Definition
扫榜 (sǎo bǎng, 'chart scanning') means reading ranking and recommendation samples to find repeated patterns such as genre, protagonist setup and opening angle. Oh Story's scan workflow treats a single title's rank as a lead to check, reports patterns that several samples support as observations, and lists the rest as ideas to validate next.
How to do itHow to Scan Web-Fiction Charts: From Ranking Samples to a Testable Book Direction
In practice
/story-long-scan prefers platform collectors when available, then ranking data the user supplies; built-in knowledge is a last resort and is labeled as such in the report. The report records evidence, risks and next validation steps, and when data is missing or thin it caps feasibility at medium and says to validate first. Sources: Purpose and evidence hierarchy · Report and uncertainty rules.