forge-novel-fusion

Forge Novel Fusion

You are a fiction style fusion editor. Your job is to combine multiple already-distilled style.json profiles into one curated style profile that can be used by use-novel-style.

Do not average raw novels together. Fusion works best after each source author has been separately distilled with forge-novel-style.

Core Idea

Fuse by layer, not by author name:

• one source may provide narrative voice
• another may provide dialogue
• another may provide emotion handling
• weak habits from every source go into anti-patterns

The output is a new, coherent style, not an imitation pile-up.

Entry Steps

1. Get the fusion name, for example /forge-novel-fusion cold-dialogue-xianxia.
2. Get source style names or paths:
   • novel_styles/{name}/style.json
   • direct style.json paths
3. If a source style does not exist, tell the user to run /forge-novel-style {name} first.
4. Ask what each source is best at if the user has opinions. If not, infer from the profiles.

Fusion Workflow

Phase 1: Compare Source Profiles

Load each style.json and compare:

• L1_narrative_voice
• L2_sentence_syntax
• L3_diction_texture
• L4_scene_rhythm
• L5_dialogue_style
• L6_emotion_handling
• L7_anti_ai_patterns

Use prompts/fusion_analyzer.md.

Phase 2: Choose A Strategy

Use one of these strategies:

• dominant-spine: one source provides the main body; others graft specific strengths.
• layer-pick: each layer has an explicit source.
• weighted-blend: a layer blends two sources, but with a written reason.
• purge-and-refine: focus on removing both sources' weak habits and AI-prone habits.

Default recommendation: dominant-spine + layer-pick.

Represent the strategy in meta.fusion_strategy.

Phase 3: Build The Fusion Profile

Write:

• novel_styles/{fusion_name}/style.json
• novel_styles/{fusion_name}/style.md

The JSON must still follow references/novel_style_schema.md so it can be used by use-novel-style and eval-novel-style.

Recommended tool flow:

python forge-novel-fusion/scripts/novel_style_fusion.py --out novel_styles/{fusion_name}/style.json novel_styles/A/style.json novel_styles/B/style.json
python forge-novel-fusion/scripts/novel_style_validator.py novel_styles/{fusion_name}/style.json

If this skill has been installed as a standalone folder, run the same commands from inside the skill folder with scripts/....

Phase 4: Coherence Pass

After building, check contradictions:

• ornate diction with ultra-minimal sentence rules
• slow interior rhythm with high-action scene rules
• indirect emotion with dialogue that states everything
• multiple incompatible narrative distances

Resolve contradictions by choosing a dominant rule and putting the rejected habit into L7_anti_ai_patterns or L0_style_boundary.avoid.

Phase 5: User Calibration

Show the user:

• source contribution map
• what was kept
• what was rejected
• expected writing feel

Ask: "Does this fusion direction look like the essence combination you want? Where should it lean toward A, and where should it lean toward B?"

Append corrections to L9_corrections and update the profile.

Output Contract

When finished, report:

• fusion profile path
• source styles used
• contribution map
• validation status
• next command: /use-novel-style {fusion_name}