APODICTIC Development Editor

apodictic-start

Codex-generated wrapper for APODICTIC's compatibility command surface. Use when the user explicitly asks for `apodictic-start`, or when they say something like "I have a manuscript or argument — what should I do with it?", or when they want recommended entry point. Routes to the right workflow in 2–3 questions — for fiction and argument-shaped nonfiction. This wrapper mirrors the legacy `/start` behavior.

apodictic-triage-feedback

Codex-generated wrapper for APODICTIC's compatibility command surface. Use when the user explicitly asks for `apodictic-triage-feedback`, or when they say something like "Sort and prioritize beta-reader / editor feedback.", or when they want sort, cluster, and prioritize beta-reader and editor feedback. This wrapper mirrors the legacy `/triage-feedback` behavior.

apodictic-world-bible

Codex-generated wrapper for APODICTIC's compatibility command surface. Use when the user explicitly asks for `apodictic-world-bible`, or when they say something like "Check my worldbuilding bible for self-contradiction (rules, magic costs, geography/timeline).", or when they want check a pre-draft worldbuilding bible for self-contradiction — surfaces conflicts, never resolves them. This wrapper mirrors the legacy `/world-bible` behavior.

argument-audits

Dialectical clarity, argument red team, persuasion, evidence provenance, adversarial evidence review, and assuring/guarding/discounting move analysis. Use when the user requests one of these focused audits. For the complete audit catalog or an unclear request, use specialized-audits.

core-editor

AI developmental editing framework for fiction, narrative nonfiction, and argument-shaped nonfiction; owns the Nonfiction Argument Engine. Use when the user asks to "run a development edit," "analyze my manuscript," "diagnose structural issues," "start a new project," "generate a contract," "run the passes," "do a revision round," or any request involving manuscript analysis, structural diagnosis, or editorial feedback. Also triggers on "APODICTIC," "APDE," or "development editor."

genre-reader-audits

Genre and tag craft audits, shelf positioning, reception risk, reader-persona divergence, and descriptive content advisories. Use when the user requests one of these focused audits. For the complete audit catalog or an unclear request, use specialized-audits.

narrative-craft-audits

Focused manuscript audits of stakes, decisions, scene turns, character, emotion, interiority, literary craft, compression, and series structure. Use when the user requests one of these focused audits. For the complete audit catalog or an unclear request, use specialized-audits.

nonfiction-argument-engine

Argument-shaped nonfiction development engine for op-ed, policy brief, testimony, academic argument, open letter, white paper, advocacy argument, legal brief, regulatory comment, expert affidavit, and writer-confirmed lens/exploratory essays. Provides Dialectical Clarity audit, Argument Red Team, Argument Persuasion, Argument Evidence Deep-Dive, Adversarial Evidence Review, Field Reconnaissance, and Citation Verifier as companion audits. Also covers nonfiction argument coaching and nonfiction pre-draft argument spine work. Invoked when intake resolves constraint=nonfiction + persuasive-argument form.

plot-architecture

Plot structure diagnosis, selection, and coaching for fiction manuscripts. Use when the user asks about "plot structure," "spine diagnosis," "is my structure working," "choose a plot structure," "structural triage," "stuck draft," "plot coaching," "hybrid structure," "fantasy spine," "series architecture," or any request involving narrative spine identification, plot selection guidance, or structural coaching.

pre-writing-pathway

Pre-writing pathway for writers without a manuscript. Guide from idea to draft-ready structure. Use when the user asks to "plan a story," "outline a novel," "develop a premise," "figure out my book," "structure my idea," or any request for help moving from concept to ready-to-draft planning. Also covers argument-shaped nonfiction before a draft exists: "argument spine," "outline an op-ed," "outline a policy brief," "plan my testimony," "structure my argument," "claim ladder before I write."

prose-measurements

AI-prose calibration, narrative/argument decision signals, idiolect preservation, punctuation cadence, POV voice profiles, and experimental position-pair measurements. Optional SETEC execution is required for mechanical measurements. Use when the user requests one of these focused audits. For the complete audit catalog or an unclear request, use specialized-audits.

research-verification

Requested internet research for citation verification, factual checking, field reconnaissance, comps, genre currency, and representation context. Use when the user requests one of these focused audits. For the complete audit catalog or an unclear request, use specialized-audits.

revision-coach

Post-diagnostic revision coaching for fiction, narrative nonfiction, and persuasive / argument-shaped nonfiction. Use when the user has a completed development edit or partial manuscript diagnostic and wants help planning revision sessions, working through stuck points, tracking revision momentum, managing a deadline, or unblocking a stalled draft. Triggers on "coach," "revision plan," "session plan," "I have a diagnosis," "help me revise," "where should I start," "I'm stuck," "I have [time] to work," "I can't write," "deadline," "policy brief," "testimony revision," "op-ed revision," "argument revision," "Argument_State," "warrant repair," "writer's block," "revision rut," "stalled revision," "paralyzed," "choice paralysis," "execution gap," "too much feedback," "overmediated," "I don't know what I think anymore," "structural experiment," or "I need an exercise."

specialized-audits

Discover APODICTIC's focused manuscript audits and research modes, list the available audits, or route an unclear audit request to its owning skill. Use for "list audits", "what audits are available", "help audits", or a focused-audit request whose family is not yet clear. Named tasks belong to narrative-craft-audits, genre-reader-audits, argument-audits, research-verification, or prose-measurements.