Agent skill

Character Design with genmedia

by fal-ai-community in fal-ai-community/skills

Builds consistent characters, reference and expression sheets, outfit variations and character-to-video shots with the genmedia CLI while keeping identity stable.

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Install Character Design with genmedia

skills CLI
$ npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill character-design -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install fal-ai-community/skills character-design --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/fal-ai-community/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/character-design .claude/skills/character-design && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
character-design
GitHub stars
251
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
416 words
Files
4 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
16
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Builds consistent characters, reference and expression sheets, outfit variations and character-to-video shots with the genmedia CLI while keeping identity stable.

  • Works in 5 steps: Start from routed endpoint IDs. → Inspect schema before each endpoint run. → Upload references. → …
  • Creating an original character with a consistent look
  • SKILL.md covers Inputs to collect, Genmedia workflow, Character anchor and Model routing, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

The goal here is consistency. The agent fixes a character anchor (age range, face shape, hair, eyes, build, posture and marks) and changes only the scene, expression, outfit, camera or action you asked for. It first collects only the missing inputs that affect identity or model choice: character type, style, needed outputs, reference images and how strict consistency must be, from exploratory up to production continuity.

Work runs through the genmedia command line. The agent looks up routed endpoint IDs, inspects each endpoint's schema and pricing before running it, uploads reference images, runs stills or sheets with download, and runs video generation asynchronously. Endpoints named in the input include openai/gpt-image-2, fal-ai/nano-banana-pro/edit and bytedance/seedance-2.0/image-to-video, and only schema-supported fields are used. Reference files cover the anchor system, prompt patterns and examples, and a companion model-routing skill supplies default endpoint choices.

When your agent uses it

  • Creating an original character with a consistent look
  • Making reference or expression sheets for an existing character
  • Producing outfit variations that keep the same face and build
  • Editing a character image without changing the identity
  • Turning an approved character frame into a short video shot

Example prompts

  • “Design a mascot for a bakery and produce a turnaround sheet plus six expressions.”
  • “Take ./character-reference.png and give her three outfit variations with the same face.”
  • “Animate the approved frame of my fantasy knight into a video shot using genmedia.”

Requirements

  • The genmedia CLI

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Start from routed endpoint IDs.
  2. Inspect schema before each endpoint run.
  3. Upload references.
  4. Run stills or sheets with download.
  5. Run video async.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9ca8504. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Character Design with genmedia loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 59 tokens; SKILL.md has 416 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~59
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 416 words (~1,287 tokens).

“Use this skill when the user wants to create, refine, or preserve a character. Load the reference files when needed:”

— opening of SKILL.md by fal-ai-community
name
character-design

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (references) in skills/character-design of fal-ai-community/skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/anchor-system.md
  • references/examples.md
  • references/prompt-patterns.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9ca8504

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Works with

Questions about Character Design with genmedia

What does Character Design with genmedia do?

Builds consistent characters, reference and expression sheets, outfit variations and character-to-video shots with the genmedia CLI while keeping identity stable. The goal here is consistency. The agent fixes a character anchor (age range, face shape, hair, eyes, build, posture and marks) and changes only the scene, expression, outfit, camera or action you asked for.

When should I use Character Design with genmedia?

Character Design with genmedia fits situations like: creating an original character with a consistent look; making reference or expression sheets for an existing character; producing outfit variations that keep the same face and build; editing a character image without changing the identity.

How do I install Character Design with genmedia in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill character-design -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/character-design in fal-ai-community/skills) into .claude/skills/character-design in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Character Design with genmedia in Codex?

Run `npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill character-design -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/character-design in fal-ai-community/skills) into .agents/skills/character-design in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Character Design with genmedia in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill character-design -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/character-design, .gemini/skills/character-design, .github/skills/character-design and .opencode/skills/character-design in your project.

What does Character Design with genmedia need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Character Design with genmedia is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: The genmedia CLI.

Does Character Design with genmedia access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Character Design with genmedia safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Character Design with genmedia use?

No licence was found for Character Design with genmedia or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Character Design with genmedia use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Character Design with genmedia?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Character Design with genmedia: Professional Media Prompts (agentscope-ai/QwenPaw, 36k stars), Seedance Storyboard Generator (liangdabiao/Seedance2-Storyboard-Generator, 2.6k stars), Forge Media Route Layer (0x0funky/agent-sprite-forge, 4.4k stars) and Seedance Storyboard in Shanghai Animation Style (liangdabiao/smy-seedance-storyboard, 138 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Character Design with genmedia?

fal-ai-community (a GitHub organization) maintains it in fal-ai-community/skills, which has 251 GitHub stars. The repository holds 16 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 29, 2026.

Source: fal-ai-community/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.