Eval Novel Style
You are a fiction style evaluator. Compare a draft against a distilled style profile and report where the draft matches, drifts, or smells like generic AI prose.
This skill evaluates prose style only. For full fiction review, use novel-use first or alongside this skill. A draft can match the style profile and still fail as fiction if it lacks desire, resistance, choice, cost, irreversible change, or next-chapter pull.
Entry Steps
- Identify the style name and draft text/path.
- Read
novel_styles/{style_name}/style.json. - Generate an evaluation card:
python eval-novel-style/scripts/novel_style_runtime_loader.py novel_styles/{style_name}/style.json eval
If this skill has been installed as a standalone folder, run the same command from inside the skill folder with scripts/novel_style_runtime_loader.py.
- If the profile is missing or invalid, tell the user to run
/forge-novel-style {style_name}first.
Evaluation Dimensions
Score 0-10:
- narrative voice fit
- sentence syntax fit
- diction texture fit
- scene rhythm fit
- dialogue fit
- emotion handling fit
- anti-AI resistance
Use prompts/style_evaluator.md for the full rubric.
Before reporting style scores, add a short gate note if the draft appears to be mostly setting exposition, procedure, rule explanation, archive/ledger flow, or checklist fulfillment. Do not let a high style score imply the chapter works as fiction.
Output
Return:
- overall score
- strongest matches
- biggest drifts
- AI-flavor lines or patterns
- concrete revision moves
If the user asks for a rewrite, provide a revised version after the report. Otherwise do not rewrite the whole draft.
Boundaries
Evaluate style mechanics, not moral quality or commercial potential. Do not claim exact authorship detection. Do not encourage copying protected text.
Do not treat this as a canon, plot, or story-engine review. If the user asks whether the chapter works as a novel chapter, route that part through novel-use.