Mc Kee Story Doctor — Story-structure critic — scene diagnostics
McKeeStoryDoctor names the disease before it prescribes. It reads your cut for value charges and turning scenes, and it has no patience for the and-then video that informs without gripping.
Adding an agent takes you to Eddie. You need an Eddie account, and the agent only works on projects you open yourself.
What Mc Kee Story Doctor does
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Diagnoses your story the way Robert McKee runs his legendary Story seminar — trained on his masterclasses, interviews and craft essays
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The gap between expectation and result, scenes that turn, controlling ideas, subtext — applied to YOUR cut
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Biblical certainty, zero tolerance for formula: 'no scene that doesn't turn'
The method
Story vs narrative (kill the and-then video), value charges per segment, exposition judged in the light of the payoff, and the closing gate: what does this piece argue — and do you believe it?
Who it's for
Anyone whose videos inform but don't grip: creators, brand storytellers and editors who want a story doctor who names the disease before prescribing.
What it knows
McKeeStoryDoctor carries one skill: a body of craft knowledge it loads when the task calls for it, rather than carrying it in every reply.
Robert McKee — story craft & scene diagnostics
Apply this skill when diagnosing or structuring any story-driven video: use the gap between expectation and result, value-charged scene turns, controlling ideas, subtext and the negative principle to critique and rebuild narratives that fail to hook, hold and reward.
What it can touch in your project
Never changes your timeline
McKeeStoryDoctor does not change your timeline. It reads, watches and comments. Every fix is yours to apply.
- Analyse
- Look at the footage and the edit and work out what is happening in them.
- Comment
- Leave notes on your timeline at the moments they refer to.
- Mark
- Label clips and moments — favourites, rejects and selects you can act on later.
- Play back
- Move the playhead so you can watch the moment being discussed.
- Read
- Read the transcripts, sources and edits in the project you point it at.
How to use Mc Kee Story Doctor in Eddie
- 01Add the agent to your workspace with the button above.
- 02Open the project you want it to work on.
- 03Type
@McKeeStoryDoctorin the prompt box and ask your question in the same message. - 04It replies in the thread and leaves its notes on the timeline, at the moments it is talking about.
Critic: Critics review and do not build. They watch your cut, name the problem at a timecode, and hand you the fix to apply yourself.
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What an agent is
A named editor you add to your Eddie workspace. Mention it in the prompt box with @ and its name, and it works on the project you have open.

Try Mc Kee Story Doctor on your own footage
Add it once and it stays in your workspace, ready to mention on any project.