# Teller Config

> Use when config_manager creates or updates Nova interactive teller/director configurations.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-alfredxw-nova-teller-config`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [alfredxw](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/alfredxw)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [alfredxw](https://github.com/alfredxw)
- **Source:** https://github.com/alfredxw/denova/tree/master/skills/teller-config

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-alfredxw-nova-teller-config
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Teller Config

Use this skill before calling `write_tellers`.

## Workflow

1. Call `list_tellers` first. For updates, call `read_tellers` for the exact teller IDs.
2. Use `write_tellers` for create/update/delete. Do not edit teller JSON files directly.
3. Built-in tellers can be read and copied as examples. Deleting built-in tellers is rejected.
4. For update, preserve slots and policy fields the user did not ask to change.
5. For delete, require an explicit user request.

## Teller Shape

Important fields:

- `id`: stable ID. Required for update/delete; create may generate one if omitted.
- `name`: user visible name.
- `description`: short explanation of the teller's narrative role.
- `random_event_rate`: number between 0 and 1. Use small values unless the user wants surprise events.
- `tags`: short searchable labels.
- `context_policy`: controls which context groups the teller expects.
- `slots`: prompt slots used by the interactive story agent.

Do not change `version`, `path`, `custom`, `invalid`, `error`, `created_at`, or `updated_at` unless preserving an existing complete object from `read_tellers`.

## Context Policy

`context_policy` contains:

- `creator`: how to use CREATOR.md and creator-level rules.
- `lore`: how to use lore/context library.
- `runtime_state`: how to use current story state and turn context.

Keep these as short policy strings. They guide prompt assembly but do not replace runtime safety rules.

## Slots

Each slot contains:

- `id`: stable slot ID.
- `name`: user visible slot name.
- `target`: where the slot applies, such as `system`, `turn_context`, or another existing target read from a teller.
- `enabled`: boolean.
- `content`: prompt text for that target.

When modifying slots:

- Preserve slot IDs so existing UI selection and semantics remain stable.
- Keep slot content focused on narrative behavior, not backend tool permissions.
- Do not put story facts, chapter prose, or temporary scene state into teller slots.
- If a new slot target is needed, mirror the target style already present in existing tellers.

## Style Rules

`style_rules` maps scenes to inline style reference content:

- `scene`: scenario label.
- `style_contents`: list of text snippets used as prose style references. Each item is stored as text, not a file path, and should stay within 8000 characters.

Only add style rules when the user asks for scene-specific style behavior or when an existing teller already uses that pattern.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [alfredxw](https://github.com/alfredxw)
- **Source:** [alfredxw/denova](https://github.com/alfredxw/denova)
- **License:** Apache-2.0

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-alfredxw-nova-teller-config
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/alfredxw
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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