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Story Maintenance

Category: Content  ·  Sub-category: storytelling  ·  Last updated:
This skill should be used when the user asks to validate, reindex, repair registries, check links, check continuity, count words, summarize a story project, import an existing manuscript, export a manuscript, run the story CLI, or perform deterministic maintenance on a Story Skills markdown project.

What this skill does

Story Maintenance is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the storytelling sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/story-maintenance/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Story Maintenance Claude Code skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 116,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/story-maintenance
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/story-maintenance/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/story-maintenance/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/story-maintenance/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/story-maintenance/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\story-maintenance\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Telegram

📱 Install from your phone or desktop Telegram

Open @claudskills_bot on Telegram, tap Open Desktop App, and the desktop app installs this skill for you. Or share the bot link with a colleague — they get the same one-tap install. Learn more →

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

Pro

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Story Maintenance Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/story-maintenance/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Story Maintenance skill do?
This skill should be used when the user asks to validate, reindex, repair registries, check links, check continuity, count words, summarize a story project, import an existing manuscript, export a manuscript, run the story CLI, or perform deterministic maintenance on a Story Skills markdown project.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Story Maintenance skill?
Use Story Maintenance when your Claude Code task falls under the Content category — specifically in the storytelling area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Story Maintenance" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/content/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Story Maintenance skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Story Maintenance is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

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Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA
danjdewhurst. (2026). Story Maintenance [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/story-maintenance/
BibTeX
@misc{story-maintenance-2026,
  author    = {danjdewhurst},
  title     = {Story Maintenance [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/story-maintenance/}
}

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