📋 Mandatory Pre-Writing Checklist (Must Complete):

✓ 1. memory/constitution.md - Writing Constitution
✓ 2. memory/style-reference.md - Style Reference (if applicable)
✓ 3. stories/_/specification.md - Story Specification
✓ 4. stories/_/creative-plan.md - Creative Plan
✓ 5. stories/\*/tasks.md - Current Tasks
✓ 6. spec/tracking/character-state.json - Character State
✓ 7. spec/tracking/relationships.json - Relationship Network
✓ 8. spec/tracking/plot-tracker.json - Plot Tracker (if applicable)
✓ 9. spec/tracking/validation-rules.json - Validation Rules (if applicable)

📊 Context Loading Status: ✅ Completed

User: /write Chapter 10

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[pre-write-checklist activates automatically]

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Step 1: Read memory/constitution.md
Step 2: Read memory/style-reference.md (if exists)
Step 3: Read stories/*/specification.md
Step 4: Read stories/*/creative-plan.md
Step 5: Read stories/*/tasks.md
Step 6: Read spec/tracking/character-state.json
Step 7: Read spec/tracking/relationships.json
Step 8: Read spec/tracking/plot-tracker.json (if exists)
Step 9: Read spec/tracking/validation-rules.json (if exists)

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Output Confirmation:
📋 Mandatory Pre-Writing Checklist (Completed):
✓ All 9 files have been read
📊 Context Loading Status: ✅ Completed

Key Information Summary:
- Writing Principles: [Extracted from constitution]
- Current Tasks: [Extracted from tasks.md]
- Main Characters: [Extracted from character-state]
- Plot Progress: [Extracted from plot-tracker]

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Start writing Chapter 10...

📋 Mandatory Pre-Writing Checklist (Completed):

✓ 1. memory/constitution.md - Writing Constitution
→ Core Principles: [List 2-3 key principles]

✓ 2. memory/style-reference.md - Style Reference
→ Style Key Points: [Extract key style requirements]

✓ 3. stories/xxx/specification.md - Story Specification
→ Story Genre: [Romance/Suspense/History, etc.]
→ P0 Elements: [Mandatory elements to include]

✓ 4. stories/xxx/creative-plan.md - Creative Plan
→ Current Phase: [Volume X/Chapter X]
→ Chapter Goal: [Plot/Emotional Goal]

✓ 5. stories/xxx/tasks.md - Current Tasks
→ Chapter to Write: [Chapter X]
→ Task Status: [pending/in_progress]

✓ 6. spec/tracking/character-state.json - Character State
→ Main Characters: [List character names and current states]

✓ 7. spec/tracking/relationships.json - Relationship Network
→ Core Relationships: [Relationship changes between protagonist and others]

✓ 8. spec/tracking/plot-tracker.json - Plot Tracker
→ Active Plot Threads: [Current ongoing plot lines]

✓ 9. spec/tracking/validation-rules.json - Validation Rules
→ Auto-Fix: [Enabled/Disabled]

📊 Context Loading Status: ✅ Completed (Loaded 9 files, approximately XXXX tokens)

🎯 Ready to write Chapter X...

📋 Mandatory Pre-Writing Checklist (Partially Completed):

✓ 1. memory/constitution.md - Writing Constitution
✓ 2. ⚠️ memory/style-reference.md - Does not exist (optional file, skipped)
✓ 3. stories/xxx/specification.md - Story Specification
✓ 4. stories/xxx/creative-plan.md - Creative Plan
✓ 5. stories/xxx/tasks.md - Current Tasks
✓ 6. spec/tracking/character-state.json - Character State
✓ 7. spec/tracking/relationships.json - Relationship Network
✓ 8. ⚠️ spec/tracking/plot-tracker.json - Does not exist (optional file, skipped)
✓ 9. ⚠️ spec/tracking/validation-rules.json - Does not exist (optional file, skipped)

📊 Context Loading Status: ✅ Completed (Loaded 6 mandatory files + 0 optional files)

💡 Recommendation: Run `/track-init` to initialize the complete tracking system

📋 Mandatory Pre-Writing Checklist (Failed):

✓ 1. memory/constitution.md - Writing Constitution
✓ 2. memory/style-reference.md - Style Reference
❌ 3. stories/xxx/specification.md - **File does not exist**
❌ 4. stories/xxx/creative-plan.md - **File does not exist**
❌ 5. stories/xxx/tasks.md - **File does not exist**

⛔ Error: Missing mandatory files, cannot continue writing

Must complete the following first:

1. Run `/constitution` to create a Writing Constitution
2. Run `/specify` to define story specifications
3. Run `/plan` to develop a creative plan
4. Run `/tasks` to break down the task list

Then you can execute `/write`

This is the recommended workflow of the seven-step methodology.

Execution Order:
1. pre-write-checklist (this Skill) → Read all files
2. Output confirmation report
3. Check setting-detector → Whether to activate knowledge base
4. Start actual writing

Ensure complete context before analysis:
1. pre-write-checklist → Reload all files
2. Execute analysis based on the latest status

Update Workflow:
1. User modifies tracking files
2. Run `/track` to update
3. pre-write-checklist → Re-read and validate

1. memory/constitution.md - Writing Principles
3. stories/*/specification.md - Story Specifications
4. stories/*/creative-plan.md - Creative Plan
5. stories/*/tasks.md - Current Tasks
6. spec/tracking/character-state.json - Character State
7. spec/tracking/relationships.json - Relationship Network

2. memory/style-reference.md - Style Reference
8. spec/tracking/plot-tracker.json - Plot Tracker
9. spec/tracking/validation-rules.json - Validation Rules

Writing Chapter 1:
- AI remembers all settings
- High quality

Writing Chapter 10:
- Conversation has become very long
- AI starts to forget Chapter 1 settings

Writing Chapter 30:
- Completely forgets early settings
- Character personalities deviate
- Plot contradicts itself

Before each writing session:
- Mandatory re-reading of all core files
- Reload complete context
- Treat Chapter 30 like Chapter 1

Results:
- Quality of Chapter 30 ≈ Quality of Chapter 1
- Consistency maintained
- No more focus degradation

"Use strict checklist mode"
→ Blocks writing if mandatory files are missing

"Use lenient checklist mode"
→ Allows skipping some files (not recommended, may cause focus degradation)

"Please add the following to the checklist:
- spec/knowledge/worldbuilding/magic-system.md
- spec/knowledge/characters/protagonist-profile.md"

Additional token cost per writing session:

Reading 9 files:
- constitution.md: ~200 tokens
- specification.md: ~500 tokens
- creative-plan.md: ~300 tokens
- tasks.md: ~150 tokens
- character-state.json: ~200 tokens
- relationships.json: ~150 tokens
- Others: ~200 tokens

Total: Approximately 1700 tokens per writing session

Benefits:
- Avoids rewrites caused by focus degradation (saves tens of thousands of tokens)
- Maintains consistent quality (user satisfaction)
- Sustainability of long-form projects

Within the same writing session:
1st writing: Read all files (1700 tokens)
2nd writing (within 1 hour): Check if files have been modified
- Not modified: Use cache (0 tokens)
- Modified: Re-read (partial tokens)

"Skip checklist and write directly"
→ AI will warn: "Not recommended, may cause focus degradation"
→ But will respect your choice

pre-write-checklist:
- Loads project-specific files (your story data)

setting-detector:
- Loads general knowledge bases (genre conventions, writing techniques)

Combined = Complete context:
Your story settings + genre expertise

Challenges of long novels:
- More complex settings
- More characters
- More plot threads
- AI is more likely to forget

Role of the checklist:
- Ensures Chapter 100 has the same quality as Chapter 1
- Prevents sudden character personality changes
- Prevents plot contradictions

This is the cornerstone of quality assurance for long novels.

✓ Character state changes → Update character-state.json
✓ Relationship changes → Update relationships.json
✓ New plot threads → Update plot-tracker.json

Recommended frequency: Run `/track` every 5-10 chapters
Purpose:
- Update tracking files
- Validate consistency
- Detect potential issues

If you manually modify key files:
"Please re-execute the checklist to reload all files"

Ensure the AI sees the latest status.

pre-write-checklist (before writing):
- Loads all context
- Prepares for writing

consistency-checker (during/after writing):
- Monitors consistency
- Detects contradictions

Priority Order (Most Important First):
1. constitution (highest principles)
2. specification (story core)
3. creative-plan (technical plan)
4. tasks (current tasks)
5. character-state (character data)
6. relationships (relationship data)
7. plot-tracker (plot tracking)
8. validation-rules (validation rules)
9. style-reference (style reference)

File does not exist:
→ Mandatory files: Blocks writing, prompts creation
→ Optional files: Warns, allows continuation

File format error:
→ JSON parsing failed: Display error, recommend fixing
→ Markdown format issue: Try to read as much as possible, mark the problem

File too large:
→ Exceeds 10000 lines: Warns (may affect performance)
→ Recommend splitting the file