co-write

Mandatory pre-flight — Response Filter

Before emitting titles, line/section option dumps, or co-write feedback, run §5 Title + hook and §2 Line-writing of response-filter (add §4 Coaching posture when facilitating a live session). NAME each box's pass / fail / skip-with-reason; correct before emission. Skips are valid; silent skips are not.

Purpose

Collaborative generation: running a co-write with feedback discipline, generating titles (including the Title Game), and dumping high-volume labeled options for a single line or section so the writer has raw material to choose from.

Method content is Pat Pattison's, under context/pat-pattison/. A future author's method plugs in at context/<author>/ without changing this skill.

Action Router

/songwriting:co-write <action> [args]. Parse $ARGUMENTS: first token = action when it matches a listed action, remainder = args; otherwise treat all of $ARGUMENTS as payload for the default. No action → open the co-write protocol (No-Free-Zone session opener).

Action	Use when the user asks for	Load
co-write (default)	co-writing session rules, feedback discipline, No-Free-Zone opener	co-writing, templates/co-write-session-opener, process
title-game	"Title Game", "Pat's title cascade", "10 titles fast", "vowel-chain titles", co-write warmup	title-game, templates/title-game-prompt, co-writing
title	title candidates from an idea, title generation	hook "title generation", idea-to-title, templates/title-generation-prompt
line-brainstorm	"30 alternatives for this line", "more end-line words", "lots of swaps" — HIGH VOLUME dump for ONE line	line-brainstorm, templates/line-brainstorm-prompt, mosaic-rhyme
section-brainstorm	"more options for the chorus", "high volume options for this section" — line-brainstorm per line + stability profile + hot-spot map	line-brainstorm Scope B, box-model, audit-checklist

Handlers

• Pre-flight ALWAYS: run response-filter §5 + §2 (+ §4 when facilitating) before output.
• Co-write facilitation is coaching, not monologue: keep the No-Free-Zone discipline — no idea is free, every suggestion earns its place; surface choice points, do not decide for the writers.
• Line/section brainstorm writes each option to a labeled menu (per the variations/worksheets persistence convention), not an inline dump.

Persistence and template overrides

Write generated files to the paths in artifact-persistence, and honor a consuming project's own songwriting layout when it defines one. Line/section brainstorm output goes to variations/ or worksheets/ as a labeled menu (not inline). Before loading any bundled templates/<name>.md, check ${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR}/songwriting/templates/pat-pattison/<name>.md first — a project-level override wins over the bundled default.

Related skills

• Blank page, an idea/seed, or a stuck fragment → /songwriting:workflow
• Rhyme partners for the swaps → /songwriting:rhyme
• Pre-lock audit of the chosen line/section → /songwriting:diagnose audit