Book Init

Phase 0: Onboarding

Max 3 questions per round, max 3 rounds.

R1 — Genre (fiction/non-fiction/technical) · Audience (1-2 personas) · Language R2 — Scale (5-15 chapters, word count) · Timeline · Existing materials R3 — Voice (conversational/academic/narrative) · Tone · Special requirements

Source scan if materials confirmed: find vault + alcove search_project_docs/search_vault in parallel.

Outputs:

• PRD.md — genre, language, reader, scale, timeline, source map, success criteria
• STYLE.md — voice/tone, language rules, formatting, prohibited patterns
• drafts/ edits/ publish/ sources/ directories

Gate: PRD.md + STYLE.md exist, source map has 3+ items.

Poetry note: For poetry/poetry-essay genres, STYLE.md line targets per poem should be 20-80 lines (not the default 10-30). Word/character targets in PRD.md should reflect total poem count × average length rather than a flat word count.

Post-Completion

Update the project dashboard status:

node {PLUGIN_ROOT}/velith.mjs scan [project-dir] --plugin-root={PLUGIN_ROOT}

Source: hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins → plugins/epicsagas/Velith/skills/book-init/SKILL.md