@mytechtoday/augment-extensions 1.5.2 → 1.6.1
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- package/AGENTS.md +76 -0
- package/README.md +26 -3
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/ANNOUNCEMENT.md +176 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/CHARACTER-THEME-VALIDATION-REPORT.md +465 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/DRAMA-VALIDATION-REPORT.md +217 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/LANGUAGE-VALIDATION-REPORT.md +195 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/PHASE6-VALIDATION-REPORT.md +359 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/README.md +126 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/examples/annotated-sonnets/sonnet-130.md +225 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/examples/annotated-sonnets/sonnet-18.md +188 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/examples/annotated-sonnets/sonnet-73.md +215 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/examples/exercises/character-worksheet.md +407 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/examples/exercises/iambic-pentameter-practice.md +470 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/examples/exercises/sonnet-writing-exercise.md +360 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/examples/exercises/theme-analysis-template.md +527 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/examples/exercises/verse-analysis-exercise.md +426 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/examples/scene-examples/hamlet-to-be-or-not-to-be.md +316 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/examples/scene-examples/king-lear-storm-scene.md +576 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/examples/scene-examples/macbeth-tomorrow-and-tomorrow.md +448 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/examples/scene-examples/much-ado-benedick-eavesdropping.md +496 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/examples/scene-examples/romeo-juliet-balcony.md +287 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/examples/scene-examples/twelfth-night-malvolio-letter.md +653 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/module.json +72 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/rules/character-themes/character-development.md +608 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/rules/character-themes/thematic-elements.md +471 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/rules/drama/comedy.md +763 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/rules/drama/history-plays.md +507 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/rules/drama/scene-construction.md +870 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/rules/drama/tragedy.md +743 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/rules/language/elizabethan-english.md +400 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/rules/language/rhetoric-wordplay.md +602 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/rules/language/vocabulary-guide.md +662 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/rules/poetry/iambic-pentameter.md +447 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/rules/poetry/narrative-poetry.md +453 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/rules/poetry/sonnets.md +435 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/literature/shakespeare/rules/poetry/verse-forms.md +565 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/README.md +62 -9
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/MIGRATION.md +213 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/README.md +309 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/REFACTORING-SUMMARY.md +99 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/comedy-formats/module.json +33 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/comedy-formats/monty-python/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/comedy-formats/monty-python/rules/monty-python.md +243 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/comedy-formats/saturday-night-live/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/comedy-formats/saturday-night-live/rules/saturday-night-live.md +153 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/README.md +127 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/alfred-hitchcock/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/alfred-hitchcock/rules/alfred-hitchcock.md +168 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/ari-aster/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/ari-aster/rules/ari-aster.md +414 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/brad-bird/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/brad-bird/rules/brad-bird.md +362 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/brian-de-palma/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/brian-de-palma/rules/brian-de-palma.md +445 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/buster-keaton/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/buster-keaton/rules/buster-keaton.md +508 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/christopher-nolan/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/christopher-nolan/rules/christopher-nolan.md +147 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/clint-eastwood/module.json +50 -0
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- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/coen-brothers/module.json +50 -0
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- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/darren-aronofsky/module.json +50 -0
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- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/david-fincher/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/david-fincher/rules/david-fincher.md +203 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/david-lynch/module.json +50 -0
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- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/denis-villeneuve/module.json +50 -0
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- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/francis-ford-coppola/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/francis-ford-coppola/rules/francis-ford-coppola.md +190 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/gary-marshall/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/gary-marshall/rules/gary-marshall.md +181 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/george-a-romero/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/george-a-romero/rules/george-a-romero.md +391 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/george-lucas/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/george-lucas/rules/george-lucas.md +129 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/guillermo-del-toro/module.json +50 -0
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- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/gus-van-sant/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/gus-van-sant/rules/gus-van-sant.md +353 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/james-ivory-ismail-merchant/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/james-ivory-ismail-merchant/rules/james-ivory-ismail-merchant.md +164 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/jim-jarmusch/module.json +50 -0
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- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/john-carpenter/module.json +50 -0
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- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/john-ford/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/john-ford/rules/john-ford.md +429 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/john-huston/module.json +50 -0
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- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/john-landis/module.json +50 -0
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- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/jonathan-demme/module.json +50 -0
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- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/joseph-l-mankiewicz/module.json +50 -0
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- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/kathryn-bigelow/module.json +50 -0
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- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/kelly-reichardt/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/kelly-reichardt/rules/kelly-reichardt.md +365 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/kevin-smith/module.json +50 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/kevin-smith/rules/kevin-smith.md +546 -0
- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/linda-shayne/module.json +50 -0
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- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/martin-scorsese/module.json +50 -0
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- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/mel-brooks/module.json +50 -0
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- package/augment-extensions/writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/michael-curtiz/module.json +50 -0
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"version": "1.0.0",
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"displayName": "Kevin Smith Style Guide",
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"description": "Screenplay style guide for Kevin Smith",
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"type": "writing-standards",
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"category": "screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors",
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"tags": [
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"screenplay",
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"cinematic-style",
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"director",
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"auteur",
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"kevin-smith"
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"dependencies": {
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"writing-standards/screenplay"
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"augment": {
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"characterCount": 5000,
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"priority": "medium",
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"category": "cinematic-styles",
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"appliesTo": {
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"filePatterns": [
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"**/*.fountain",
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"**/*.screenplay",
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"**/screenplay/**/*.md",
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"**/screenplays/**/*"
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"markdown"
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"installation": {
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"required": false,
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"steps": [
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"Link module: augx link writing-standards/screenplay/cinematic-styles/directors/kevin-smith",
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"Configure active style in .augment/screenplay-config.json"
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]
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},
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"contents": {
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"rules": [
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"kevin-smith.md"
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