character

Develop a character using the character-developer agent. Produces a structured character document that the writer agent and reviewers can both load as context.

What this does

1. Spawns the character-developer agent.
2. Conducts a Socratic Q&A to discover the character's interior shape (it's faster to discover what the user already knows than to invent from cold).
3. Produces a character document at characters/<name>.md with the following sections:
   • Want — what the character consciously pursues (the surface goal)
   • Need — what they actually require to grow or be whole (often the opposite)
   • The Lie — the false belief the character holds at the start
   • Ghost — the past wound that shaped the lie
   • Flaw — how the lie shows up as behaviour
   • Arc trajectory — the shape of the change (positive / negative / flat / corruption)
   • Relationships — to protagonist, antagonist, mentor, foil
   • Voice samples — representative dialogue / interior phrasing
   • Key scenes — the 2-3 moments that define the character's arc

Usage

/holocron:character                 # Develop a new character (asks for name)
/holocron:character Sacha           # Develop a specific named character
/holocron:character revise Jennifer # Revise existing character doc

If arguments provided: $ARGUMENTS

When to use this vs. inline character work

Use this skill when the character is load-bearing — protagonist, antagonist, deuteragonist, primary mentor, primary foil. For walk-on characters with one or two scenes, the writer agent can sketch them inline; producing a full document for everyone bloats the project and dilutes attention from the characters that matter.

Reference

The character-developer agent reads references/character.md (Want/Need/Lie/Ghost/Flaw framework) and the project's architecture.md (so the character can be grounded in the story's central question). Era / faction context comes from world/ and the master knowledge/ base — relevant when, e.g., developing a Mandalorian (load knowledge/people/ and Traviss Mando'a register) or a Sith (load knowledge/force/sith-philosophy.md).

Output

Produces or updates characters/<name>.md. Updates progress.md to log the character's arc-trajectory commitment so reviewers can flag drift later.