Storyboard Skill

Core Rule

Optimize for low context use. Keep story, character, style, scene, shot, prompt, and review information in files. Load only the files needed for the current task, usually 1-3 files.

Never ask the user to paste an entire bible or long thread when a compact project file can be created or updated instead.

Workflow

1. Identify the task type:

   • Setup: Create a project structure, bibles, shot list, or tracker.
   • Prompting: Convert a scene or shot into image prompts.
   • Fixing: Create targeted image-to-image or regeneration prompts.
   • Review: Check continuity, scene coverage, or prompt consistency.
   • Packaging: Prepare storyboard notes for a deck, document, or handoff.

2. Use the smallest useful context:

   • For character details, read bible/character_bible.md.
   • For visual rules, read bible/visual_style_bible.md.
   • For continuity rules, read bible/continuity_rules.md.
   • For a specific scene, read only that scenes/scene_##.yaml or shots/scene_##_shots.yaml.
   • For prompt formatting details, read references/prompt-patterns.md.
   • For platform safety, NSFW, likeness, or restricted-content checks, read references/prompt-safety-checklist.md.
   • For project layout details, read references/project-structure.md.
   • For examples of expected output shape, read only the relevant file in examples/.

3. Produce structured outputs with clear section labels. Prefer YAML, Markdown tables, or compact prompt blocks over long prose.

4. Keep generated prompts self-contained enough for an image model, but avoid repeating the full project bible. Include only the character/style/continuity details that affect the current shot.

5. When the user is creating a reusable project, update project files instead of keeping all decisions only in chat.

Recommended Project Layout

When setting up a storyboard project, create or update this structure:

storyboard-project/
  bible/
    character_bible.md
    visual_style_bible.md
    continuity_rules.md
  scenes/
    scene_01.yaml
  shots/
    scene_01_shots.yaml
  prompts/
    scene_01_shot_001.md
  reviews/
    continuity_review.md

Use concise identifiers such as char_a_v3, style_neon_noir_01, loc_rooftop_02, and scene_01_shot_003.

Prompt Output Contract

For each image prompt, output:

[SHOT ID]
[PURPOSE]
[CHARACTER]
[CAMERA]
[LIGHTING]
[EMOTION]
[COMPOSITION]
[ENVIRONMENT]
[CONTINUITY]
[NEGATIVE CONSTRAINTS]
[IMAGE PROMPT]
[FIX NOTES] optional

Keep [IMAGE PROMPT] ready to paste into the image tool. Keep the other sections as production notes.

Continuity Checklist

Before finalizing a prompt or fix, check:

• Character identity, wardrobe, age, hair, props, and facial features.
• Scene location, time of day, weather, lighting logic, and set dressing.
• Camera lens, angle, framing, and emotional distance.
• Shot-to-shot action continuity.
• Style consistency: medium, rendering, color palette, texture, grain, aspect ratio.
• Forbidden changes listed in continuity rules.

Fix Prompt Pattern

For image-to-image or regeneration fixes, preserve what works first, then specify only the change:

Preserve: [identity, pose, composition, lighting, style, approved elements]
Change: [specific defect or requested adjustment]
Do not change: [continuity-critical items]
Output: [target frame description]

Avoid broad rewrites when the user asks for a localized fix.

Resource Files

• Read references/project-structure.md when creating or repairing the project file layout.
• Read references/prompt-patterns.md when generating prompts, fix prompts, or review rubrics.
• Read references/prompt-safety-checklist.md when reviewing storyboard frames or image prompts for NSFW, restricted content, real-person likeness, minors, violence, copyrighted characters, or platform compliance risks.

Example Files

• Read examples/short-drama-scene.md when the user needs a scene split into multiple storyboard prompts.
• Read examples/image-prompt-review.md when the user asks for continuity, prompt-quality, or safety review.
• Read examples/fix-prompt.md when the user asks to preserve an approved image while changing one specific detail.