version: "1.0.0" name: authors-build-place description: Build a place entry for the project bible via an interactive interview. Usage - /authors-build-place <name> [--author <author-name>]. Seven questions covering type, sensory signature, one odd detail, meaning to characters, how it changes, contradiction, connections. Optional --author lens (mcphee for architectural history, didion for cultural specificity). Use when you're adding a new location to a long-form project and want author personas to read its bible entry before editing passages set there.

/authors-build-place <name> [--author <author>]

Build a structured place entry in the project bible.

When to use

• A new location has entered your novel and you want other author personas to know about it.
• You're pre-planning a novel and sketching out key settings.
• A location has been drifting (sensory details shifting across chapters) and you want to nail it down.

Not for: writing scene prose set in this place (use /authors-channel <author> or /authors-draft); editing an existing passage (use /authors-edit).

Instructions for Claude

1. Parse arguments: place name (required) + optional --author <name> flag. Valid lenses in v0.5: mcphee, didion. Others fall back to default.

1. Verify `.great-authors/` exists. If not, tell the user to run /authors-project-init and stop.

1. Check for existing place file at .great-authors/places/<name>.md. If exists, ask about overwrite (default no).

1. Dispatch place-builder via Agent tool:

• subagent_type: place-builder
• Prompt includes: Mode: interactive, Place name: <name>, Author lens: <author>, Working directory: <cwd>.

1. Relay the interview. Seven questions, one at a time, user answers pass back verbatim.

1. Confirm creation:

``` Created .great-authors/places/<name>.md

Type: <type> Sensory signature: <one-line summary>

Next: run /authors-channel <author> to draft a scene here, or /authors-build-place for the next location. ```

Notes

• Places are bible metadata. Do not write to the manuscript.
• If the user mentions a character that doesn't exist in .great-authors/characters/ during the interview (question 7, connections), offer to run /authors-build-character next — after finishing this place file.
• If the user says "cancel" or "abort," stop the dispatch and confirm no file was written.