Define Character — Development skill for Claude Code
Add a recurring character or subject with appearance and voice notes.
How to install Define Character
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/shotcowboystyle-ai-video-producer-plugin-define-character/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/shotcowboystyle-ai-video-producer-plugin-define-character && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shotcowboystyle/ai-video-producer-plugin/HEAD/commands/define-character.md -o ~/.claude/skills/shotcowboystyle-ai-video-producer-plugin-define-character/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Define Character does
description: Add a recurring character or subject with appearance and voice notes. Saves to characters/.
Capture a character/subject sheet that downstream generation steps can reference for visual and vocal consistency.
Ask the user (in batches, conversationally):
- Name / handle — short identifier, used as filename:
characters/.md. - Role in the video — protagonist, narrator, background, product, etc.
- Visual description — age, build, clothing, distinguishing
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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