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One SKILL.md (the playbook) + one starter template. A preview:

Chatbot Avatar

When to use

• Your chatbot appears as a grey default icon, a stock robot, or a different image in every place it shows up
• You are launching a support bot, a tutor bot, a shopping assistant, or a character bot and it needs a face
• Users cannot tell your bot apart from the platform's generic assistant in a screenshot
• Your bot has a personality in words but no visual identity to match it
• You need avatar art for docs, the chat window, social posts, and empty states — and all of it must look like the same character

Workflow

1. Define the persona (input: what the bot does + how it talks → output: persona brief)
   Write down the facts the face must express: what the bot does, who it talks to, its tone in one sentence (warm and patient, brisk and precise, playful and curious), and one thing it must never look like (a human impersonation, a menacing machine, a toy for toddlers). Decide now whether the avatar reads as a character (a creature, a robot, an abstract shape with a face) or as a mark (a symbol with eyes) — that choice drives everything after it. A bot that helps with money should not look like a bot that tells bedtime stories.
2. Lock the build (input: persona brief → output: character sheet)
   Fix the character's build so it can be drawn the same way every time: silhouette (round, square, tall, blob), body proportions, eye shape and spacing, mouth style, one signature color plus one neutral, and one distinguishing feature (antenna, ears, glasses, a tuft, a badge). Write each choice down with measurements or ratios, not adjectives — "eyes are two circles, one eye-width apart" reproduces; "friendly eyes" does not. Anything not on the sheet does not go on the character.
3. Build the expression set (input: character sheet → output: expression set)
   Draw the same character in the expressions the bot actually needs: neutral (the default, used most), listening, thinking, happy/success, confused/clarifying, apologetic/error, and celebrating. Change only the eyes, mouth, and at most one accessory (a raised brow, a sweat drop) between expressions — never redraw the build. The test: cover the expression and you should still recognize the character; cover the build and you should still read the expression.

Template preview

Chatbot Avatar — Avatar Kit Template

One character, drawn the same way every time. Lock the build before drawing expressions.

Bot: {name} — {what it does}

Audience: {who it talks to} Tone in one sentence: {e.g. warm and patient / brisk and precise / playful and curious} Must never look like: {e.g. a human impersonation / a menacing machine / a toy for toddlers} Character or mark: {character (creature / robot / shape with a face) / mark (symbol with eyes)}

Character sheet (specified to be reproducible)

• Silhouette: {round / square / tall / blob — with proportions}
• Eyes: {shape, size, spacing — e.g. two circles, one eye-width apart}
• Mouth: {style}

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