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+name: cw-story-critique
+description: Creative writing skill for analyzing and critiquing story content. Use when the user requests feedback, critique, or analysis of their writing. Provides balanced feedback calibrated to intended audience.
+---
+
+# Story Critique
+
+Analyze story content and provide constructive feedback.
+
+## Process
+
+### 1. Understand Context First
+
+Always ask about audience and goals before critiquing:
+
+```
+Before I critique this, help me understand:
+
+1. Target audience? (YA, adult, genre, platform)
+2. What feedback are you looking for? (big picture, line-level, both, harsh-only)
+3. Draft stage? (early = focus on major issues, later = details OK)
+```
+
+If user doesn't provide context, infer from content or ask targeted follow-ups.
+
+### 2. Adapt Structure to Story Needs
+
+**Don't force rigid templates.** Each story needs different things:
+- Sometimes extensive character analysis, minimal plot discussion
+- Sometimes pacing is the main issue and everything else works  
+- Sometimes prose quality overshadows other concerns
+
+**Common areas to consider** (not mandatory):
+- Plot & structure (causation, stakes, logic)
+- Character (motivation, consistency, agency)
+- Pacing & flow
+- Dialogue
+- Prose quality
+- Genre/audience fit
+
+See `references/critique-areas.md` for detailed breakdowns - this is a reference, not a checklist.
+
+### 3. Trust Your Analysis
+
+**Notice what matters, not just what's listed.** If something affects the story but isn't in any reference guide, say it:
+- Unusual structural choices
+- Tonal issues
+- Thematic confusion
+- Unique voice elements
+- Anything else relevant
+
+### 4. Use Web Search When Helpful
+
+Search when you'd benefit from:
+- Genre convention verification
+- Narrative technique terminology
+- How similar stories handled challenges
+- Fact checking
+- Craft advice on specific techniques
+
+### 5. Calibrate to Context
+
+- Early draft → big picture issues
+- Later draft → line-level details OK
+- Genre matters (thriller vs literary, fanfic vs traditional)
+- Platform matters (web serial needs hooks, traditional needs opening, fanfic needs canon adherence)
+
+## Output Modes
+
+**Balanced** (default): Strengths + areas for improvement + priorities
+
+**Harsh** (if requested): Focus on problems, minimize or skip strengths section
+
+**Flexible**: Whatever structure serves this story best
+
+## Skills are Composable
+
+Feel free to combine with other skills when helpful - e.g., using cw-official-docs to check canon accuracy during critique.