What is novel-writing?
novel-writing is a Claude skill by wgwtest that plans and revises fiction with viewpoint, dialogue, and style checks. It is listed under Engineering practice and has 50 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude skill |
|---|---|
| Author | wgwtest |
| Repository | wgwtest/novel-writing |
| Popularity | 50 GitHub stars |
| Category | Engineering practice |
| Security | Low risk (100/100) |
| Rank | #974 of 1,262 Claude skills; #168 in Engineering practice |
| SKILL.md length | 222 lines |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-09-26 |
| Stars this week | +4 |
Is novel-writing safe to install?
novel-writing scores 100/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 9 of 9 checks.
Skill results come from a static scan of its SKILL.md for instruction overrides, hidden actions, risky commands and credential access.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No instruction-override phrases | Pass |
| No hidden actions | Pass |
| No pipe-to-shell installers | Pass |
| No obfuscated code | Pass |
| No destructive commands | Pass |
| Doesn't ask for keys or credentials | Pass |
| No network requests | Pass |
| No shell commands | Pass |
| Installs no packages | Pass |
What the scan matched
- scripts:
scripts/check_manuscript_text.py
How do I install novel-writing?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/wgwtest/novel-writing --skill novel-writing
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/wgwtest/novel-writing cp -r novel-writing/novel-writing ~/.claude/skills/novel-writing
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the novel-writing skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs novel-writing for you:
Install the "novel-writing" skill from https://github.com/wgwtest/novel-writing/tree/main/novel-writing into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.