Story Bible (Creative Intent)

Architectural Lineage (Credits):
SwarmCraft is an architectural fork and deep rewrite of the multi-agent swarm engine created by Mojomast in mojomast/swarmussy.
SwarmCraft’s deterministic “Architect-style” layering is also derived from the meta-structure of Abstract Wiki Architect (AWA).
Full details: Credits & Lineage

POWERED BY GROK

The Story Bible is SwarmCraft’s home for creative intent: the canonical narrative plan, constraints, and reference material that guide drafting and revision.

It is designed to be:

explicit (no hidden “chat history” requirements)
versionable (text/JSON files under source control)
sliceable (only the relevant subset is injected into prompts)
human-editable (writers can edit directly or through UI)

The Story Bible is distinct from:

Matrix (runtime progress state): Central Matrix
RAG memory (retrieved continuity evidence): RAG Memory System

1) Location and Project Isolation

Recommended per-project location:

projects/<project_id>/data/story_bible/

Single-project setups MAY use:

data/story_bible/

The Story Bible is project-scoped. Each project has its own Bible and must not share it implicitly.

See: Multi-Project Management

2) What Lives in the Story Bible

SwarmCraft treats the Story Bible as the canonical source for:

2.1 Canonical references

Characters (bios, arcs, secrets, voice constraints)
Locations (maps, rules, sensory signatures)
Lore (history, factions, magic/tech rules)
Style rules (tone, POV, reading level, taboo list)
Constraints (hard rules the Editor enforces)

These may be stored in Markdown or JSON, depending on preference and tooling.

2.2 The Story Scaffold (New)

The scaffold is part of the Story Bible because it is creative intent, not runtime state:

Templates: templates/<template_id>.json
Defines threads (Plot, Character Development, etc.), cadence expectations, and default parts/chapter.
Outline: outline.json
Defines chapters → parts mapping, per-part thread beats, and per-part “contract”.

Scaffold entry point:

Story Scaffold

3) Recommended Folder Layout

Example:

projects/<project_id>/data/story_bible/
├── README.md
├── outline.json
├── templates/
│   ├── children.picturebook.json
│   ├── novel.default.json
│   └── screenplay.default.json
├── characters/
│   ├── king_klown.md
│   └── ...
├── locations/
│   ├── cosmic_council_hall.md
│   └── ...
├── lore/
│   ├── world_rules.md
│   └── ...
├── constraints/
│   ├── hard_rules.md
│   └── style_guide.md
└── glossaries/
    └── terms.md