- Chapter drafts must be preceded by a mandatory PASS 0 — BIBLE & CONTINUITY CHECK documenting protagonist details, world rules, chapter summary, emotional beat, closing hook, and prior chapter ending before any prose is written.
- Chapter editorial reviews require three specialized agents — Devon (developmental/structural), Lane (line/stylistic), Cora (continuity/thematic) — assigned as parallel tasks with a dependent roundtable debate task for consensus before the polish step.