academic-chapter-authoringlisted

# Academic Chapter Authoring ## Always begin Read: - `BOOK_STATE.yaml` - `book-brief.md` - `style-guide.md` - `glossary.yaml` - current `CHAPTER_STATE.yaml` - current chapter brief, source map, research notes, and preceding chapter final where relevant Run `book_status`. Work only on the artifact for the current phase. Read `approval_mode`: in `minimal`, stop routinely only for the brief mandate and final packet; in `stage-gated`, stop at every phase. ## Brief Interview the author for audience, starting knowledge, chapter objective, central claim or lesson, required topics, excluded/deferred topics, target length, examples, exercises, relationship to adjacent chapters, privacy boundary, and exception triggers. Save answers to `brief.md`; stop for the chapter mandate approval. ## Outline Do not outline until research/source selection is complete and authorized by the configured approval mode. Every section needs: - purpose - reader question - claim IDs - supporting and contradictory sources - example or illustration - transition from the previous section - expected word count - material explicitly deferred elsewhere Check that the total matches the chapter target and the progression fulfills the objective. Save to `outline.md`. In minimal mode, validate and continue without asking for routine approval unless the outline changes the brief or exposes an exception. ## Voice sample Draft only the introduction and one representative substantive section in `sample.md`. C