Welcome: How to use NBML + Join the 48-hour Clinic

[kevinmaistros]

Welcome to OPEN HELIX 🚀

This repository hosts NBML — the Narrative Beat Markup Language — along with:

• HELIX-VAL: the NBML structural validator.
• NVE Registry: a CVE-style catalog of common narrative failure modes and their patches.
• OMU Examples: public-domain stories modeled in NBML.

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📌 How to Participate

1) Join the 48-Hour Fix-My-Plot Clinic

• What it is: A live, open clinic where you can submit a broken outline and get a repaired version in NBML, with before/after validator scores and a short rationale.
• How to submit:
  Click here to open the Clinic submission form →
• Consent: All submissions are published under CC BY 4.0 (see DATA_LICENSE.txt).

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2) Join the NBML 1.0 Working Group

• Goal: Help shape the 1.0 spec for NBML, validator rule sets, adapters, and datasets.
• How to join:
  Click here to register your interest →

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📚 Key Resources

• NBML Spec (v0.2)
• Methods — Validator Checks
• For Product Teams — 15-minute NBML I/O Guide
• HELIX-READY Badge (SVG)
• NVE Registry (on GitHub)
• OMU Examples (on GitHub)

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Maintainer: Kevin Maistros · Colorgrade Pictures
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