storyforge

StoryForge

AI-powered book writing plugin for Claude Code. From brainstorming to published EPUB.

What It Does

StoryForge guides you through the entire fiction writing process:

1. Create an Author Profile — Define your writing voice, style, and preferences
2. Brainstorm & Concept — Develop story ideas into workable concepts
3. Plot Architecture — Structure your story with acts, beats, and turning points
4. Character Creation — Build deep characters with arcs, flaws, and voice
5. World-Building — Create settings, magic systems, societies
6. Chapter Writing — Write chapters in your author's authentic voice
7. Review & Polish — 20-point quality checklist + AI-tell detection
8. Export — Generate EPUB, PDF, or MOBI via Pandoc
9. Translation — Translate chapter by chapter, preserving voice

Key Features

• Author Profiles — Define writing personas with style, tone, vocabulary. Import PDFs to extract style patterns. The anti-AI-detection engine.
• Genre System — 14 genres, mixable (e.g., LGBTQ+ Supernatural). Create custom genre combinations.
• Craft Knowledge Base — 27 reference documents (73,000+ words) on writing craft, from story structure to dialog to anti-AI patterns.
• Voice Checker — Scores text for AI-tells across 7 dimensions. Zero tolerance for generic output.
• Series Support — Plan multi-book series with shared canon, characters, and timelines.

Quick Start

# 1. Install the plugin
claude plugin add storyforge

# 2. First-time setup
/storyforge:setup

# 3. Create your writing persona
/storyforge:create-author

# 4. Start a book
/storyforge:new-book

# 5. See all available commands
/storyforge:help

Requirements

• Claude Code CLI
• Python 3.10+
• Pandoc (for export)
• Calibre (optional, for MOBI format)

Architecture

storyforge/
├── skills/          # 25 specialized skills (SKILL.md files)
├── servers/         # FastMCP server with 28 tools
├── tools/           # Python backend (config, state, analysis, export)
├── genres/          # 14 genre definitions
├── reference/       # 30+ craft & genre reference documents
├── templates/       # Markdown templates for all project components
└── config/          # Configuration template

Skills Overview

Category	Skills
Core	new-book, session-start, resume, next-step, book-dashboard, brainstorm
Author	create-author, study-author, voice-checker
Creative	book-conceptualizer, plot-architect, character-creator, world-builder
Writing	chapter-writer, chapter-reviewer
Research	researcher, sensitivity-reader
Production	export-engineer, promo-writer, translator, cover-artist
Utility	genre-creator, series-planner, help, setup, configure

License

MIT