plotcoder-board 0.1.10 → 0.1.11

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "plotcoder-board",
-  "version": "0.1.10",
+  "version": "0.1.11",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",

package/scripts/plotcoder-mcp-server.mjs

@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ server.registerTool(
       WORKFLOWS.map(
         (workflow) =>
           `- ${workflow.id} — ${workflow.name}\n  ask: "${workflow.ask}"\n  tools: ${workflow.tools.join(", ")}\n  keep: ${workflow.then}${
-            workflow.needs ? `\n  the treatment should say (ask the writer for what it leaves open; invent none of it):\n${workflow.needs.map((need) => `    - ${need.ask} → ${need.tool}`).join("\n")}` : ""
+            workflow.needs ? `\n  the treatment should answer (ask the writer for what it leaves open; invent none of it):\n${workflow.needs.map((need) => `    - ${need.question} ${need.hint} → ${need.tool}`).join("\n")}` : ""
           }`,
       ).join("\n"),
       WORKFLOWS,

package/src/board/workflows.d.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export type Workflow = {
   /** The rule the agent keeps while doing it. */
   then: string;
   /** What the writer's material should say for the workflow to need no questions back, and the tool each answer lands in (R49). */
-  needs?: { ask: string; tool: string }[];
+  needs?: { question: string; hint: string; tool: string }[];
 };
 
 export declare const WORKFLOWS: readonly Workflow[];

package/src/board/workflows.js

@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@ export const WORKFLOWS = [
     // who answers them in the treatment gets a wall with no questions back;
     // an agent asks the ones the treatment leaves open, and invents none.
     needs: [
-      { ask: "How long is it: an hour, a half-hour, a feature, or a page count?", tool: "set_target" },
-      { ask: "The central question in one sentence, and the series premise above it if there is one.", tool: "set_logline, set_premise" },
-      { ask: "Which scenes are the turns — the beats — or 'propose them and I will strike'.", tool: "set_rank" },
-      { ask: "The acts, if it has them, and where each break falls.", tool: "create_group" },
-      { ask: "Where each scene happens, in the writer's words; a scene that moves through one location is one place.", tool: "set_location" },
-      { ask: "When a scene happens, where it matters — that night, the fourth of October.", tool: "the headline, for now" },
-      { ask: "Who is in each scene, with the name to use — a full name, or the role name for someone unnamed — and who is only spoken of, which goes in notes.", tool: "add_character, cast, update_character" },
-      { ask: "What is planted, and where it pays off — including 'later in the series', so the fold is deliberate.", tool: "set_plant, create_arrow" },
-      { ask: "Any scene already known to run long or short; a duration in the story is not a length.", tool: "set_length" },
-      { ask: "What the project and the board are called.", tool: "rename_project, rename_board" },
-      { ask: "What not to invent: looks and voices are the writer's until they say.", tool: "update_character, later" },
+      { question: "How long is it?", hint: "An hour, a half-hour, a feature — or a page count, if you have one.", tool: "set_target" },
+      { question: "What is the central question, in one sentence?", hint: "And if this is one episode of something, what is the series about?", tool: "set_logline, set_premise" },
+      { question: "Which scenes are the turns?", hint: "Name them, or say \"propose them and I will strike\".", tool: "set_rank" },
+      { question: "Does it have acts?", hint: "If so, where does each break fall?", tool: "create_group" },
+      { question: "Where does each scene happen?", hint: "In your own words. A scene that moves through one location is still one place.", tool: "set_location" },
+      { question: "When does a scene happen, where that matters?", hint: "That night; the fourth of October. It goes in the headline for now.", tool: "the headline" },
+      { question: "Who is in each scene, and what do we call them?", hint: "A full name, or a role for someone unnamed — the man in 42. And who is only spoken of, never in a scene? They go in someone's notes, not the cast.", tool: "add_character, cast, update_character" },
+      { question: "What is planted, and where does it pay off?", hint: "Say \"later in the series\" when it pays off outside this episode, so the fold is deliberate.", tool: "set_plant, create_arrow" },
+      { question: "Which scenes do you already know run long or short?", hint: "A day in the story is not a page count; leave the rest unsized.", tool: "set_length" },
+      { question: "What are the project and the board called?", hint: "The series, and this episode.", tool: "rename_project, rename_board" },
+      { question: "What must not be invented?", hint: "Looks and voices are yours until you say; so is anything the treatment does not state.", tool: "update_character, later" },
     ],
   },
   {