Narrative Builder turns world and character inputs into a coherent, validated story pipeline with causal logic, pacing, and theme continuity.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install narrative-builder
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install narrative-builder using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Narrative Builder?
Within Openclaw Skills, Narrative Builder is a composition engine that consumes existing World Builder and Character Builder outputs and arranges them into a story structure. It does not invent lore from scratch; it transforms known world and character constraints into scenes, arcs, and events that feel causally connected.
It is designed for downstream narrative orchestration: if you already have a setting and cast, the skill selects a framework, picks a point of view, threads themes through the plot, and validates the result for consistency. The outcome can be delivered as scene-by-scene breakdowns, chapter outlines, or a complete narrative draft.
Narrative Builder Use Cases
- You already have world-building and character-building outputs and need a story assembled from them.
- You want a fast direct narrative draft from a free-form story prompt without building a full character library first.
- You need character-driven orchestration where motives, relationships, and conflicts determine the plot.
- You are building long-form fiction, serial fiction, or an IP universe that must stay consistent across scenes.
- You need a structured outline with pacing, conflict escalation, thematic threading, and dialogue planning.
- You need graceful fallback output when world or character dependencies are incomplete or unavailable.
- You are using Openclaw Skills as a multi-skill workflow and need a downstream narrative layer that consumes upstream assets.
How Narrative Builder Works
- Detect the input mode (nb-03) and route the request into Mode A for direct narrative construction or Mode B for character-driven orchestration.
- Ingest world data and character data in parallel at the input layer (nb-10, nb-11), then validate completeness and compatibility with the requested story.
- Select the story frame in the structure layer (nb-20, nb-21, nb-22, nb-23): framework, point of view, pacing, conflict distribution, and structural consistency.
- Compose the narrative in the composition layer (nb-30, nb-31, nb-32, nb-33, nb-34) by turning structure into event chains, scenes, theme threads, dialogue, and narration.
- Validate the draft in the output-check layer (nb-40, nb-41, nb-42) for causality, pacing, theme continuity, point-of-view consistency, and character voice alignment.
- Assemble and format the final deliverable in the output layer (nb-50, nb-51, nb-52) as scene-by-scene or chapter-by-chapter prose, or degrade to a narrative framework when dependencies are missing.
Narrative Builder Setup
Openclaw Skills loads this as a markdown skill rather than a package, so setup is mostly directory layout, reference population, and dependency readiness.
- Create the skill folder and references directory.
mkdir -p .workbuddy/skills/narrative-builder/references
cp /path/to/SKILL.md .workbuddy/skills/narrative-builder/SKILL.md
- Add the three reference documents required by the skill and fill them with the task catalog, requirements, and exemplars.
touch .workbuddy/skills/narrative-builder/references/narrative-catalog.md \
.workbuddy/skills/narrative-builder/references/narrative-requirements.md \
.workbuddy/skills/narrative-builder/references/exemplars.md
Populate the references so the agent can resolve the N0-N5 pipeline and the nb task IDs before execution.
If your agent cannot load skills from directories, export a single prompt artifact for Openclaw Skills-compatible workflows.
cat .workbuddy/skills/narrative-builder/SKILL.md \
.workbuddy/skills/narrative-builder/references/*.md \
> narrative-builder.prompt.md
- Verify that World Builder and Character Builder outputs are reachable before running narrative composition; Narrative Builder depends on them when available.
Narrative Builder Data Schema & Taxonomy
Core artifacts
| Artifact | Purpose | Key content |
|---|---|---|
SKILL.md |
Skill contract and execution rules | name, author, description, trigger words, pipeline overview, routing rules |
references/narrative-catalog.md |
Task and dependency catalog | domain map, dependency topology, meta-operation mappings, step ordering |
references/narrative-requirements.md |
Per-task requirements | required/optional inputs, sequencing rules, constraints, validation criteria |
references/exemplars.md |
Narrative examples | structural patterns, scene templates, voice references, composition examples |
| Runtime output | Final deliverable | markdown story report, outline, scene list, chapter draft, or degraded framework |
Metadata taxonomy
- Modes: Mode A for direct narrative construction; Mode B for character-driven orchestration.
- Domains: N0 request analysis, N1 input integration, N2 structure design, N3 composition, N4 validation, N5 output.
- Task IDs: nb-03 route detection; nb-10 world import; nb-11 character import; nb-20 to nb-23 structure; nb-30 to nb-34 composition; nb-40 to nb-42 validation; nb-50 to nb-52 packaging.
- Control signals: sequential execution, parallel-only input ingestion, no skipped layers, local fixes inside the current layer, and explicit user confirmation for key decisions.
- Referenced dependencies: World Builder supplies setting constraints; Character Builder supplies motive, relationship, and dynamics constraints; Narrative Builder composes the final story from those inputs.
Output shape
The skill normally emits a single Markdown narrative deliverable with:
- Request analysis and mode selection
- Story framework and POV choice
- Event chain or scene plan
- Theme threading and dialogue design
- Validation notes
- Final narrative output
The skill itself does not persist separate generated files unless you explicitly export the prompt or save the final draft.
Narrative Builder Advanced Features
- Automatic mode routing between direct narrative construction and character-driven orchestration.
- Four-layer pipeline with strict stage ordering and parallel-only input ingestion.
- Multi-skill orchestration across World Builder and Character Builder outputs.
- Graceful degradation to outline-only or template-based output when dependencies are missing.
- Built-in checks for causality, pacing, theme continuity, point-of-view consistency, and voice alignment.
- Scene-by-scene and chapter-by-chapter formatting for flexible downstream publishing.
- Prompt export support for tools that cannot load skill directories.
- Fits Openclaw Skills meta-skill workflows where a downstream skill composes and validates upstream assets.
SKILL.md
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