SKILL.md
When to use this skill
Use this skill when you need to flesh out characters for a story, ensuring they are well-rounded, consistent, and believable. It helps explore various aspects of a character's personality, background, motivations, and relationships.
How this skill works (step-by-step workflow)
- User provides basic information about a character, such as their name, role in the story, and any initial traits.
- The skill prompts for or extrapolates details across several categories: backstory, personality, appearance, motivations, conflicts, and relationships.
- It synthesizes this information into a comprehensive character profile.
- The output is a JSON object, providing a structured overview of the character.
Output format (JSON structure)
{
"character_name": "Character Name",
"role": "Main Protagonist / Antagonist / Supporting Character",
"backstory": {
"origin": "Where they came from",
"key_events": [
"Event 1",
"Event 2"
]
},
"personality": {
"traits": [
"Trait 1",
"Trait 2"
],
"habits": "Description of habits",
"quirks": "Description of quirks"
},
"appearance": {
"age": "Age range",
"physical_description": "Detailed physical description"
},
"motivations": [
"Primary goal",
"Secondary desire"
],
"conflicts": [
"Internal struggle",
"External conflict"
],
"relationships": [
{
"name": "Related Character 1",
"type": "Relationship type (e.g., mentor, rival)",
"dynamic": "Description of their dynamic"
}
]
}Example input and output
Example Input: "Name: Lyra, Role: Protagonist. Initial traits: Curious, brave, but naive. She lives in a desolate land and dreams of exploring beyond its borders."
Example Output (truncated for brevity):
{
"character_name": "Lyra",
"role": "Main Protagonist",
"backstory": {
"origin": "Born in the isolated cliffside village of Oakhaven, known for its stoic inhabitants.",
"key_events": [
"Discovered an ancient, forbidden map in the village archives at a young age.",
"Lost her parents in a mysterious 'great storm' that decimated the last generation of explorers."
]
},
"personality": {
"traits": [
"Curious and insatiably inquisitive",
"Brave, often reckless in pursuit of knowledge",
"Naively trusts others, sometimes to her detriment",
"Resourceful and quick-witted"
],
"habits": "Fingering the edges of her worn map when deep in thought, sketching unknown landscapes in a hidden journal.",
"quirks": "Speaks to herself when planning, an almost compulsive need to organize small, found objects."
}
}