Stop Staring at a Blank Page. Start With a Shop to Run and a Dungeon to Explore.

The Cozy Fantasy Outline Builder is an interactive AI skill for Claude Desktop that takes you from “I want to write a cozy fantasy” to a complete, publish-ready chapter outline — with progression tracking, cozy scene ratios, found-family arcs, companion creature bios, and party dynamics all mapped chapter by chapter.

No more cozy scenes that feel like filler between adventures. No more protagonists who go from beginner to master overnight. This skill walks you through 14 guided steps, asking you questions along the way so the outline is yours — not a generic template.

Here’s What You’ll Build (Step by Step)

1. Subgenre & Style Selection — Pure cozy fantasy, cozy LitRPG, slice-of-life, or cozy progression? How crunchy is the system? Dungeon crawling or shop-focused? Crafting, farming, cooking, monster taming, or exploring? Companion creature? Romance subplot or found-family only? Novella or novel? The skill asks, you choose.
2. Market Data Check — Upload your K-Lytics cozy fantasy or LitRPG reports for real market intelligence, or use the built-in data on what’s selling right now in cozy fantasy.
3. 5 Unique Story Ideas — Generated from your subgenre picks and market trends. Each includes a named protagonist, a home base readers will want to live in, a companion creature (if chosen), and an adventure hook. You pick your favorite (or mix and match).
4. Hook & Pitch — A polished one-liner capturing the cozy warmth and the growth promise, plus a back-cover-ready pitch.
5. Your Protagonist — A full character bio with starting skill level, specialization, comfort habits, personality, backstory, flaws, growth trajectory, and what mastery looks like by the end of the book. Someone the reader wants to root for from page one.
6. Companion Creature — If you chose one: a full bio with personality, communication style, opinions on the protagonist’s choices, annoying habits, unhelpful abilities, and a relationship arc. Not a generic cat familiar. A character with their own agenda who happens to not be human.
7. The Party — 2-4 party members with roles, friction points, trust levels, and — critically — what each one contributes to cozy scenes (one cooks, one tells stories, one is hilariously bad at relaxing). The found-family starts here.
8. Worldbuilding — Home base (the shop, farm, workshop, or tavern that readers will want to visit), the town, key community locations, magic/progression system, the larger world, and key locations with atmosphere and mood.
9. Quest & Progression — The adventure structure PLUS a detailed progression arc: what the protagonist can’t do at the start, specific failures, specific breakthrough moments, and what they can do by the end — all traceable to the journey. If dungeon crawling: themed dungeon sections with environmental storytelling, party puzzles, and loot that connects to the protagonist’s specialty.
10. Found-Family Arc — A trust timeline mapped across chapters: strangers → acquaintances → developing trust → real friends → found family. With specific milestones: the first shared joke, the first real argument (handled badly), the moment the party goes from “traveling together” to “a team.”
11. Romance Arc — If you chose a romance subplot: a sweet slow-burn mapped across the adventure. First meeting, what draws them together, 3-4 sweet moments woven through the story, and resolution. Always subordinate to the adventure and found-family — this is cozy fantasy, not romantasy.
12. Chapter-by-Chapter Outline — Every chapter includes: scene type tags ([Adventure] [Cozy] [Crafting] [Dungeon] [Party Bond] [Romance] [Progression]), progression beat, party dynamic beat, cozy element, summary, tone, goal, complication, decision, and consequence.
13. Epilogue & Teaser — Choose your ending style. Return to the home base, protagonist demonstrating new competence, companion creature being itself, a warm moment with the party, and a gentle series hook if you want one.
14. Series Potential — See how your standalone could become a series (pairs perfectly with our Series Creator skill).

What Makes This Different

• Cozy scenes carry weight. The outline tracks a Cozy Scene Ratio — at least 30% of chapters are tagged primarily cozy, and each cozy scene has narrative purpose, not filler.
• Interactive, not automated. The skill asks you questions at every decision point using popup-style choices. You’re steering — it’s building.
• Earned progression. The Progression Map tracks skill growth chapter by chapter with explicit failure/success markers. No protagonist goes from Level 1 to master crafter without the reader seeing every stumble along the way.
• Market-informed creativity. Integrates with K-Lytics market data so your genre and trope picks are backed by what cozy fantasy readers are actually buying.
• Copy-paste character bios. Protagonist (15 fields), companion creature (11 fields), party members (10 fields each) — structured and detailed, ready to drop into your writing tool.
• Anti-AI writing guardrails. Built-in rules prevent overused AI names (no Elara, no Willowbrook, no “The Enchanted Pestle”). No [Tree]+[Landscape] place names. And the dreaded “always picks 7” bias is blocked.

Tracking Tables Included

Every finished outline exports with two tracking tables:

• Cozy Scene Ratio — scene types per chapter, verifying 30%+ cozy content across the book
• Progression Map — skill level per chapter with failure/success markers, showing earned growth from beginner to competent

Supports Every Cozy Fantasy Subgenre

• Pure Cozy Fantasy (warm, whimsical, no game systems)
• Cozy LitRPG (soft, medium, or crunchy progression)
• Slice-of-Life Fantasy (daily life in a magical world)
• Cozy Progression Fantasy (mastery journey, warm and low-pressure)
• Shopkeeper / Merchant stories
• Crafter / Alchemist stories
• Farmer / Gardener (magical ingredients)
• Cook / Tavern Runner
• Monster Tamer / Beast Bonded
• Dungeon Delver / Adventurer
• Explorer / Cartographer

What’s in the Download

• cozy-fantasy-outline.skill — The installable skill file for Claude Desktop
• Installation Guide (PDF) — Step-by-step setup instructions with screenshots

Requirements

• Claude Desktop app (free download from claude.ai/download)
• An active Claude Pro, Team, or Enterprise subscription
• K-Lytics cozy fantasy/LitRPG reports (optional but recommended for market data — grab yours here)

Perfect Companion: Series Creator Skill

Love your outline? Turn it into a full series. The Series Creator skill takes any completed outline and builds overarching arcs, per-book premises, party evolution, expanding world, progression schedules across books, and a continuity bible. Cozy fantasy readers are series readers — they come back for the characters, the companion creature, and watching the protagonist grow. Available separately.