Agent skill · creative production · ailabs-393
storyboard-manager
Assist writers with story planning, character development, plot structuring, chapter writing, timeline tracking, and consistency checking. Use this skill when working with creative writing projects organized in folders containing characters, chapters, story planning documents, and summaries. Trigger this skill for tasks like "Help me develop this character," "Write the next chapter," "Check consistency across my story," or "Track the timeline of events.
Why this skill is useful
Provides automated tools for timeline tracking and consistency checking that enhance creative writing workflows.
What it needs
Requires grep installed locally. About 10k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2025-11-11. 438 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Storyboard Manager Overview The Storyboard Manager skill equips Claude with specialized knowledge and tools for creative writing workflows. It provides frameworks for character development, story structure patterns, automated timeline tracking, and consistency checking across narrative projects. This skill automatically adapts to various storyboard folder structures while maintaining best practices for novel, screenplay, and serialized fiction writing. Core Capabilities The skill provides four main capabilities: 1. Character Development & Management Support creating deep, consistent character profiles with backstories, arcs, and relationships. 2. Story Planning & Structure Guide plot development using established frameworks (Three-Act, Hero's Journey, Save the Cat, etc.) and help organize narrative elements. 3. Chapter & Scene Writing Generate chapter content, scene breakdowns, and dialogue that maintains consistency with established characters and plot. 4. Timeline Tracking & Consistency Checking Use automated tools to verify chronological consistency, character continuity, and world-building coherence. Detecting Project Structure The Storyboard Manager automatically detects and adapts to various folder organizations. Look for these common directory patterns: Character folders: characters/, Characters/, cast/, Cast/ Chapter folders: chapters/, Chapters/, scenes/, Scenes/, story/ Planning folders: story-planning/, planning/, outline/, notes/ Summary files: summary.md, README.md, overview.md When triggered, scan the project root to identify the structure and adjust workflows accordingly. If no standard structure exists, recommend organizing files using the pattern: characters/, chapters/, story-planning/, and summary.md. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills ailabs-393/storyboard-manager--c0873f