A set of 15 custom skills (prompt modules) for Claude Code that form a complete literary production pipeline. Give it a one-sentence idea, and it produces a publishable manuscript with an editorial package.
Yes and no. Book Genesis orchestrates Claude to write a complete book, but the quality depends heavily on your initial idea, your feedback during the process, and editorial decisions you make along the way. Think of it as a highly structured co-writing system with built-in quality control.
Any language Claude supports. The skills themselves are written in Portuguese (they were developed and tested in pt-BR), but Claude automatically adapts to whatever language you specify. Set idioma: "en-US" when prompted, and everything — from character profiles to the manuscript — will be in English.
It depends on length, complexity, and how many revision cycles are needed. A ~60k-word novel typically takes several Claude Code sessions. The system is designed to persist state between sessions via PROJECT_STATE.yaml, so you can stop and resume at any point.
There's no hard limit from the system. The proof-of-concept was ~60,800 words (13 chapters + intro + epilogue). For longer works (90k+), the revision loop may require more iterations to maintain consistency.
No. The book-genesis orchestrator contains inline logic for every sub-skill. If a dedicated skill isn't installed, it uses its own version. Installing dedicated skills unlocks more depth and nuance, but the orchestrator works solo.
Minimum install: Just book-genesis
Recommended: All 15 for the full experience
Yes. Every skill works standalone. You can use /character-forge to develop characters for a book you're writing manually, or /beta-reader-sim to get feedback on any manuscript.
The installer just copies files. You can do it manually:
# Copy all skills to your Claude skills directory
cp -r skills/* ~/.claude/skills/On Windows:
Copy-Item -Recurse skills\* $env:USERPROFILE\.claude\skills\In ~/.claude/skills/ (or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\ on Windows). Each skill is a directory containing a SKILL.md file.
- Open Claude Code in a new empty directory
- Type
/book-genesis - Provide your idea when prompted
- Choose guided mode (up to 3 questions) or autopilot mode ("just go")
Open Claude Code in the book's directory and type /continuar (or /book-genesis — it will detect PROJECT_STATE.yaml and offer to resume).
Yes. Use individual commands to jump to specific phases:
/outline— skip to architecture/score— skip to evaluation/beta— skip to beta readers/pacote— skip to editorial package
Every chapter must simultaneously fulfill:
- Plot — advance at least one plot point
- Character — reveal, deepen, or transform a character
- Emotion — shift the reader's emotional state
- Theme — echo the central theme without preaching
- Surreal — manifest the chosen register organically
After 5 revision iterations, the system escalates to you with three options:
- Accept the current score
- Restructure a specific part
- Change the premise/approach
Most books reach 9.0 within 2-3 iterations.
The system is designed around them, but you can choose a register that's very subtle (like Oneiric or Magical Realism at low intensity). The surreal register is a slider, not an on/off switch.
Yes. You can specify a primary and secondary register (e.g., "Lynchian-Kafkaesque" or "Oneiric with Magical Realism elements"). The orchestrator adapts.
Use the Oneiric register at minimum intensity. The surreal dimension in the Genesis Score will still be evaluated, but it can score well with very subtle touches — a metaphor that's slightly too vivid, a perception that's slightly off, a dream that echoes reality a bit too precisely.
The proof-of-concept (Protocolo Nao Encontrado) scored 9.04 on the Genesis Score after 3 iterations. It's a complete, structurally sound, emotionally engaging manuscript. Whether it's "good" by literary standards is subjective — but the system's scoring methodology is rigorous and the output is significantly above unstructured AI writing.
Absolutely. The manuscript is just markdown files. Edit them directly, then run /score to re-evaluate if you want.
Yes. The proof-of-concept is actually a non-fiction book (confessional essay / generational diagnosis). The system adapts the pipeline to the genre — non-fiction replaces "plot" with "argument structure" and "characters" with "figures/subjects."
The book-formatter skill generates a formatting guide and structure ready for conversion to EPUB, MOBI, DOCX, and print-ready PDF. You'll need external tools (Pandoc, Calibre, etc.) for the actual file conversion.
See CONTRIBUTING.md. Top priorities:
- Translate skills to other languages
- Add new surreal registers
- Create genre-specific skill variants
- Improve the Genesis Score rubric
- Add proof-of-concept examples
Yes. Any skill following the SKILL.md format in ~/.claude/skills/ will work with Claude Code. To integrate with the book-genesis orchestrator, follow the naming conventions and artifact file paths described in the architecture docs.