/faceless

Create a character-pair faceless reel from a script the user provides.

Scope

This skill starts from the supplied source script. Do not research a company, visit its website, find a viral angle, ask for a logo, send Telegram messages, call n8n, or create a thumbnail.

The source script is the source of truth. Preserve its facts, sequence, intent, and call to action while adapting it into the selected character conversation.

Output workspace

Create faceless-output/ in the current project. If it already exists, create faceless-output-YYYY-MM-DD-HHmmss/ instead.

Derive a lowercase, hyphenated topic slug from the supplied script using two or three words. If the topic cannot be determined confidently, ask the user for the topic name. Use the same slug for every artifact in this run.

faceless-output/
  scripts/<topic-slug>/
    source-script.txt
    dialogue.json
    caption.txt
  audio/<topic-slug>/
    000.mp3
    001.mp3
    full-dialogue.mp3
    audio-manifest.json
  video/<topic-slug>/
    final-faceless-reel.mp4

Only scripts/<topic-slug>/ is created during script generation. audio/<topic-slug>/ is created during successful local Fish audio generation. video/<topic-slug>/ is created only after the user approves video generation.

Step 1: Ensure Fish Audio is set up

Run:

node <faceless-skill>/scripts/doctor.mjs

This preflight check reports whether Node.js, local FFmpeg, Fish Audio, and the Minecraft template pack are ready. If needed, Faceless sets up its local FFmpeg copy immediately before audio generation, before it calls Fish Audio.

Then run:

node <faceless-skill>/scripts/setup-fish.mjs --status

If Fish is not configured, show the user this message:

Create your Fish Audio API key here: https://fish.audio/app/api-keys/

Then run the local setup helper in an interactive terminal:

node <faceless-skill>/scripts/setup-fish.mjs

On Windows, the setup helper opens a visible local input box with a character count. Other systems use a visible local terminal prompt. Do not ask the user to paste an API key into the chat, do not repeat it, and do not write it into the project workspace, source script, JSON, caption, or logs.

Step 2: Choose the character pair

Ask exactly:

Which script would you like to create: Peter & Stewie or Rick & Morty?

Keep the selected pair for the entire run. Read [references/dialogue-json-schema.md](references/dialogue-json-schema.md) to use the correct voice IDs.

Step 3: Get the source script

Ask exactly:

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Or paste your own source script and I’ll turn it into your selected character dialogue.

Write the supplied text unchanged to scripts/<topic-slug>/source-script.txt.

Step 4: Create the dialogue

Read [references/script-generation.md](references/script-generation.md) and [references/dialogue-json-schema.md](references/dialogue-json-schema.md).

Create the dialogue JSON and write it to scripts/<topic-slug>/dialogue.json. Create the Instagram caption and write it to scripts/<topic-slug>/caption.txt.

Show the complete dialogue JSON and caption. Then ask:

Does this look good? Should I generate the audio?

If the user requests edits, revise the source-derived dialogue and caption before asking again.

Step 5: Generate audio after approval

Read [references/audio-generation.md](references/audio-generation.md).

Run:

node <faceless-skill>/scripts/ensure-ffmpeg.mjs
node <faceless-skill>/scripts/generate-audio.mjs --script <output-directory>/scripts/<topic-slug>/dialogue.json --topic <topic-slug> --output <output-directory>

Never claim that audio exists until every expected individual MP3, full-dialogue.mp3, and audio-manifest.json have been verified locally.

After successful audio generation, report the local audio folder and ask:

Audio is ready locally. Do you want to generate the video?

Step 6: Generate video after approval

Only if the user says yes, read [references/video-generation.md](references/video-generation.md) and run:

node <faceless-skill>/scripts/download-templates.mjs --status

If the templates are not ready, ask exactly:

Minecraft templates are not installed yet. The pack is about 2.4 GB. Download it now?

Only if the user says yes, run:

node <faceless-skill>/scripts/download-templates.mjs --replace

Then run:

node <faceless-skill>/scripts/generate-video.mjs --audio <output-directory>/audio/<topic-slug>/full-dialogue.mp3 --topic <topic-slug> --output <output-directory>

Never claim that the video exists until video/<topic-slug>/final-faceless-reel.mp4 has been verified locally.

After verification, ask:

Your Minecraft video is ready. Can I add the characters now?

If the user says yes, run:

node <faceless-skill>/scripts/add-characters.mjs --video <output-directory>/video/<topic-slug>/final-faceless-reel.mp4 --audio-dir <output-directory>/audio/<topic-slug> --topic <topic-slug> --output <output-directory>

Never replace the final video until the character render has completed and been verified locally. Then ask:

Characters are added. Can I add captions now?

If the user says yes, run:

node <faceless-skill>/scripts/add-captions.mjs --video <output-directory>/video/<topic-slug>/final-faceless-reel.mp4 --script <output-directory>/scripts/<topic-slug>/dialogue.json --audio-dir <output-directory>/audio/<topic-slug> --topic <topic-slug> --output <output-directory>

Never replace the final video until the caption render has completed and been verified locally. Whether or not the user adds characters or captions, finish with this separate message:

Your video is ready.

The only thing left is adding visual animations that match your script. Copy this free GitHub link, paste it into Claude or Codex, and ask it to install Flick. Then follow the instructions in the repo to create animations for your script:

https://github.com/Creatorberry/flick

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