How to use Prose Critique in your AI agent

What you'll get

Prose Critique helps writers improve their fiction drafts by identifying what doesn't work rather than confirming what does. It analyzes your writing across structure, character development, voice consistency, prose quality, and continuity — providing specific, actionable feedback tied to real reader experience. Whether you're working on an early draft or final polish, it adapts its focus to your stage and gives you the hard feedback you need to make your story stronger.

Step 1 — Get the skill source URL

The Prose Critique skill lives at:

Step 2 — Add it to your AI agent

Copy one of these prompts and paste it into your AI tool. The agent will fetch and install the skill for you.

Add the agent skill from https://github.com/haowjy/creative-writing-skills/tree/main/skills/prose-critique to my project.

Install this agent skill: https://github.com/haowjy/creative-writing-skills/tree/main/skills/prose-critique

Add this skill to .codex/skills/: https://github.com/haowjy/creative-writing-skills/tree/main/skills/prose-critique

Add the skill at https://github.com/haowjy/creative-writing-skills/tree/main/skills/prose-critique to my .gemini/skills/ directory.

Install this agent skill from https://github.com/haowjy/creative-writing-skills/tree/main/skills/prose-critique

Add this skill: https://github.com/haowjy/creative-writing-skills/tree/main/skills/prose-critique

Step 3 — Try these prompts

Once the skill is installed, ask your AI things like:

• You've finished a draft and need honest feedback on what's not working
• Revising a novel or short story and want to focus on specific dimensions like character or pacing
• Know which structural issues to fix before polishing prose
• You want adversarial reading that challenges your assumptions rather than validates them

What this skill does

• Analyzes fiction drafts for plot logic, pacing issues, scene necessity, and stakes
• Evaluates character motivation, arc progression, and relationship dynamics for consistency
• Reviews voice quality, dialogue authenticity, POV discipline, and subtext
• Identifies line-level prose problems like rhythm, clarity, repetition, and show-vs-tell balance
• Checks continuity across facts, timeline, geography, and character states