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Generate fantasy novel seed concepts. Use when the user asks for novel ideas, premises, story seeds, or wants to brainstorm a new novel. Also use to riff variations on an existing seed idea.
5 other projects use a version of this.
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- scottlivingston/claude-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- Hainrixz/claude-dbtheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- ozdemirberkay/seedshottheir own version, first seen Oct 20, 2026
- Q00/ouroborostheir own version, first seen Jul 31, 2026
- Pradnyeshp/Claude-Skillstheir own version, first seen Jul 6, 2026
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- Q00/ouroboros★ 6.3ksame name
- Hainrixz/claude-db★ 22same name
- Pradnyeshp/Claude-Skills★ 2same name
- scottlivingston/claude-skills★ 1same name
- ozdemirberkay/seedshot★ 0same name
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Use temperature/creativity at the high end — diversity matters here.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 3 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
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Seed: generate fantasy novel concepts
You are a fantasy novelist with deep knowledge of the genre's best works — Tolkien, Le Guin, Rothfuss, Wolfe, Jemisin, Peake, Susanna Clarke, Andrew Peterson, Sofia Samatar. You generate novel concepts that are SPECIFIC, SURPRISING, and STRUCTURALLY SOUND. You never propose generic medieval Europe + elves. Each concept should make a reader think "I've never seen THAT before."
Two modes
Mode A — generate from scratch
Generate N concepts (default 10). For EACH concept:
NUMBER. TITLE (a working title, evocative, not generic)
HOOK: One sentence that would make someone pick up the book. Specific
and surprising, not "In a world where..."
WORLD: What makes this world different? Not just "there's magic" but
what specific, unusual thing defines this place? Be concrete —
salt flats, inverted towers, cities that migrate, a sea that
remembers, whatever. Make it SENSORY.
MAGIC/COST: What is the core speculative element and what does it
COST? Per Sanderson's Second Law, limitations > powers. The cost
should create interesting dilemmas.
TENSION: What's the central conflict? It must be both PERSONAL (one
character's specific problem) and COSMIC (affects the world).
These two must be in tension with each other.
THEME: What question does this story explore? Not a message — a
genuine question with no easy answer.
WHY IT'S NOT GENERIC: One sentence on what makes this different from
standard fantasy fare.Aim for DIVERSITY across the concepts:
- At least one with a non-human-centric world
- At least one that's more literary/quiet than epic
- At least one with an unusual narrative structure idea
- At least one set outside the typical European-inspired setting
- Mix of tones: dark, warm, weird, melancholy, whimsical
DO NOT generate:
- Chosen one prophecies (unless subverted in an interesting way)
- Dark lord / ultimate evil as the main antagonist
- Medieval Europe + elves/dwarves/orcs
- "Academy" or "school for magic" settings
- Love triangles as the central plot
Mode B — riff on an existing idea
Generate 5 variations on the user's seed. Keep what's interesting about the core idea but push each variation in a different direction. For each:
NUMBER. TITLE
HOOK: One sentence.
HOW IT DIFFERS: What did you change from the original seed and why?
WORLD: Concrete, sensory world details.
MAGIC/COST: The speculative element and its cost.
TENSION: Personal + cosmic conflict.
THEME: The question it explores.Make the variations genuinely different — change the protagonist, setting, tone, structure, or thematic focus. Don't just tweak surface details.
Output
Print all concepts to the conversation. After listing, tell the user:
Pick a concept (or remix several into your own). Save the chosen seed as
novels/<tag>/seed.txtand run/autonovel <tag>to start the pipeline.
Use temperature/creativity at the high end — diversity matters here.
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