Story Skills plugin for Grok Build

Community Claude Code plugin, installs in GrokPluginProductivity

Agent Skills for end-to-end story writing in markdown, packaged as Codex and Claude Code plugins.

How to install Story Skills in Grok Build

1. Add this repo as a plugin marketplace in Grok Build (once per computer):

grok plugin marketplace add danjdewhurst/story-skills

2. Install the plugin:

grok plugin install story-skills@danjdewhurst/story-skills --trust
✓ Install-checked in Grok Buildchecked Oct 18, 2026

Review before you trust it. --trust lets this plugin's hooks, MCP servers and scripts run code on your computer. It's a community repo that neither xAI nor GrokStacks has reviewed, so read its code first.

Then start a new Grok session, or press r in /plugins, to load it.

Inside Grok Build: type /plugins, open the Marketplace tab, press a and add danjdewhurst/story-skills, then select story-skills and press i.

Command format: Grok Build's plugin guide

What we checked: on Oct 18, 2026 it installed with grok 1.0.62 and Grok found 24 skills. That's an install check only: we haven't run it in a live Grok session.

What it contains

Skills (24)

  • adaptation — This skill should be used when the user asks to "make an audiobook", "narration script", "narrator", "ACX", "Findaway", "pronunciation guide", "how long is the audiobook", "adapt to a screenplay", "Fountain", "screenplay", "picture book", "
  • chapter-writing — This skill should be used when the user asks to "write a chapter", "next chapter", "chapter outline", "draft chapter", "continue the story", "write a scene", "outline a chapter", or wants to write prose for a story project. NOT for planning
  • character-management — This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a character", "update a character", "add a character", "build a family tree", "character relationships", "character timeline", "character arc", "character profile", "relationship graph
  • discovery-drafting — This skill should be used when the user asks about "pantsing", "discovery write", "write without an outline", "discovery draft", "write into the dark", "story kernel", "reconcile a chapter", "dead end", "drafting sprint", "writing cadence",
  • editorial-review — This skill should be used when the user asks for a "sensitivity reader", "authenticity reader", "cultural review", "is this portrayal okay", "real people in my novel", "defamation", "can I use song lyrics", "epigraph permission", "permissio
  • feedback-triage — This skill should be used when the user asks to "process beta reader feedback", "alpha reader feedback", "feedback round", "synthesize reader feedback", "reader notes", "beta feedback", "reader readiness check", "review copy", "send the dra
  • genre-craft — This skill should be used when the user asks about "mystery", "fair play", "clue", "red herring", "romance beats", "HEA", "thriller", "ticking clock", "horror", "dread", "MG", "YA", "middle grade", "young adult", "science fiction", "sci-fi"
  • interactive-fiction — This skill should be used when the user asks to "write a branching story", "interactive fiction", "choose your own adventure", "plan the branches", "choice graph", "add a choice", "gamebook", "Twine", "Ink", "draft a branch", "where the bra
  • line-editing — This skill should be used when the user asks to "line edit", "edit my prose", "polish this chapter", "tighten the prose", "improve the sentences", "copyedit", "proofread", "proof pass", "check grammar and punctuation", "dialogue punctuation
  • plot-structure — This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a plot arc", "story structure", "add a plot point", "story timeline", "track foreshadowing", "pacing", "sagging middle", "act structure", "story arc", "plot outline", "snowflake method
  • premise-workshop — This skill should be used when the user asks to "brainstorm a story idea", "I have an idea for a story", "what if", "develop a premise", "is this idea strong enough", "workshop my logline", "premise", "story concept", "what should I write",
  • publishing — This skill should be used when the user asks to "self-publish", "publish my book", "ISBN", "copyright page", "book metadata", "BISAC", "keywords", "KDP", "IngramSpark", "Draft2Digital", "go wide", "Kindle Unlimited", "print interior", "trim
  • reader-panel — This skill should be used when the user asks for a "simulated beta read", "reader panel", "persona read", "first read before my beta readers", "how would a genre reader react", "would a reader keep going", "pre-beta read", "mock beta reader
  • research — This skill should be used when the user asks to "research", "fact-check", "check the history", "is this accurate", "research notes", "sources", "historical accuracy", "technical accuracy", "how would this really work", "verify a detail", "i
  • revision-continuity — This skill should be used when the user asks to "revise a chapter", "continuity check", "find inconsistencies", "audit character state", "check timeline consistency", "developmental edit", "structural revision", "reverse outline", "cut a su
  • scene-craft — This skill should be used when the user asks to "plan a scene", "scene structure", "sequel scene", "dialogue subtext", "deep POV", "psychic distance", "try fail", "scene cards", "exposition", "info dump", "flashback", "time skip", "story op
  • series-continuity — This skill should be used when the user asks to "write a sequel", "write a prequel", "start book two", "continue the series", "companion novel", "spin-off", "link books in a series", "carry characters into the next book", "series continuity
  • story-init — This skill should be used when the user asks to "start a new story", "initialize a story project", "create a story", "new book", "set up a story", or wants to begin a new fiction writing project from scratch. NOT for a sequel or prequel (us
  • story-maintenance — This skill should be used when the user asks to "validate", "reindex", "repair registries", "check links", "run the continuity, pacing, clue, voice, or name checks", "count words", "summarize a story project", "import an existing manuscript
  • submission — This skill should be used when the user asks to "write a query letter", "query", "querying", "pitch", "blurb", "back cover copy", "jacket copy", "comp titles", "comparable titles", "synopsis for agents", "submit to agents", "submission trac
  • theme-craft — This skill should be used when the user asks about "theme", "controlling idea", "thematic argument", "moral argument", "thematic arc", "flat arc", "negative arc", "the lie", "antagonist design", "motif", "symbolism", "theme audit", or wants
  • verse-craft — This skill should be used when the user asks to "write a poem", "write a limerick", "write a sonnet", "haiku", "villanelle", "ballad", "song lyrics", "a song for my character", "a rhyme", "rhyming couplets", "does this scan", "check the met
  • voice-style — This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a style sheet", "style guide", "house style", "keep the voice consistent", "voice drift", "British or American spelling", "character voices", "lint the prose", "prose check", "filter w
  • worldbuilding — This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a location", "add a location", "magic system", "political system", "build the world", "add culture", "world history", "technology system", "religion", "economy", "map", "travel times",

About this listing

Story Skills is a community plugin on GitHub by danjdewhurst, written as a Claude Code plugin that Grok Build installs. We install-checked it in Grok; we haven't run it in a live session or reviewed its code. When we installed it, Grok found 24 skills. Its license is MIT. We checked commit 4b8019d7fa08. It's one of 162 listings in the Productivity category on GrokStacks.

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Story Skills FAQ

How do I install Story Skills in Grok Build?

Add the repo as a marketplace with grok plugin marketplace add danjdewhurst/story-skills, then run grok plugin install story-skills@danjdewhurst/story-skills --trust. Then start a new Grok session, or press r in /plugins, to load it.

Is Story Skills an official Grok Build plugin?

No. Story Skills is a community plugin on GitHub by danjdewhurst, not in xAI's official Grok Build marketplace. We checked that it installs and what Grok loads from it, but haven't run it in a live Grok session or reviewed its code.

What does Story Skills include?

According to what Grok loaded in our install check, Story Skills includes 24 skills: adaptation, chapter-writing, character-management, discovery-drafting, editorial-review, feedback-triage….

Details

Type
Plugin
Category
Productivity
Source
Community Claude Code plugin, installs in Grok
License
MIT
Author
danjdewhurst
Version
0.24.0
Keywords
agent-skills, ai-agents, claude-code-plugin, claude-skills, codex, codex-plugin, continuity, creative-writing, fiction-writing, markdown, novel-writing, plot-structure
Source repo
https://github.com/danjdewhurst/story-skills
Checked commit
4b8019d7fa08
Homepage
https://www.npmjs.com/package/story-skills
Checked by GrokStacks
Install-checked in Grok Build on Oct 18, 2026; not run in a live session

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