·format-export

This skill provides screenplay export procedures for PDF, FDX, and HTML. Covers Better Fountain VS Code extension, afterwriting CLI, and Highland for converting Fountain files to industry-standard delivery formats. Use when: exporting screenplay to PDF, converting to Final Draft (FDX), generating HTML preview, or preparing scripts for delivery.

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Installation

$npx skills add https://github.com/bybren-llc/story-systems-template --skill format-export

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The simplest export method uses the Better Fountain VS Code extension:

| PDF | Fountain: Export to PDF | | FDX | Fountain: Export to FDX | | HTML | Fountain: Export to HTML |

| PDF | .pdf | Industry standard delivery | Better Fountain, afterwriting, Highland | | FDX | .fdx | Final Draft import | Better Fountain, screenplain, Highland | | HTML | .html | Web preview/sharing | Better Fountain, afterwriting | | Plain Text | .txt | Accessibility, archival | direct copy |

This skill provides screenplay export procedures for PDF, FDX, and HTML. Covers Better Fountain VS Code extension, afterwriting CLI, and Highland for converting Fountain files to industry-standard delivery formats. Use when: exporting screenplay to PDF, converting to Final Draft (FDX), generating HTML preview, or preparing scripts for delivery. Source: bybren-llc/story-systems-template.

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Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/bybren-llc/story-systems-template --skill format-export
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First Seen
2026-02-01
Updated
2026-02-18

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What is format-export?

This skill provides screenplay export procedures for PDF, FDX, and HTML. Covers Better Fountain VS Code extension, afterwriting CLI, and Highland for converting Fountain files to industry-standard delivery formats. Use when: exporting screenplay to PDF, converting to Final Draft (FDX), generating HTML preview, or preparing scripts for delivery. Source: bybren-llc/story-systems-template.

How do I install format-export?

Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/bybren-llc/story-systems-template --skill format-export Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor

Where is the source repository?

https://github.com/bybren-llc/story-systems-template