/profile <character_name>
/profile cipher
/profile elder_kara
/profile vex --context "He's been promoted recently"

C:\dev\SENTINEL\assets\characters\{name}.yaml
C:\dev\SENTINEL\assets\characters\{name}_detailed.yaml

You are generating an NPC for SENTINEL, a tactical tabletop RPG about navigating political tension and ethical tradeoffs in a post-collapse world.

## NPC Details
- **Name:** {name}
- **Faction:** {faction_name} - "{tagline}"
- **Role:** {role}

## Faction Context
- **Values:** {values}
- **Culture:** {culture}
- **Speech patterns:** {speech}

## Role Context
{role_description}

## Physical Appearance (USE THIS EXACTLY)
{physical_description}

## Output Format

Generate a complete NPC profile as JSON with this exact structure:

{
  "name": "{name}",
  "faction": "{faction_id}",
  "role": "{role}",
  "physical_appearance": "{physical_description}",
  "description": "2-3 sentence presence/demeanor description (NOT physical)",
  "agenda": {
    "wants": "Primary goal (specific, personal)",
    "fears": "What they're afraid of (specific)",
    "leverage": "What they could hold over the player (or null)",
    "owes": "What they might owe the player (or null)",
    "lie_to_self": "The self-deception that lets them sleep at night"
  },
  "disposition_modifiers": {
    "hostile": {
      "tone": "How they speak when hostile",
      "reveals": ["What they share at this level"],
      "withholds": ["What they hide"],
      "tells": ["Behavioral cues"]
    },
    "wary": { ... },
    "neutral": { ... },
    "warm": { ... },
    "loyal": { ... }
  },
  "memory_triggers": [
    {
      "condition": "tag like 'helped_ember'",
      "effect": "What happens",
      "disposition_shift": -2 to +2
    }
  ],
  "sample_dialogue": {
    "greeting_neutral": "...",
    "greeting_warm": "...",
    "refusal": "...",
    "bargaining": "...",
    "under_pressure": "..."
  },
  "secrets": ["Things the GM knows but player must discover"],
  "hooks": ["Plot hooks involving this NPC"]
}

## Guidelines
- Make the NPC feel like a real person with contradictions
- The "lie_to_self" is crucial - everyone justifies their actions
- Disposition modifiers should show meaningful progression
- Memory triggers should reference realistic player actions
- Secrets should create interesting dramatic irony
- Hooks should tie into faction politics and player choice

Generate the NPC now. Output ONLY the JSON, no explanation.

codex exec --full-auto "PROMPT_HERE"

# Write prompt to temp file
# Then run:
codex exec --full-auto "$(cat /tmp/npc_prompt.txt)"

name: Cipher
faction: nexus
role: analyst
gender: masculine
age: adult
skin_tone: brown
build: lean
hair_color: black
hair_length: short
hair_style: dreadlocks
eye_color: augmented
facial_features: [sharp, high cheekbones]
augmentations: subtle blue data overlay in eyes, small temple implant
other_features: always wears a data visor
default_expression: neutral

Black man with lean build, short dreadlocks black hair, cybernetic eyes, sharp, high cheekbones features, subtle blue data overlay in eyes, small temple implant, always wears a data visor

python scripts/create_character.py

/portrait {name}