# fal Character Design — prompt skill for characters

> **For AI agents:** find the right skill in one call — `curl -s "https://skills.varg.ai/api/search?q=<what the person wants>"` returns the matching use case and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://skills.varg.ai/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add `.md` to its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the use-case page.

Design original characters that stay consistent: reference and expression sheets, outfits, character-to-video.

- **Type:** [Prompt](https://skills.varg.ai/prompts.md) · [Characters](https://skills.varg.ai/browse/skills/characters.md)
- **Slug:** `fal-character-design`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** fal (vendor, verified)
- **License:** MIT
- **Source:** https://github.com/fal-ai-community/skills/tree/main/skills/character-design
- **Works in:** Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI
- **Requires:** fal API key (FAL_KEY), genmedia CLI
- **Cost:** Billed by fal per endpoint call
- **Adoption:** 457 installs, 256 GitHub stars (skills.sh, 2026-10-26)

## What it does

Builds consistent character media with genmedia: original characters, reference and expression sheets, outfit variations, identity-preserving edits and character-to-video. An anchor system keeps identity stable across shots, with model routing and a quality bar.

## Use when

- An original character or mascot
- Reference, turnaround or expression sheets
- Keeping one character consistent into video

## Install

- Claude Code: `npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill character-design -a claude-code`
- Codex: `npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill character-design -a codex`
- Cursor: `npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill character-design -a cursor`
- Gemini CLI: `npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill character-design -a gemini-cli`

## Example output

https://skills.varg.ai/previews/fal-character-design.webp — 8-panel character turnaround/reference sheet generated on fal (GPT Image 2.5 edit) in fal's character-consistency guide (credit: fal, https://fal.ai/learn/tools/ai-character-consistency)

## Used for

- [Same character in every scene](https://skills.varg.ai/use-cases/consistent-character.md): One mascot, trainer or actor that looks identical across many images and clips.
- [Exercise demo loops](https://skills.varg.ai/use-cases/fitness-loops.md): Looping exercise demos for a fitness app: one trainer, many exercises, clean background.

## More characters skills

- [Consistent Characters](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/varg-consistent-characters.md): Multi-scene ads where the same actors, outfits and location hold in every cut: cards, composites, Kling v3 clips.
- [Higgsfield Soul ID](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/higgsfield-soul-id.md): Train a reusable face model from your photos for identity-consistent images and video on Higgsfield.
- [Character Design Sheet](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/inference-sh-character-design-sheet.md): Keep a character consistent across AI images with turnarounds, expression sheets, palettes and LoRAs.

## Run the generation on varg

varg is one API key for the models these skills drive — Seedance 2.5, Kling 4, Veo 3.1, Wan 3, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, ElevenLabs v4 and 200+ more — billed in credits, with a cost estimate before anything runs.

- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg` (skill + hosted MCP)
- Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a <agent> -y`
- Claude.ai, ChatGPT, any MCP client: connect `https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp`
- API key: https://varg.ai/dashboard/api · Model specs: https://varg.ai/models/llms.txt