# narrative-drift-monitor

Tracks how marketing surfaces drift from brand canon over time and alerts on competitor repositioning. Use it after launch when monitoring message pull-through.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1000 installs · ★ 3013
- Author: aaron-he-zhu
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills/tree/HEAD/narrative/evaluate/narrative-drift-monitor/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/narrative-drift-monitor

## What it does

This skill compares live websites, pitch decks, and app store listings against canon records in `memory/narrative-registry/canon.md`. It pulls historical snapshots using `scripts/connectors/wayback.py` with timestamped observation dates. The resulting drift report identifies message divergence and outlines conditions that should trigger formal repositioning.

It handles one lever during the TALE Evaluate phase. The skill does not score narrative quality or validate drafts before release. Unsubstantiated claims are never validated directly; instead, the tool flags them as `[needs source]` and queues them in `memory/events/claims.ndjson`.

Running this check without an established canon in `memory/narrative-registry/` will fail, because the agent needs a baseline record to detect deviation.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill narrative-drift-monitor -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/narrative-drift-monitor/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/narrative-drift-monitor/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill narrative-drift-monitor -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/narrative-drift-monitor/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill narrative-drift-monitor -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/narrative-drift-monitor/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills narrative-drift-monitor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/narrative-drift-monitor/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill narrative-drift-monitor -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --path narrative/evaluate/narrative-drift-monitor
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/narrative-drift-monitor/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill narrative-drift-monitor -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills/tree/HEAD/narrative/evaluate/narrative-drift-monitor/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- detect marketing copy drift against the established brand canon
- flag competitor repositioning moves across category surfaces
- compile D1, W1, or M1 retrospectives on message pull-through
- define explicit trigger conditions for narrative repositioning

## Example prompts
- Check whether our homepage, pricing page, and store listing have drifted from the canon since the last version. Canon: memory/narrative/.
- Watch [competitors] for repositioning against our category frame and tell me if any change should trigger a review.
- Run the W1 message-shift retro for [launch] — intended narrative vs what actually landed.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: narrative-drift-monitor
slug: aaron-narrative-drift-monitor
displayName: "Narrative Drift Monitor · 叙事漂移监测"
summary: "自漂移监测/竞品重定位告警/重定位触发条件/D1-W1-M1 复盘"
description: 'Use when the user asks to "check if our surfaces have drifted from the canon", "watch for competitor repositioning", or "define when we should reposition"; produces a drift report — self-drift per flagship surface vs the narrative-registry canon over time (via wayback.py, change history Measured with as-of dates), competitor-repositioning alerts, an explicit repositioning-trigger condition set, and a D1/W1/M1 message-shift retro (intended vs actual pull-through, evidence-labeled) — feeding the TALE L drift-audit sub-items and the narrative-whiplash guardrail fact base. Not for the first-time consistency check before a surface ships — use narrative-cascade-planner; not for computing the TALE profile result or running the vetoes — use narrative-quality-auditor; not for echo-rate / AI-answer resonance measurement — use narrative-resonance-monitor. 自漂移监测/竞品重定位告警/重定位触发/叙事漂移复盘'
version: "20.1.0"
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: "Claude Code and compatible agent-skill hosts"
homepage: "https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills"
when_to_use: "Use when watching a live narrative for drift over time: detecting flagship surfaces that have drifted from the narrative-registry canon (wayback change history), catching competitor repositioning, defining the explicit conditions that should trigger a repositioning, or running the D1/W1/M1 message-shift retro. The last move of the TALE Evaluate phase — it decides between a re-audit and a repositioning, and it is the fact base for the narrative-whiplash guardrail. Not the first-time consistency check and not the TALE profile result computation."
argument-hint: "<brand / surfaces to watch> [competitor set] [canon path] [window: D1|W1|M1]"
metadata: {"author": "aaron-he-zhu", "version": "20.1.0", "discipline": "narrative", "phase": "evaluate", "geo-relevance": "low", "hermes": {"tags": ["marketing", "narrative", "evaluate"], "category": "narrative"}, "openclaw": {"emoji": "📖", "homepage": "https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills"}}
---

# Narrative Drift Monitor
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