Cozy Mystery

Someone is dead. The town is talking. And your protagonist — who absolutely should not be investigating this — is the only one who's going to figure out who did it.

This Claude skill file is pre-built for cozy mystery — warm, puzzle-driven fiction where the community is as important as the crime, the protagonist's specific expertise is what cracks the case, and the world is somewhere readers want to return to long after the killer is caught. Upload it once and Claude writes with the genre's distinctive architecture: the fair play clue structure, the warm community tone, the B-plot that runs alongside the investigation, and the amateur sleuth's observational lens applied to everything.

What's already built in: brand promise and the cozy mystery reader contract, the five structural elements of the genre (setting as character, protagonist hook, suspect pool, fair play rule, and B-plot), voice guidance for warm and witty without being toothless, signature tropes (the reluctant investigator, the skeptical law enforcement love interest, the community that closes ranks), the comfort elements that are non-negotiable for the genre, hard limits including the no-unfair-clue rule, and a scene checklist with a two-question affection test.

No explicit content. Optional slow-burn romantic subplot at maximum 1/5 heat. Add your protagonist's specific profession or hobby, your town's name and recurring cast, and your subgenre lane (culinary, craft, bookshop, pet, holiday), and this skill becomes entirely yours.

Includes the genre skill file and the Quick-Start Prompt Sheet so you're writing with it in minutes.