novel-continuity-auditor

Continuity audit

Overview

Focus on finding problems; do not rewrite the main text by default. Compress judgments into structured audit results that are sortable, evidence-traceable, and fixable.

Accept This Input

Prioritize compatibility with novel-orchestrator-main of TaskEnvelope。

Minimum required:

• task_type
  • Recommended to use continuity-audit、character-consistency-audit、timeline-audit
• objective
• scope
  • Clearly identify the object to be reviewed
• context_bundle
  • At minimum include the text or outline to be reviewed, current state, relevant chapter summaries, key settings, and character states
• constraints
  • Explain the audit focus and dimensions allowed to be ignored
• expected_outputs
  • Require findings, severity, evidence, and fix suggestions

Audit by Dimension

Check these dimensions by default:

• World rules
• Timeline and spatial continuity
• Character motivation and growth stage
• Knowledge boundaries
• Continuation of open loops
• Foreshadowing use and recovery window
• Theme and style drift

If the input is insufficient to judge a certain dimension, clearly mark it as blocked or low confidence; do not pretend to be certain.

Work in This Order

1. List the object to be reviewed and the evidence scope
2. Compare relevant state / summary / canon dimension by dimension
3. Give severity, confidence, and evidence for each issue
4. Propose minimal repair suggestions
5. If the issue comes from an upstream planning gap, clearly point out which skill it should fall back to

Return Structured Output

Return at least:

• status
• artifacts
  • Usually audit_report
• diagnostics
  • Each finding should carry analysis_dimension、severity、confidence、evidence_refs
• recommendations
  • Suggest rewriting the main text, falling back to planning, updating state files, or only making minor patches
• proposed_writebacks
  • Usually empty, or only suggest updating audit records

If no issues are found, explicitly return empty findings, and explain where the residual risk comes from.

Refuse Scope Creep

Do not rewrite the entire chapter when not asked. Do not disguise audit opinions as canon. Do not skip evidence and directly say "it feels wrong".

Shared References

• references/novel-system/contracts.md
• references/novel-system/references/continuity-check.md
• references/novel-system/references/context-hygiene.md