Character Profile

What it does

Example prompts

• “/character-profile”

Requirements

• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Claude Code 1.0+

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Text Analysis: Carefully read and analyze story text, extract all information related to characters
2. 2Feature Extraction: Systematically extract basic information, appearance characteristics, identity background of characters
3. 3Personality Analysis: Deeply analyze character personality traits, behavior patterns, and language styles
4. 4Relationship Organization: Organize the relationship network between characters and other characters, understand relationship types and…
5. 5Role Positioning: Analyze the character's functional positioning in the story, plot-driving role, and thematic expression role
6. 6Biography Generation: Integrate all information to generate a structurally complete and detailed character biography

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6ced54f. 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.

  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.

• Compatibility

  Claude Code 1.0+

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Character Profile loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 69 tokens; SKILL.md has 275 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~69

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.5k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~3.8k

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

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

The full file from VanGong1999/screen-creative-skills at commit 6ced54f, republished under its MIT licence (© VanGong1999). 275 words, ~1,537 tokens.

name

character-profile

description

Analyze character traits based on story text and generate detailed character biographies. Suitable for deeply understanding story character settings, providing references for actors to shape characters, and establishing character profiles for script creation

compatibility

Claude Code 1.0+

category

character-analysis

version

2.1.0

last_updated

2026-01-11

license

MIT

maintainer

Gong Fan

model

opus

[Character Biography: Character Name]

I. Basic Information
- Name: [Character Name]
- Age: [Age]
- Identity: [Identity/Occupation]
- Appearance: [Appearance Description]

II. Personality Characteristics
- Main Personality: [Personality Description]
- Behavioral Characteristics: [Behavior Description]
- Language Characteristics: [Language Style Description]

III. Background Story
- Family Background: [Family Situation]
- Growth Experience: [Growth Process]
- Important Experiences: [Important Events]

IV. Character Relationships
- Relationships with Main Characters: [Relationship Description]
- Character Relationship Network: [Overall Relationship Description]

V. Role in the Story
- Functional Positioning: [Function in the Story]
- Plot Driving: [How to Drive the Plot]
- Thematic Expression: [How to Express the Theme]

Please generate a character biography for the protagonist in the following story:
[Story about workplace woman Lin Qian...]

[Character Biography: Lin Qian]

I. Basic Information
- Name: Lin Qian
- Age: 28
- Identity: Advertising Company Planning Manager
- Appearance: Tall and slender, capable temperament, determined eyes

II. Personality Characteristics
- Main Personality: Independent and self-reliant, persevering, outwardly cold but inwardly warm
- Behavioral Characteristics: Decisive in action, pursuing perfection, not easily showing weakness
- Language Characteristics: Concise and comprehensive, hitting the key points, sometimes slightly sharp

III. Background Story
- Family Background: Ordinary family in a small city, parents are teachers
- Growth Experience: Excellent grades since childhood, got into a prestigious university in Beijing through own efforts
- Important Experiences: After graduating from university, ventured to Beijing alone, rose from intern to Planning Manager

IV. Character Relationships
- With Lu Yuan: Developed from competitors to lovers
- With Xiao Li: Colleagues and friends, support each other
- With Manager Zhang: Supervisor-subordinate relationship, also mentor and friend

V. Role in the Story
- Functional Positioning: Core driver of the story
- Plot Driving: Drives plot development through her choices and actions
- Thematic Expression: Showcases the spirit of independent and self-reliant modern women

© VanGong1999, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in english-version/category/character-analysis/character-profile of VanGong1999/screen-creative-skills.

• SKILL.md
• references/examples.md
• references/guide.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6ced54f