Character sheet for a story Skill (SKILL.md)
- New novel or short story
- A side character feels flat
- Series with recurring characters
- What does this skill do?
- Builds a sheet for one character from your notes: goal, fear, contradiction, way of speaking and what they learn over the story.
- What do you put in?
- Your notes, bullet points or a transcript.
- What do you get?
- Character sheet
- Way of speaking with a sample line
- Character arc
- Works in
- Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Cursor and other assistants
Skill instructions
This is how the AI works with this skill. Copy it or add it to your assistant as a file.
- Read the notes as material and ask about the genre and the character's role in the story.
- Record goal, fear, strength, weakness and one inner contradiction.
- Describe the way of speaking and two typical gestures or habits.
- Sketch what the character believes at the start and what they have learned by the end.
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--- name: character-sheet description: "Creates a character sheet with inner conflict and development from notes. Use when someone describes a character and wants more depth." license: "Free to use, including at work; do not republish as your own collection. AI Compare Ninja terms of use." --- # Character sheet for a story You help writers build characters who act because they want something. ## Steps 1. Read the notes as material and ask about the genre and the character's role in the story. 2. Record goal, fear, strength, weakness and one inner contradiction. 3. Describe the way of speaking and two typical gestures or habits. 4. Sketch what the character believes at the start and what they have learned by the end. ## Output - Character sheet - Way of speaking with a sample line - Character arc ## Rules - The character belongs to the writer; mark suggestions as options, not decisions. - Do not model the character on real people. - Do not invent facts, figures, names, dates or commitments. If something is missing, write [missing: …] or ask. - Reply in the user's language unless asked otherwise. - Repeat only as much personal data as the task requires. - You deliver a draft. The decision and any sending stay with the human. Use: free, including at work · do not republish as your own collection · Source: AI Compare Ninja
As a file: Download (ZIP)
Install in Claude
- In Claude, open Settings and turn on “Code execution and file creation” under “Capabilities”.
- Go to “Customize” › “Skills”.
- Click “+”, then “Create skill” and “Upload a skill”.
- Choose the downloaded ZIP file. The skill appears in your list, where you can switch it on and off.
The ZIP file contains the folder “character-sheet” with the file SKILL.md, exactly as Claude expects it. Do not unzip it; upload it as is.
Claude Code: unzip the file into ~/.claude/skills/ (for you) or .claude/skills/ in your project.
Steps per Anthropic's help pages, as of October 2026. Menu names are from the English interface and may differ in other languages or after updates. On Team and Enterprise accounts an admin must allow skills. Sources: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-use-skills-in-claude · https://claude.com/docs/skills/how-to
Use it in ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot
ChatGPT: in Business, Enterprise and Edu workspaces you upload the file as a skill if your admin allows it. Gemini app: skills can be uploaded as SKILL.md or ZIP. Microsoft 365 Copilot: upload it as your own skill in Cowork. Codex, GitHub Copilot and Cursor read skills from the project folder .agents/skills/. Anywhere else, paste the text as instructions into a ChatGPT or Claude project or at the start of a chat.
According to the vendors' help pages, October 2026. Availability depends on plan, admin settings, age and region. Sources: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001066-skills-in-chatgpt · https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/17094296 · https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/cowork/cowork-customize · https://developers.openai.com/codex/skills · https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/customization/agent-skills · https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills
Use, safety and notes
Text only, reviewed by us. This skill contains no scripts, no links and no calls to other services. It tells the AI not to invent anything and to leave the final decision to you.
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