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story-import (Reverse-Import an Existing Novel)

Turns a novel you've already written (partial or complete) into a fully structured, resumable Claude Code writing project.

Content & WritingIntermediate★ 6,166⑂ 916AI score 8/10Last updated: Aug 27, 2026

What it does

  • Accepts a single file, a directory of chapters, or pasted text; auto-detects long-form vs. short-form and routes accordingly.
  • Drives the full story-long-analyze / story-short-analyze breakdown pipeline to produce an analysis library (拆文库/{book}/) with characters, plotlines, pacing, emotion modules, world-building and prose style.
  • Migrates that analysis into a writable project: settings, outlines, normalized chapter files (第001章_...), and a tracking layer.
  • Initializes continuity tracking through scripts/tracking_commit.py init (character snapshots, foreshadowing, author-truth vs. reader-known timelines, next-chapter promises), then verifies with check.
  • Marks any field it can't evidence from the source as [待补充] instead of inventing plot.

Who it's for

  • Web-novel authors (Qidian / Fanqie / Jinjiang style) with an in-progress manuscript who want AI to continue it.
  • Writers whose settings, foreshadowing and character states have drifted out of sync across dozens or hundreds of chapters.
  • Existing users of the oh-story-claudecode suite who have already run /story-setup.

Examples

  1. "Import my novel at ./mybook.txt" → detected as long-form, full Stage 0-6 breakdown, project scaffold created, then /story-long-write 日更 continues from chapter N+1.
  2. An 8k-character short story → short-form branch produces only 正文.md, 设定.md and 小节大纲.md, explicitly avoiding long-form-only folders.
  3. A legacy v0.7.2 project missing 追踪/_tracking-state.json → runs the tracking-only migration path instead of re-analyzing the whole book.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install in Claude Code

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Copy the skills/story-import folder from the GitHub repo zenstory-ai/oh-story-claudecode into my ~/.claude/skills/story-import/.
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Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/zenstory-ai/oh-story-claudecode.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r oh-story-claudecode/skills/* ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal and go to the folder where you keep tools.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/zenstory-ai/oh-story-claudecode.git
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy every skill over (this one depends on its sibling story-* skills): cp -r oh-story-claudecode/skills/* ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Verify Python 3 is available (python3 --version) — the tracking scripts require it.
  6. Restart Claude Code, open your novel's project folder, and run /story-setup first to deploy hooks and agents.
  7. Start a fresh session, run /story-import, and give it the path to your manuscript.
  8. When the import report appears, continue with /story-long-write 日更 (long-form) or /story-short-write (short-form).
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT