- 01Step
- Run the repository's install script to symlink the skills into your Claude Code and/or Codex skills folders.
- 02Step
- Give novel-outline the novel, the episode count and length, and the genre; confirm the skeleton (which storylines are cut, which characters are merged, where the big payoff lands) before it writes the episode synopses.
- 03Step
- Run the validator, fix any failed quality gate and open the HTML report.
- 04Step
- Build characters, scenes and props with novel-characters and novel-art, seeded from outline.json, and write the scene-and-beat script with novel-script; these three can be revised against each other.
- 05Step
- Cut the episodes with novel-storyboard to get segments, cuts and H3 or Seedance prompts; use character-refs to render character reference images where needed.
- 06Step
- Export the production pack and hand the prompts and reference images to your video model.