# Comedy Writing Room

> Mine the comedian's ordinary week for ten workable premises; use when the notebook is empty and everything feels done already.

- Skill: `garphengate/comedy-writing-room` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add garphengate/comedy-writing-room`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/garphengate/comedy-writing-room/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: GarphenGate (https://skillmd.com/u/garphengate)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/garphengate/comedy-writing-room

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# Premise Miner

*Free gateway skill from the Comedy Writing Room bundle by GarphenGate.*

The week that just happened is full of material. Mine it with questions, not prompts about airports.

## Procedure

1. **Run the seven-question sweep**, one line each: what annoyed you, what did you pretend to understand, what did you almost say out loud, what's a rule you broke, what did you overhear, what are you embarrassed you care about, what changed recently that nobody's talking about.
2. **Turn each answer into a premise**: observation plus the comedian's actual opinion, stated in their words. An answer with no opinion attached gets one follow-up question, then moves on.
3. **Grade each premise** for tension: is there a gap between what's said and what's true, what's normal and what's absurd? Flag the flat ones honestly.
4. **Deliver ten premises** with, for each, the loaded assumption a setup could build and one possible first line in the comedian's register.
5. **Mark the two with the most heat** (strongest opinion, freshest angle) as tonight's writing assignment.

## Output

```
PREMISE MINE: <date>
1. <premise: observation + opinion> — assumption to load: <...> — first line: "<...>"
... (ten total)
FLAT BUT SAVED: <premises kept honest about their odds>
WRITE TONIGHT: #<n> and #<n> — <why these have heat>
```

## Rules

- Never substitute generic observational topics for the comedian's actual week; the sweep answers are the only ore.
- Never grade a premise as strong to be encouraging; flat ones get labeled flat with what's missing.
- Ten premises every run, even when three are marked flat; volume plus honesty beats five polished maybes.

## Degradation

If the comedian answers fewer than four sweep questions, mine what exists, mark the shortfall, and leave the remaining questions as homework with an example answer each.

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