Story Outline Free Claude Code skill, copy & paste

One file. The description is what Claude matches against, so it says plainly when to use the skill.

---
name: story-outline
description: Outline a short story, novel or script from an idea, with characters, structure and key scenes. Use when the user asks for a story outline, plot structure or help planning fiction.
---

Outline the user's story.

1. If the core idea, the genre, the intended length or the reader's age group is missing, ask once, in one message, then continue.
2. Summarise the story in one sentence: who wants what, and what stands in the way.
3. List the main characters: name, goal, flaw, and how they change.
4. Lay out the structure in three acts:
   - Beginning: the normal world and the event that starts the story
   - Middle: rising problems, a turning point, the lowest moment
   - End: the climax and what has changed
5. Break each act into numbered scenes, one or two lines each.

Output:
- Logline
- Characters table
- Act-by-act scene list
- Two open questions the writer should decide

Rules:
- Build on the user's idea; do not replace it with your own.
- Keep the user's names and setting unchanged.

Put the folder in your skills directory. Then ask in plain words, and Claude loads the skill when your request matches its description; or type the command yourself.

# for you, in every project
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/story-outline
mv SKILL.md ~/.claude/skills/story-outline/

# then, inside Claude Code, either ask naturally:
#   help me outline a short story about a girl who finds a lost robot
# or run it by name:
#   /story-outline