Narrative Commands

The narrative command group manages implementation narratives for controls. Narratives describe how a specific control is implemented within your system.

Get Current Narrative

pretorin narrative get ac-02 fedramp-moderate --system "My System"

Returns the current narrative text, status, and AI confidence metadata when present.

Push a Narrative File

pretorin narrative push ac-02 fedramp-moderate "My System" narrative-ac02.md

Reads a markdown or text file and submits it as the implementation narrative for the specified control.

Markdown Quality Requirements

Narratives must be auditor-ready markdown:

• No markdown headings (#, ##, etc.)
• At least two rich markdown elements (fenced code blocks, tables, lists, or links)
• At least one structural element (code block, table, or list)
• No markdown images (temporarily disabled pending platform image upload support)

These requirements are validated before push.

Generating Narratives with AI

To generate narratives using the agent runtime:

pretorin agent run --skill narrative-generation "Generate narrative for AC-02"

Or use the MCP server’s pretorin_generate_control_artifacts tool for read-only drafts through your AI agent.

See Skills for more on agent-powered narrative generation.

No-Hallucination Requirements

Generated narratives must only document observable facts. For missing information, use TODO placeholder blocks:

[[PRETORIN_TODO]]
missing_item: <what is missing>
reason: Not observable from current workspace and connected MCP systems
required_manual_action: <what user must do on platform/integrations>
suggested_evidence_type: <policy_document|configuration|...>
[[/PRETORIN_TODO]]