Phase 0: Setup         → project, schemas, directory structure
Phase 1: Seed          → stub notes for known major entities
Phase 2: Process       → chapter-by-chapter notes in batches
Phase 3: Cross-ref     → enrich arcs, add parallels, write analysis
Phase 4: Validate      → schema checks, drift detection, consistency
Phase 5: Visualize     → canvas files for character webs, timelines

create_memory_project(name="<work-name>", path="~/basic-memory/<work-name>")

write_note(
  title="Character",
  directory="schema",
  note_type="schema",
  metadata={
    "entity": "Character",
    "version": 1,
    "schema": {
      "role(enum)": "[protagonist, antagonist, supporting, minor], character's narrative role",
      "description": "string, brief character description",
      "first_appearance?": "string, chapter or scene of first appearance",
      "status?(enum)": "[alive, dead, unknown, transformed], character status at end of work"
    },
    "settings": {"validation": "warn"}
  },
  content="""# Character

Schema for character entity notes.

Add work-specific fields as needed — e.g., `rank` for military fiction, `house` for family sagas, `species` for fantasy.

write_note(
  title="Theme",
  directory="schema",
  note_type="schema",
  metadata={
    "entity": "Theme",
    "version": 1,
    "schema": {
      "description": "string, what this theme explores",
      "prevalence(enum)": "[major, minor], how central to the work",
      "first_introduced?": "string, where theme first appears"
    },
    "settings": {"validation": "warn"}
  },
  content="""# Theme

Schema for thematic analysis notes.

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write_note(
  title="Chapter",
  directory="schema",
  note_type="schema",
  metadata={
    "entity": "Chapter",
    "version": 1,
    "schema": {
      "chapter_number": "integer, sequential chapter number",
      "pov?": "string, point-of-view character or narrator mode",
      "setting?": "string, primary location",
      "narrative_mode?(enum)": "[dramatic, expository, reflective, epistolary, mixed], chapter's primary mode"
    },
    "settings": {"validation": "warn"}
  },
  content="""# Chapter

Schema for chapter-level analysis notes.

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write_note(
  title="Location",
  directory="schema",
  note_type="schema",
  metadata={
    "entity": "Location",
    "version": 1,
    "schema": {
      "description": "string, what this place is",
      "location_type(enum)": "[city, building, landscape, body_of_water, region, fictional, vehicle], type of place",
      "real_or_fictional(enum)": "[real, fictional, both], whether the place exists"
    },
    "settings": {"validation": "warn"}
  },
  content="""# Location

Schema for location and setting notes.

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write_note(
  title="Symbol",
  directory="schema",
  note_type="schema",
  metadata={
    "entity": "Symbol",
    "version": 1,
    "schema": {
      "description": "string, what the symbol is literally",
      "symbol_type(enum)": "[object, animal, color, action, natural_phenomenon, body_part], category of symbol",
      "primary_meaning": "string, most common interpretation"
    },
    "settings": {"validation": "warn"}
  },
  content="""# Symbol

Schema for symbolic element notes.

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write_note(
  title="LiteraryDevice",
  directory="schema",
  note_type="schema",
  metadata={
    "entity": "LiteraryDevice",
    "version": 1,
    "schema": {
      "description": "string, what the device is",
      "device_type(enum)": "[rhetorical, structural, figurative, narrative, dramatic], category",
      "frequency(enum)": "[pervasive, frequent, occasional, rare], how often used"
    },
    "settings": {"validation": "warn"}
  },
  content="""# LiteraryDevice

Schema for literary technique and device notes.

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<project>/
  schema/            # 6 schema definitions
  chapters/          # one note per chapter/section + prologue/epilogue
  characters/
    major/           # protagonist, antagonist, key supporting
    minor/           # named characters with limited roles
  themes/            # thematic analysis notes
  locations/         # settings and places
  symbols/           # symbolic elements
  literary-devices/  # techniques and devices
  analysis/          # cross-cutting synthesis
  tasks/             # processing tracker

write_note(
  title="<Character Name>",
  directory="characters/major",
  note_type="Character",
  tags=["character", "major", "<role>"],
  metadata={"role": "<role>", "description": "<brief description>"},
  content="""# <Character Name>

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write_note(
  title="Chapter <N> - <Title>",
  directory="chapters",
  note_type="Chapter",
  tags=["chapter", "<arc-phase>"],
  metadata={
    "chapter_number": <N>,
    "pov": "<narrator or POV character>",
    "setting": "<primary location>",
    "narrative_mode": "<mode>"
  },
  content="""# Chapter <N> - <Title>

**3. Enrich related entities:**

```python
edit_note(
  identifier="characters/major/<character-slug>",
  operation="append",
  heading="Observations",
  content="""- [arc] Ch.<N>: <What happens to this character>
- [quote] "<Attributed quote>" (Ch.<N>)"""
)

write_note(
  title="Narrative Structure",
  directory="analysis",
  note_type="note",
  tags=["analysis", "structure"],
  content="""# Narrative Structure

Analysis of the work's narrative architecture.

Recommended analysis notes:
- **Narrative Structure** — overall architecture and pacing
- **Work Overview** — synthesis of the complete work (summary, thesis, legacy)
- **Critical Reception** — historical and contemporary interpretations

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schema_diff(noteType="Character")

Fix issues found — common fixes:
- Missing required observation categories → add them via `edit_note`
- Enum values outside allowed set → correct metadata
- Fields in notes but not schema → add as optional to schema if legitimate

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