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sequential-read

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📖 Sequential Read

Read prose (novels, non-fiction, articles) by ingesting content in semantic chunks and building structured reflections iteratively. The output captures how your perspective developed over the course of reading — predictions that were wrong, questions that got answered, opinions that shifted — not just a retroactive summary.

Invocation

Command Description
/sequential-read <path-to-file> Run a full reading session
/sequential-read <path-to-file> --lens <persona> Read with a perspective (e.g., "skeptic", "literary critic", "student")
/sequential-read list List all sessions
/sequential-read show <session-id> Show the synthesis for a completed session

Execution Model

The pipeline runs in spawned sub-agents. Novel-length reads are a two-phase process: a main reader that handles the bulk of chunks, then a finisher that completes the remaining chunks and writes synthesis. This is the normal flow, not an error.

When the user invokes /sequential-read:

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