2>/dev/null | head -20 || echo "no progress.md"` ## What to Do ### 1. Load the Project **Find Project Root** — Look for README.md with story information, chapters/ directory, characters/ directory. **Read Core Documents:** - README.md — Project overview, status, key decisions - themes.md — Central question, thematic content - craft/tone.md — Voice and style guidance **Read Character Documents** — All files in characters/ **Read World Documents** — All files in world/ **Scan Chapters:** - For 10+ chapters: spawn parallel reader-skim agents - For smaller projects: scan directly (first 1-2 paragraphs, word counts, status) **Check Supporting Directories:** - builds/ — Most recent build date - covers/ — Cover iterations, final cover.png - critiques/ — Most recent critique date - synopses/ — Most recent synopsis date ### 2. Assess and Recommend After loading, use the next agent to assess status and suggest what to do: ``` Task tool with subagent_type: "fiction:next" prompt: "Assess project status and suggest next steps for: [project-path]" ``` ### 3. Output Output the combined result: ```markdown ## Project Loaded: [Name] **Premise:** [One sentence] **Status:** [X] chapters drafted, [Y] outlined **Characters:** - [Protagonist] — [brief description] - [Other key characters] **Builds:** [Latest: builds/2026-01-18/name.epub] or [No builds yet] **Covers:** [X iterations, final cover ready] or [No covers yet] **Critiques:** [X critiques, latest: 2026-01-19] or [No critiques yet] **Synopses:** [X synopses, latest: 2026-01-19] or [No synopses yet] --- ## What to Do Now **[Single clear recommendation from next agent]** [Why this is the priority] ### Concrete Steps 1. **[First action]** — [Specifi