There’s a place
to begin.

Start with an idea.

1. After installing SKELETON, choose a folder for your writing. An empty folder is fine.
2. Choose New story. Give it a title and select a blank, short-film, episode, or commercial structure.
3. Write what happens in your first scene. Add and organize scenes as your story develops. Shots are optional.
4. Save your work. Use Save a copy when you want to keep a separate draft.

Bring a SKEL draft.

Choose Import in the editor, then select your SKEL, YAML, or JSON file. Review the local checks and save it under a new filename in your story folder.

Our sample, The Last Light, contains two acts and three scenes. It is a draft with no shots, so you can start with the story itself.

Work with your assistant.

1. Download and unzip the assistant kit. Use skel-convert-story for existing prose, treatments, or scripts, and skel-structure to develop an existing SKEL draft.
2. Give your assistant the chosen skill’s instructions and references, along with the writing you want to share.
3. Ask it to preserve your writing and return a separate SKEL draft, explaining any assumptions or omissions.
4. Import the result into SKELETON. Structural checks help find format problems; you still review the story and creative choices.

The optional checker requires Node.js 22+. The desktop writer does not require you to install Node.js. External AI services have their own terms, privacy policies, and possible charges.

Explore a file in your browser.

SKELETON X-ray is the free browser viewer. Open the sample there to inspect its structure. X-ray is a viewer; use the desktop writer to edit your draft.