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denova: Automate Novel Writing

Get AI-powered novel writing and RPG creation tools with denova, for founders and creators.
645 stars111 forksGoGuide quality 8/10Updated 8/22/2026100% free · open source
What it does

Denova is an AI-powered platform for novel writing and RPG creation, offering features like AI agents, skills, subagent workflows, automations, image generation, and version control to streamline the creative process.

When to use it
  • •When you need to generate novel content, such as character backstories or plot twists, with the help of AI.
  • •When creating RPGs and want to automate tasks like non-player character behavior or quest generation.
  • •When you want to manage and version control your creative projects, including text and image assets.
Ready-to-paste prompt
./denova generate novel --prompt 'Create a fantasy world with a heroic quest' --output novel.txt
Heads up: Make sure you have Go (version 1.17 or later) installed on your system, as denova is built using the Go programming language and requires it to run.
Saves to your device
Use with Claude
New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install
Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/denova && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/denova/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/denova/SKILL.md
Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)
claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How denova: Automate Novel Writing works
Codeflow
Free to inspect

Denova: Automate Novel Writing is a very large Go project (~421k lines across 2227 code files, plus 26 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~421k lines · 2227 code files · days to read — use, don't read
Setup
Developer setup
A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.
Runs on
Go
No API keys detected
Go 61%TypeScript 38%CSS 1%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    cmd/denova/main.go
    Where the program starts running
  4. 4
    go.mod
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  5. 5
    internal/app/app.go
    Inside internal/ — the main logic begins here
What's in each folder
internal/Core code — the actual logic1064 files
agent/Prompts, skills & agent definitions264 files
skills/Prompts, skills & agent definitions17 files
web/Frontend / UI901 files
cmd/Command-line entry points3 files
docs/Documentation7 files
config/Configuration45 files
scripts/Helper scripts8 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksApache-2.0 licenseUpdated this month
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Details
Creator
alfredxw
Language
Go
Category
automation
Published
5/19/2026

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