---
description: Create the next story (Conductor) or validate a draft (Steward) — host LLM acts as the right persona
allowed-tools:
  - Read
  - Write
  - Edit
  - Bash(openlife:*)
  - Grep
  - Glob
  - Agent
  - AskUserQuestion
---

**Mode:** host-native (the host LLM running this conversation answers directly — no external API key required).

Determine intent from `$ARGUMENTS`:

- If the user wants to CREATE a story → read `.openlife/method/agents/conductor.md`, become Conductor, run `*create-next-story`. Apply the story template (frontmatter, title, description, AC, scope, deps, complexity, business value, risks, DoD).
- If the user wants to VALIDATE a draft → read `.openlife/method/agents/steward.md`, become Steward, run `*validate-story` with the 10-point checklist. Verdict: GO (≥7/10) or NO-GO (with required fixes).
- If unclear, ask via AskUserQuestion which action to take.

You play the persona directly — no shellout.

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### Want the external model chain instead?

If you specifically need the configured `models.json` chain (for cost-tracking, batch, or non-host contexts), run the command in a terminal:

```bash
openlife story "$ARGUMENTS"
```

That path uses the Brain dispatcher and requires the appropriate API key in `.env`. The slash command (this one) intentionally bypasses external APIs to keep host-CLI usage zero-config.
