cw-router

--- name: cw-router description: Quick guide to choosing the right creative writing skill. Use when you need help deciding which creative writing skill to use for a specific task - brainstorming vs documentation, critique vs writing, etc. --- # Creative Writing Skills - Quick Reference Quick guide to choosing the right skill for your task. ## The Skills ### cw-brainstorming **Use for:** Exploring ideas, figuring things out, thinking through options **Creates:** Skeletal working notes with [TBD] markers and source tags **Handles:** - Story/plot brainstorming - Chapter planning (beats, scenes) - Worldbuilding exploration (magic, cultures, geography) - Character development (motivations, arcs, relationships) - Timeline and continuity work **Key trait:** Multiple options coexist, preserves vagueness, exploratory --- ### cw-official-docs **Use for:** Documenting finalized decisions, creating canonical reference (wiki pages) **Creates:** Polished, reader-ready wiki/documentation pages with citations **Handles:** - Character profiles - Location documentation - Lore/system pages - Event documentation - Any finalized worldbuilding **Key trait:** Single version, no [TBD], encyclopedic/wiki tone --- ### cw-story-critique **Use for:** Getting feedback on written chapters/scenes **Analyzes:** - Plot and pacing - Character development - Prose quality - Story structure - Whatever needs feedback **Key trait:** Feedback on existing writing, not creating content --- ### cw-prose-writing **Use for:** Actually writing story prose in your style **Writes:** - Scenes and chapters - Dialogue - Narrative prose - Story content **Key trait:** Creates actual story text, matches your voice --- ### cw-style-skill-creator **Use for:** Creating custom style skills for prose writing **Creates:** Skills that teach Claude your specific writing style **Key trait:** Meta-skill for building other skills --- ## Key Distinction: Brainstorm vs Documentation This is the most common confusion: **Still figuring it out?** → **cw-brainstorming** - "Maybe X, or Y, or Z?" - [TBD] markers everywhere - Multiple versions coexist - Skeletal notes **You've decided and it's ready to show someone?** → **cw-official-docs** - Single authoritative version - Polished and reader-ready - No [TBD] markers - Canonical documentation --- ## Common Scenarios ### "I'm exploring worldbuilding ideas for my magic system" → **cw-brainstorming** (exploring, not finalized yet) ### "I've finalized my magic system and want to document it" → **cw-official-docs** (decided and ready to document) ### "I'm thinking through how this chapter should flow" → **cw-brainstorming** (planning/exploring) ### "I need to write this chapter" → **cw-prose-writing** (actually writing) ### "I wrote this chapter and want feedback" → **cw-story-critique** (getting feedback) ### "I need a character profile for my protagonist" → **cw-official-docs** if finalized, **cw-brainstorming** if still exploring ### "I need a wiki page for my protagonist" → **cw-official-docs** (creating wiki/documentation) ### "I'm figuring out character motivations and relationships" → **cw-brainstorming** (exploring) ### "I want to document this character's canon profile" → **cw-official-docs** (documenting finalized) ### "Help me work out the timeline of events" → **cw-brainstorming** (working through chronology) ### "I want Claude to write in my specific style" → **cw-style-skill-creator** first (create style skill), then **cw-prose-writing** --- ## Decision Tree ``` Are you writing story prose? └─ Yes → cw-prose-writing └─ No ↓ Do you want feedback on something written? └─ Yes → cw-story-critique └─ No ↓ Are you figuring things out or have you decided? └─ Figuring out → cw-brainstorming └─ Decided → cw-official-docs Need a custom writing style? └─ Yes → cw-style-skill-creator ``` --- ## Skills Work Together You can use multiple skills in combination: - **Brainstorm** → finalize → **Docs** (explore then document) - **Brainstorm** → **Prose** (plan then write) - **Prose** → **Critique** (write then get feedback) - **Brainstorm** + **Docs** (check existing docs while brainstorming) - **Critique** + **Brainstorm** (get feedback and brainstorm fixes) Skills are composable - use whatever combination helps. --- ## Still Unsure? **Default rules:** 1. **Exploring/uncertain?** → brainstorming 2. **Finalized/polished?** → official-docs 3. **Need feedback?** → story-critique 4. **Actually writing?** → prose-writing When in doubt, start with brainstorming. You can always move to docs later when things are decided.