consistency-checker_skill

Overview

This skill monitors story consistency during chapter writing and flags potential contradictions before they become major problems. It focuses on character behavior, world rules, and timeline logic, giving writers immediate alerts and suggested fixes. Use it as an automated safety net to protect reader trust and reduce revision time.

How this skill works

The skill passively cross-references your active chapter with canonical source files: character profiles, worldbuilding documents, and the timeline index. It analyzes physical traits, knowledge states, rule usage, geography, and event sequencing, then classifies findings by severity. For many simple issues it can suggest or apply automated fixes with your approval.

When to use it

• While drafting chapters to catch contradictions in real time
• During revision passes to batch-fix accumulated issues
• When adding new characters, settings, or rules to prevent conflicts
• Before a beta read to ensure plot and timeline clarity
• When switching POVs or managing multiple simultaneous scenes

Best practices

• Keep character and world files up to date so checks are accurate
• Respond to critical alerts immediately and schedule warnings for revision
• Use strict mode for realistic fiction and flexible mode for speculative works
• Annotate intentional contradictions (unreliable narrator, dream sequences)
• Run combined consistency + tracking checks every 5–10 chapters

Example use cases

• Detecting that a character’s eye color changes between chapters and suggesting which source to edit
• Flagging when a character displays knowledge they shouldn’t yet have and proposing scene rewrites
• Noticing travel time inconsistencies and offering timeline adjustments or explicit time jumps
• Confirming magical ability limits are respected across scenes to avoid deus ex machina
• Aligning simultaneous events across multiple POVs so timestamps and locations match