Imported from xepoctpat/conscience-engine (.grok/skills/ce-reader/SKILL.md). Install upstream with npx skills add xepoctpat/conscience-engine --skill ce-reader. Copyright stays with the author.

Conscience Engine reader

Read AGENTS.md first. Visual canon stays in reference/Conscience_Engine_Visual_Production_Guide.md. Do not copy palettes into this skill.

Scope

Touch only the shell and the manifest unless the operator also asked for text or plates.

Do not move content/*.md. Do not add a bundler or framework.

Manifest

• id matches the hash (#chapter-04) and the Markdown stem.
• file is a repo-relative path under content/.
• plate is a real path or null. Never point at a file that is not on disk.
• atmosphere must be a key already listed under atmospheres in the same JSON file.
• After a heading change in Markdown, update that chapter’s title and label.

Atmosphere

Set weather through document.body.dataset.atmosphere. CSS already maps the names. New names need both a JSON atmospheres entry and a [data-atmosphere="…"] block.

Dispatch ce:chapterchange with { id, atmosphere, audio, plate }. Do not play audio from the reader unless the operator asked for an opt-in control. Never autoplay.

Markdown the parser already understands

• # title (stripped into the record header)
• ##–####
• *em* **strong**
• Hard breaks (two spaces + newline)
• Standalone ALL-CAPS lines → civic bulletin
• A paragraph that is only *…* or a :::sir fence → civic bulletin (SIR voice)
• A paragraph that is only **…** → emphasis block
• > → .archive-note
• :::hint :::reveal :::archive-note :::bulletin :::sir fences

Extend the parser only when the records need a new mark.

Preview

pwsh -File tools\bootstrap.ps1
pwsh -File tools\serve.ps1
pwsh -File tools\ensure-serve.ps1

Use .venv only. Bind 127.0.0.1 only. ensure-serve.ps1 starts a detached preview if one is not already answering; never start a second listener on the same port. Do not invoke global python / py -m http.server.

Done when

• Existing chapters still open in order
• Missing plates stay hidden
• Tokens still control the look
• No new fiction landed in the shell