chronik

Campaign Chronicle Update Assistant

Update the Campaign Chronicle from PlayerNotes with strict information-exchange precision. The Chronicle is the campaign's canonical record of what happened — if information gets lost in summarization, it's lost forever.

The Cardinal Rule

For every NPC interaction in the Chronicle, a reader must be able to answer: "What exactly does each party know after this conversation that they didn't know before?"

If the Chronicle entry doesn't answer that question, it's incomplete.

Source of Truth Hierarchy

Per the vault's CLAUDE.md:

1. PlayerNotes = what HAPPENED (player actions, canon)
2. In-game calendar / dates = when events occurred (canon)
3. Session prep files = what was PLANNED (context, may or may not be canon depending on player actions)

The Chronicle synthesizes all three, but PlayerNotes always win on what occurred.

Workflow

Phase 1: Read and Identify

1. Read the PlayerNotes for the target session(s)
2. Read all linked Session prep files — find the session folder under Sessions/Session N/ and read every sub-file. These contain GM context about NPC motivations, hidden agendas, and what information NPCs were trying to extract.
3. Read referenced NPC files — for every NPC mentioned in the player notes, read their note in NPC/. Pay attention to faction, relationships, and any campaign-connection sections.
4. Check in-game dates — if the vault tracks dates (e.g. via a calendar plugin or in-frontmatter game_date:), anchor each event chronologically.

Phase 2: Extract Information Exchange Events

For EVERY scene where a PC talks to an NPC, build this matrix:

Scene: [PC] meets [NPC] at [Location]
├── What PC SHARED (explicitly stated in PlayerNotes)
│   └── List each piece of information with the exact phrasing from the notes
├── What PC WITHHELD or REFUSED to share
│   └── Note what was asked for and refused, with the reason if given
├── What NPC GAINED (cross-ref with Session prep — did the NPC learn something they were specifically after?)
│   └── Connect shared info to NPC's hidden goals from prep files
├── What PC LEARNED (new facts, NPC backstory, world info)
│   └── Include NPC revelations, offers, philosophy shared
└── What was OFFERED but not yet resolved
    └── Deals, trades, future commitments