crucible-outliner
Crucible Outliner
Transform Crucible planning documents into detailed chapter-by-chapter outlines with proper narrative craft.
Before Starting
Read these references based on the outlining phase:
references/beat-to-chapter-mapping.md— How 36 beats map to chaptersreferences/narrative-craft.md— Foreshadowing, pacing, scene structurereferences/outline-templates.md— Chapter and scene outline formats
Questioning Rules
- ALWAYS use AskUserQuestion tool for all user questions (provides interactive UI)
- Max 4 options per question (tool limit) + "Other" is automatic
- Max 4 questions per AskUserQuestion call
- Reference user's story elements by name (characters, places, etc.)
- Save state after each chapter outline
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