Agent skill

Tavern Card Builder

by LiarMTTT in LiarMTTT/TavernWeave

Plan and author maintainable SillyTavern character cards, including card-type and capability detection, runtime-dependency ledgers, text cards, MVU or MVU Zod cards, custom CoT design and authoring…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Tavern Card Builder

skills CLI
$ npx skills add LiarMTTT/TavernWeave --skill tavern-card-builder -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install LiarMTTT/TavernWeave tavern-card-builder --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/LiarMTTT/TavernWeave.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/tavern-card-builder .claude/skills/tavern-card-builder && 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
tavern-card-builder
GitHub stars
154
Token cost
~2.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,170 words
Files
19 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
22
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Plan and author maintainable SillyTavern character cards, including card-type and capability detection, runtime-dependency ledgers, text cards, MVU or MVU Zod cards, custom CoT design and authoring…

  • Works in 7 steps: Read repository instructions and inspect… → Identify the target SillyTavern, Tavern… → Detect one primary card type plus… → …
  • Converting a card
  • SKILL.md covers Shared communication, Start with the target, Build the contract before prose and Select the opening strategy, plus 4 more sections
  • Runs JavaScript scripts from its folder

What it does

Tavern Card Builder is an agent skill from LiarMTTT/TavernWeave. Plan and author maintainable SillyTavern character cards, including card-type and capability detection, runtime-dependency ledgers, text cards, MVU or MVU Zod cards, custom CoT design and authoring, modular CoT stitching and routing, prompt budgets, retrofits, schemas, initialization, update rules, single-model or extra-model update routing, lorebooks, prompts, openings, regex requirements, and companion scripts. Use when creating or converting a card, adding a gameplay system, identifying which dependencies must…

Its SKILL.md is about 2.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 21 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `references/authoring-workflow.md` and `references/card-types-and-runtime-dependencies.md`).

It sits in Development, covering Forms and validation. It works with Zod. The repository describes itself as: Noncommercial Agent Skills for SillyTavern rolecard engineering.

When your agent uses it

  • Converting a card
  • Adding a gameplay system
  • Identifying which dependencies must be embedded
  • Repairing an authoring protocol

Example prompts

  • “/tavern-card-builder”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read repository instructions and inspect the existing card before proposing a design.
  2. Identify the target SillyTavern, Tavern Helper, prompt-template, and MVU implementations or versions when behavior depends on them.
  3. Detect one primary card type plus capability flags from the actual card and
  4. Ask only decisions that materially change the result. Do not force a fixed interview ritual for a narrow edit.
  5. Independently decide whether the card needs a custom CoT, whether a reusable main
  6. For an MVU card, identify whether updates share the plot generation or use an
  7. Record unresolved version-sensitive claims as assumptions and keep a real-runtime acceptance gate.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d9da0b0. 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

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (JavaScript, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.

    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

Tavern Card Builder loads about 2.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~22k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 221 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,170 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~221
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.8k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~22k

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,170 words (~2,762 tokens).

“Apply TW plain-language and guidance rules to user-facing work. Explain terms in context; preserve the user's chosen 新人/入门/熟练/老手 level without inferred changes. 新人 and 入门 receive detailed explanations; every level receives needed and bug explanations unless the user explicitly waives…”

— opening of SKILL.md by LiarMTTT, Custom licence
name
tavern-card-builder

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 18 other files (scripts, references) in skills/tavern-card-builder of LiarMTTT/TavernWeave.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • references/authoring-workflow.md
  • references/card-types-and-runtime-dependencies.md
  • references/card-writing.md
  • references/cot-design-and-authoring.md
  • references/creative-authority-template.md
  • references/creative-authority.md
  • references/lorebook-and-prompts.md
  • references/material-provenance.md
  • references/memory-architecture.md
  • references/opening-strategies.md
  • references/regex-and-runtime-requirements.md
  • references/retrofit-and-text-cards.md
  • references/validation.md
  • references/variable-systems.md
  • scripts/validate-creative-authority.mjs
  • tests
  • … and 1 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d9da0b0

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Works with

Questions about Tavern Card Builder

What does Tavern Card Builder do?

Plan and author maintainable SillyTavern character cards, including card-type and capability detection, runtime-dependency ledgers, text cards, MVU or MVU Zod cards, custom CoT design and authoring…. Tavern Card Builder is an agent skill from LiarMTTT/TavernWeave. Plan and author maintainable SillyTavern character cards, including card-type and capability detection, runtime-dependency ledgers, text cards, MVU or MVU Zod cards, custom CoT design and authoring, modular CoT stitching and routing, prompt budgets, retrofits, schemas, initialization, update rules, single-model or extra-model update routing, lorebooks, prompts, openings, regex requirements, and companion scripts.

When should I use Tavern Card Builder?

Tavern Card Builder fits situations like: converting a card; adding a gameplay system; identifying which dependencies must be embedded; repairing an authoring protocol.

How do I install Tavern Card Builder in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add LiarMTTT/TavernWeave --skill tavern-card-builder -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/tavern-card-builder in LiarMTTT/TavernWeave) into .claude/skills/tavern-card-builder in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Tavern Card Builder in Codex?

Run `npx skills add LiarMTTT/TavernWeave --skill tavern-card-builder -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/tavern-card-builder in LiarMTTT/TavernWeave) into .agents/skills/tavern-card-builder in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Tavern Card Builder 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 LiarMTTT/TavernWeave --skill tavern-card-builder -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tavern-card-builder, .gemini/skills/tavern-card-builder, .github/skills/tavern-card-builder and .opencode/skills/tavern-card-builder in your project.

What does Tavern Card Builder need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Tavern Card Builder needs JavaScript for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Tavern Card Builder 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 Tavern Card Builder 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Tavern Card Builder use?

Tavern Card Builder has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Tavern Card Builder use?

About 2.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 11k 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 19k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Tavern Card Builder?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Tavern Card Builder: Zod (jasonjgardner/blockbench-mcp-plugin, 500 stars), Figma Typings Audit (awdr74100/figwright, 1k stars), Hono Idioms (irahardianto/awesome-agv, 156 stars) and Hono Routing (secondsky/claude-skills, 227 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Tavern Card Builder?

LiarMTTT (a GitHub user) maintains it in LiarMTTT/TavernWeave, which has 154 GitHub stars. The repository holds 22 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 4, 2026.

Source: LiarMTTT/TavernWeave on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.