Writing a 700,000-word novel with multi-agent teams and Claude Code
The author managed a novel project like software engineering, using Claude Code to coordinate timelines, characters, and foreshadowing files while deploying multiple agents as writers, editors, and continuity checkers. An apocalypse novel of 700,000 words was completed over the holiday (note: the first draft requires polish to remove AI-generated traits).
Added 2026-10-31 · originally published Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT
Steps
- 1Before drafting, have Claude Code research Tomato Novel rankings, similar books, and TV Tropes, then outline the plot through Socratic questioning with all project content saved in markdown files.
- 2Execute six steps per chapter: outlining, outline review, drafting 2,500-3,500 words, editing with setting and reader agent reviews, targeted rewriting, and updating the wiki and foreshadowing files.
- 3Run prompts in your editor or AI tool to maintain timelines, character files, and foreshadowing trackers while completing chapter writing and file updates step by step.
Ideas for Chinese platforms
This multi-agent collaboration and structured file management method can be adapted for automated serialized web novel publishing, batch production of content for media matrices, or web novel ghostwriting workflows.
I'm writing a [genre] novel of about [length] characters. In this folder, create and maintain a timeline file, a character file, and a foreshadowing tracker, then act in turn as writer, editor, and setting checker for each chapter I outline. Start by drafting [chapter 1 outline] and updating all three files; stop when the chapter is written and the files reflect it, and show me the changes before overwriting any existing file.
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