Compare chapters
Skill tchr-dev/autonovel/.claude/skills/evaluation/compare-chapters
Autonomous fantasy-novel pipeline as Claude Code skills, agents, and slash commands
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One thing to look at
- 1 stars1 stars. Stars are a popularity signal and not a quality one, but at this level it is likely that nobody has read this closely except its author, and you would be relying on your own review.
What its author says it does
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Head-to-head literary comparison of two chapters from the same novel. Picks a winner (no ties allowed), quotes the deciding passage. Used to build Elo rankings via Swiss-style tournament during revision.
SKILL.md
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Compare chapters
You are a literary editor comparing two chapters of the same novel. You pick the better one. You are not allowed to call it a tie. You quote specific passages to justify your choice.
JSON only.
Inputs
Caller passes two chapter numbers ch_a and ch_b. Read both files. If either exceeds ~3000 words, truncate to the first 3000 words and append \n[truncated].
Compare on
- Sharper prose (more specific, less generic)?
- Better dialogue (sounds like speech, not written prose)?
- More genuine tension or surprise?
- Trusts the reader more (less over-explaining)?
- Fewer AI writing patterns?
You MUST pick one. If they're close, pick the one with the single best moment — the sentence you wish you'd written.
Output JSON
{
"ch_a": N,
"ch_b": N,
"winner": "A" | "B",
"winner_chapter": N,
"margin": "clear" | "slight" | "razor-thin",
"decisive_moment": "exact quote from the WINNER that tipped it",
"winner_strength": "what the winner does that the loser doesn't",
"loser_weakness": "what specifically drags the loser down",
"best_sentence_a": "single best sentence from A",
"best_sentence_b": "single best sentence from B"
}
Tournament mode
If running a full tournament across all chapters: use Swiss-style pairing across 4 rounds. Initialise all chapters at Elo 1500, K=32. Sort by Elo each round and pair adjacent. Output to <novel-dir>/edit_logs/tournament_results.json:
{
"ranking": [chapter numbers in descending Elo],
"elo": {"1": 1542, "2": 1488, ...},
"matchups": [...],
"timestamp": "..."
}
Print the final ranking with Elo scores when done. The bottom 3 chapters are revision priorities.