Return host desktop agent workflow instructions for a local platform and write mode.

Explain whether a local MCP tool is visible under read-only/writer mode and core/writing/full profile.

Build a read-only next-step decision report for a local desktop agent from project state, MCP config, desktop evidence, and author review queue.

Build a read-only local desktop-agent diagnostics report from project state, MCP config, desktop evidence, and optional pack health.

Build a copy-ready read-only startup prompt for a local desktop agent starting or taking over a target chapter.

Build a read-only queue of proposals, conflicts, writer-mode authorization, and chapter-range acceptance items that need author review before durable state changes.

List local desktop agent activity and handoff records.

Check whether target-visible desktop agent activity is specific enough for handoff. Read-only.

Summarize whether a .novel-agent project is ready for desktop-agent writing.

List recorded host agent capability declarations.

List active or all structured continuity facts, optionally filtered by chapter and kind.

Build chapter-safe context for the target chapter before writing or revising.

Build only the compact read-first chapter context brief for small-context desktop agents.

Build a read-only startup packet for a desktop agent before drafting or revising a target chapter.

Read-only preflight before writer tools mutate .novel-agent state. Checks project_id, project-state sha256, and optional target chapter context hash from prepare_chapter_session.

Check a chapter file against visible rules, future boundaries, character state, structured facts, timeline order, location, relationship, life state, and continuity obligations; returns issues plus a revision_plan.

Compare a chapter file with visible required beats, acceptance checks, forbidden moves, and future markers.

Build a read-only author-facing chapter acceptance readiness report from continuity checks and contract diff, including a revision_plan ordered for desktop agents.

Build a read-only copyable revision prompt from chapter readiness, revision_plan, and fact_context for a local desktop agent.

Compare before and after draft readiness for a read-only revision report with resolved, new, and remaining issues.

Build a read-only author delivery packet that combines draft metadata, chapter readiness, handoff report, gates, and post-acceptance commands.

Build a read-only post-acceptance write plan for one draft chapter, including pre-write review, author-confirmation gates, write-session guard guidance, and ordered writer commands.

Build an empty post-write proposal template with chapter context and evidence requirements.

Return the JSON Schema for post-write proposal updates.

Validate a post-write update proposal for evidence and conflicts before applying it.

Preview which facts, characters, debts, and handoff fields a proposal would change.

Build a read-only author review packet for a saved or inline post-write proposal.

Build a read-only readiness gate for a saved or inline post-write proposal before durable apply.

List visible unresolved plot debts, chapter contracts, conflicts, and the latest handoff.

Build a handoff report and next-agent brief, including required workflow, startup commands, write boundaries, and pending continuity work.

Check kit installation and optional project .novel-agent state health.