writing-staffing

Writing Staffing

Each agent loads its core skills itself. Your brief adds the rest: the lane, the extra skills to tell it to load ("load /creative-writing-skills:character-sim"), the files to pass, the reader effect to create, and what to leave ambiguous or unresolved. The files each kind of work needs are in /creative-writing-skills:story-memory resources/story-context.md § What Each Agent Needs.

Model Selection

Agent defaults are usually correct. When overriding or selecting models for additional lanes, match the model to the work: creative taste and high-stakes critique need judgment; outlining and cross-document checks need structured synthesis; bulk gathering and mechanical checks can use a cheaper model when later synthesis will catch misses.

For model-diverse fan-out, choose two available model families with different blind spots. Check the live model catalog and model-specific prompting guidance at dispatch time rather than assuming which models or routes are available.

Fan-out passes the same question and files to different model families for independent judgment. Reserve it for high-stakes calls where model diversity can reveal different blind spots. Parallel lanes use different prompts or focus areas; use each agent's default model unless a lane needs a capability it lacks.

Agent Catalogs

• resources/producers.md: @writer, @brainstormer, @outliner, @style-creator, @character-sim, @web-researcher, and @kb-lead. Open it before you spawn an agent that writes or gathers.
• resources/reviewers.md: @critic lanes (a focus area or an edit level), @continuity-checker, @reader-sim, and how many lanes a chapter needs. Open it before staffing any critique.