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Designed for use with AI agents (Hermes, Claude, or compatible systems), it gives you a dedicated team of eight publishing professionals with distinct personalities, clear expertise boundaries, and a rigorous stage-based development process.\n\n\u003e **Looking for the best LLM for creative writing?** Check the [EQ-Bench Creative Writing leaderboard](https://eqbench.com/creative_writing.html) for model recommendations ranked on prose quality, dialogue, and narrative — so you can pair the right model with this team.\n\n---\n\n## What's Inside\n\n### 🎭 The Team (8 Professional Personas)\n\n| Role | Name | Expertise |\n|------|------|-----------|\n| **Developmental Editor** | Alex | Story structure, character arcs, pacing, plot logic |\n| **Line Editor** | Jordan | Prose flow, word choice, rhythm, voice consistency |\n| **Copyeditor** | Taylor | Grammar, punctuation, style guide, technical polish |\n| **Proofreader / Beta Reader** | Morgan | Final error check, formatting, fresh-eyes read |\n| **Research Assistant** | Riley | Historical/technical research, setting authenticity |\n| **Continuity Editor** | Casey | Timeline, character tracking, world-building consistency |\n| **Fact Checker** | Quinn | Factual accuracy, technical detail verification |\n| **Writing Coach** | Sam | Goal setting, accountability, overcoming blocks |\n\nEach persona lives in `team/` with a full profile — distinct voice, style, knowledge boundaries, and communication approach.\n\n### 📋 The 10-Stage Workflow\n\n| # | Stage | Lead | Deliverable |\n|---|-------|------|-------------|\n| 0 | Initial Seed | Author | Raw concept captured |\n| 1 | Concept Development | Alex + Riley + Sam | Concept clarification document |\n| 2 | Character Development | Alex + Casey + Riley | Complete character profiles |\n| 3 | Story Structure | Alex + Casey | Chapter plan + scene breakdown |\n| 3c | Planning Approval | All team + Author | Green light to write |\n| 4 | Research Deep Dive | Riley + Quinn | Research repository |\n| 4.5 | World Outline | Riley + Alex + Casey | World outline document |\n| 5 | First Draft | Author + Sam | Complete manuscript |\n| 5b | Cross-Chapter Continuity | Casey | Consistency verified every 5-10 ch |\n| 5c | Act Break Full-Stack Review | All team | Comprehensive quality gate |\n| 6 | Developmental Edit | Alex + Casey + Riley | Revised draft |\n| 7 | Line Editing | Jordan + Taylor | Line-edited draft |\n| 8 | Copyediting | Taylor + Quinn + Casey | Copyedited draft |\n| 9 | Proofreading | Morgan | Final error-free draft |\n| 10 | Final Review | Author | Approved manuscript |\n\n### 📁 Documentation\n\n| File | Description |\n|------|-------------|\n| `SKILL.md` | Complete system documentation (workflow, templates, rules) |\n| `QUICKSTART.md` | Quick reference — team members, usage patterns |\n| `WORKFLOW.md` | Detailed walkthrough of all stages with checklists |\n| `EXAMPLES.md` | Real scenarios showing the team in action |\n| `team/ROSTER.md` | Full team member directory |\n| `references/` | Research methodology, workflow examples |\n| `templates/` | Reusable templates (chapter brief, character profile, etc.) |\n| `CHANGELOG.md` | Version history and release notes |\n| `CONTRIBUTING.md` | How to contribute — personas, workflows, templates |\n| `LICENSE` | MIT License — free to use, modify, share |\n\n---\n\n## How to Use\n\n### Option 1: Start a New Novel\n\n```\n\"I have a book seed. Let's start with Stage 1: Concept Development.\"\n\nThen share your concept, character, setting, or scene.\n```\n\n### Option 2: Consult a Team Member\n\n```\n\"As Jordan, review this passage and improve the prose...\"\n\"Riley, I need research on submarine operations...\"\n\"Casey, check if this detail matches what we established earlier...\"\n```\n\n### Option 3: Hold a Team Meeting\n\n```\n\"Team meeting: Alex, Casey, and Riley to discuss this scene...\"\n```\n\n### Option 4: Progressive Refinement\n\n```\n1. Alex: \"Does this scene work structurally?\"\n2. Riley: \"How can I make the details more authentic?\"\n3. Jordan: \"Now improve the prose flow...\"\n4. Taylor: \"Finally, polish the technical details...\"\n```\n\n---\n\n## Key Principles\n\n### 🔴 The Review Gate (Highest Priority)\n\nEvery deliverable must go through full team review before being presented to the author:\n\n```\nCREATE → REVIEW → FIX → PRESENT TO AUTHOR → WAIT FOR CONFIRMATION\n```\n\nThis is non-negotiable. No skipping, no rubber-stamping, no \"just a draft\" exceptions.\n\n### 🔍 The Perception Phase\n\nEach reviewer must actually read the work critically — quote specific lines, raise minimum 5 hard questions, flag continuity issues with references. Superficial reviews are rejected.\n\n### 🎯 Quality Over Word Count\n\nWord targets are guides, not gates. A tight 2,200-word chapter that earns every sentence beats a padded 3,000-word chapter with filler.\n\n### 🚦 Author Control at Every Stage\n\nThe team advises. The author decides. No gate passes without author confirmation.\n\n---\n\n## Repository Structure\n\n```\nnovel-team/\n├── README.md                  # This file\n├── SKILL.md                   # Complete system (workflow, templates, rules)\n├── QUICKSTART.md              # Quick reference guide\n├── WORKFLOW.md                # Detailed stage walkthrough\n├── EXAMPLES.md                # Real team-in-action scenarios\n├── team/\n│   ├── ROSTER.md              # Team directory\n│   ├── editorial/             # Alex, Jordan, Taylor, Morgan\n│   ├── specialists/           # Riley, Casey, Quinn\n│   └── support/               # Sam\n├── references/                # Research methodology, examples\n└── templates/                 # Chapter brief, character profile, etc.\n```\n\nFor book projects, the skill goes in the agent's skills directory and project files go in a separate book project directory:\n\n```\nSKILL:  ~/.hermes/skills/creative/novel-team/   ← templates, personas, workflows\nPROJECT: ~/writing/your-novel/                   ← chapters, characters, settings\n```\n\n---\n\n## Installation\n\n### For Hermes Agent\n\n```bash\n# The skill is available as part of the Hermes skill registry\nhermes skills download novel-team\n```\n\n### For Direct Use\n\nClone or copy this repository, then load `SKILL.md` as your agent's context or instruction file.\n\n---\n\n## Requirements\n\n- An AI agent system capable of persona adoption (Hermes, Claude, or compatible)\n- For the full workflow: ability to create and manage project files\n- 8 team persona files (included) for distinct reviewer voices\n\n---\n\n## Quick Start\n\n```\n\"Alex, review this chapter outline and tell me if the pacing works.\"\n\"I have a thriller concept: burned spy discovers his agency is hunting him.\"\n\"Team meeting: Alex, Casey, and Riley — let's plan the opening scene.\"\n```\n\nSee `QUICKSTART.md` for full usage patterns and team member reference.\n\n---\n\n## Related Projects\n\nOther writing tools from the same author:\n\n| Project | Description |\n|---------|-------------|\n| [autonomous-booksmith](https://github.com/psylsph/autonomous-booksmith) | Autonomous multi-agent novel writing pipeline |\n| [ai-book-writer](https://github.com/psylsph/ai-book-writer) | Experiment: full novel generation via AutoGen agents |\n| [novel-writer](https://github.com/psylsph/novel-writer) | Novel writing tool |\n| [BookAgent](https://github.com/psylsph/BookAgent) | Book-oriented AI agent system |\n| [StoryFoundry](https://github.com/psylsph/StoryFoundry) | Story creation and development framework |\n| [prosewrite](https://github.com/psylsph/prosewrite) | Prose writing assistant |\n\n### Model Evaluation \u0026 Benchmarking\n\n| Resource | Description |\n|----------|-------------|\n| [EQ-Bench Creative Writing](https://eqbench.com/creative_writing.html) | Creative writing model evaluation leaderboard — see how LLMs rank on prose, dialogue, and narrative quality |\n| [EQ-Bench](https://github.com/EQ-bench) | Open-source model evaluation suite — emotional intelligence and creative writing benchmarks for LLMs |\n\n---\n\n## License\n\nPart of the psylsph/novel-team project. 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