crucible-outline

crucible-outline is a command for Claude Code from forsonny/The-Crucible-Writing-System-For-Claude. It costs 17 tokens per session (571 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A chapter-outlining workflow that turns completed Crucible planning documents into detailed book and chapter plans.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to map 36 beats to chapters and create master outlines, chapter summaries, scene lists, foreshadowing trackers, and individual chapter outlines.
Why use it?
It connects the overall story design to individual scenes, reducing the risk of missing story beats, setup, or later payoffs.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter.

Part of the The-Crucible-Writing-System-For-Claude plugin — 4 skills, 8 commands, 5 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it to map 36 beats to chapters and create master outlines, chapter summaries, scene lists, foreshadowing trackers, and individual chapter outlines.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/forsonny/the-crucible-writing-system-for-claude/crucible-outline
Install

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/forsonny/The-Crucible-Writing-System-For-Claude

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install The-Crucible-Writing-System-For-Claude, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 4 skills, 8 commands, 5 agents.

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Per session 17 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 571 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00017 $0.00571
Opus 5 $0.00009 $0.00285
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00114
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00057

Measured 13d ago against content hash 7d15582996ab, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

crucible-outline scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 13d ago.

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Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

commands/crucible-outline.md · 71 lines

How it starts

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/crucible-outline

Generate detailed chapter outlines from your Crucible planning documents.

Execution Instructions

IMPORTANT: When this command is invoked, you MUST:

  1. Invoke the crucible-suite:crucible-outliner skill using the Skill tool
  2. The skill will guide you through the complete outlining workflow
  3. Verify planning documents are complete before outlining
  4. Follow the skill's beat-to-chapter mapping process

Usage

  • /crucible-suite:crucible-outline 1 - Outline Book 1
  • /crucible-suite:crucible-outline 2 - Outline Book 2 (for series)
  • /crucible-suite:crucible-outline continue - Resume outlining session

What This Does

  1. Activates the crucible-outliner skill (you must follow its instructions)
  2. Loads your Crucible planning documents
  3. Maps the 36 beats to chapters
  4. Guides you through scene-by-scene outlining
  5. Tracks foreshadowing plants and payoffs
  6. Generates complete outline package:
    • Master outline (full book structure)
    • Chapter summaries (quick reference)
    • Scene breakdown (detailed scene list)
    • Foreshadowing tracker (plant/payoff tracking)
    • Individual chapter outlines

Prerequisites

Requires completed planning documents from /crucible-suite:crucible-plan:

  • Crucible Thesis
  • Strand Maps (Quest, Fire, Constellation)
  • Forge Point Blueprints
  • Dark Mirror Profile
  • Constellation Bible
  • Mercy Ledger
  • World Forge

The 36-Beat Structure

Your outline will follow the Crucible's five movements:

Movement Beats Approx. Chapters
I. Ignition 1-6 1-5
II. First Tempering 7-14 6-10
III. Scattering 15-22 11-16
IV. Brightest Burning 23-28 17-21
V. Final Forging 29-34 22-24
Coda 35-36 25

What Happens Next

After outlining completes, you can:

  • /crucible-suite:crucible-write - Begin drafting prose from your outline
  • Adjust specific chapter outlines
  • Add more scene detail
  • Outline additional books in a series

Read the full file on GitHub · 71 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 13d ago First seen · 71 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 7d15582996ab

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crucible-outline is a command published in the GitHub repository forsonny/The-Crucible-Writing-System-For-Claude (60 stars, last pushed 8mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 17 tokens to every session and 571 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.