character-management agent skill by danjdewhurst

At a glance

Before you install

Read from the skill's files at the directory's October 19, 2026 snapshot: what ships with it, what its code reads, and the terms it is published under.

• Bundled scripts: none.
• License: MIT, an open-source or open-content license.

Install character-management

The skills CLI works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents; the other routes copy the folder by hand.

npx skills add https://github.com/danjdewhurst/story-skills/tree/main/skills/character-management

tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/danjdewhurst/story-skills.git "$tmp/repo"
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -R "$tmp/repo/"skills/character-management .claude/skills/
rm -rf "$tmp"

python3 ~/.codex/skills/.system/skill-installer/scripts/install-skill-from-github.py \
    --repo danjdewhurst/story-skills \
    --path skills/character-management

danjdewhurst/story-skills is third-party code. Read SKILL.md and any bundled scripts before you install it.

How the author describes it

This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a character", "update a character", "add a character", "build a family tree", "character relationships", "character timeline", "character arc", "character profile", "relationship graph", "name a character", or needs to manage characters in a story project. NOT for recording or checking character voices (use voice-style), rewriting dialogue so the voices differ (use line-editing), or a thematic arc's lie, truth, and arc type (use theme-craft).

From the description field of SKILL.md. Agents read this line to decide when to load the skill.

Sections in SKILL.md

• Overview
• Prerequisites
• Creating a Character
• Updating a Character
• Changes Over the Story
• Renaming or Killing Off a Character
• Managing Relationships
• Family Trees and Relationship Graphs
• Voice Fields
• Cross-Referencing
• CLI Maintenance
• Reference Files
• Shared Conventions

Files in the skill folder

• SKILL.md
• references/character-template.md
• references/ensemble-cast.md
• references/relationship-types.md
• references/supporting-characters.md

Suede Skill Check: 90/100 · A

character-management passes the required frontmatter check and all seven graded checks, which cover the SKILL.md format, a declared license and a commit in the last year. Those checks earn 56 of the score’s points; the rest come from description quality, instruction depth, bundled files, maintenance and curated-list citations. How the score works.

Where this skill is cited

danjdewhurst/story-skills appears in 2 curated lists: heilcheng/awesome-agent-skills, hesreallyhim/awesome-claude-code.

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