character-design-sheet Skill (inference.sh) for Claude Code: What It Does and How to Install It

Guides Claude through consistent AI characters: turnaround and expression sheets, color palettes, a reusable prompt and LoRA tips.

Installs: 59K; on skills.sh
Stars: 17; on GitHub
Updated: Aug 2026; last repo commit

This skill is a guide for keeping one character looking the same across many AI-generated images. It covers four sheet types (turnaround, expression, outfit and color palette), a prompt block of 50+ words you reuse in every prompt, and tips for training a LoRA. Claude runs the image calls through the inference.sh belt CLI, using the falai/flux-dev-lora app.

It needs belt installed and signed in.

Good for

Illustrators and concept artists who need one character across many images
Game, comic, animation and visual-novel makers building a character reference

Install character-design-sheet

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the character-design-sheet skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

npx skills add https://github.com/inference-sh/skills --skill character-design-sheet

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires Node.js.

Pick one route for the skill, then install the belt CLI with one of the belt routes and run belt login. Every command in SKILL.md is a belt app run call, and its allowed-tools line is Bash(belt *), so the skill does nothing without belt. The folder holds 1 file, SKILL.md (repo tree). It runs belt in a shell, so there is no Claude app upload route.

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What's in the skill

When it loads

Character consistency across AI-generated images with reference sheets and LoRA techniques. Covers turnaround views, expression sheets, color palettes, and style consistency tricks. Use for: character design, game art, illustration, animation, comics, visual novels. Triggers: character design, character sheet, character consistency, character reference, turnaround sheet, expression sheet, character art, consistent character, character concept, reference sheet, character creation, oc design, character bible

Sections in SKILL.md

Quick Start
The Consistency Problem
Solutions (Ranked by Effectiveness)
Reference Sheet Types
1. Turnaround Sheet
2. Expression Sheet
3. Outfit/Costume Sheet
4. Color Palette Sheet
The Description Anchor Technique
Template
Example
Proportion Guide
Using LoRA for Consistency
Common Consistency Failures
Character Bible Template
Visual Description (use in all prompts)

Key facts

Author: inference.sh (owner of the repo; plugin.json lists inference.sh as author)
License: MIT per plugin.json and the README badge; the repo has no LICENSE file
Installs on skills.sh (101-skills/superpowers listing): 58,988 (Nov 2, 2026)
GitHub stars: 797 for the whole repo (Nov 2, 2026)
Last repo commit: Oct 15, 2026
Audits on skills.sh (101-skills/superpowers listing): Gen Agent Trust Hub: pass, Socket: warn, Snyk: pass
What it includes: 1 file: SKILL.md (from the repo tree)
Needs: The inference.sh belt CLI, signed in with belt login
Allowed tools: Bash(belt *)

What it includes

belt app run falai/flux-dev-lora with a reference-sheet prompt
The Quick Start makes one concept image of the character.
Runs code · Concept image
Four views (front, 3/4, side, back) joined with infsh/stitch-images
Generates each view with --no-wait, then stitches them into one sheet.
Try: “Make a turnaround sheet for a woman with short red hair and a navy bomber jacket”
Runs code · Turnaround sheet
At least 6 expressions: neutral, happy, angry, sad, surprised, thinking
One close-up portrait per emotion, with the same character description.
Runs code · Expression sheet
A table of outfits for the same character, such as casual and formal
The SKILL.md lists four example outfits: casual, work, athletic and formal.
Outfit and costume sheet
Record exact hex codes for skin, hair, eyes and clothes
A text sheet of colors so shades stop drifting between images.
Color palette sheet
A 50+ word character description reused word for word in every prompt
Only the action, pose or scene changes between prompts.
Description anchor
Use a trained character LoRA at scale 0.7 to 0.9
The SKILL.md advises 10 to 20 reference images and a trigger word. It shows using a LoRA, not training one.
Runs code · LoRA for large projects
A Markdown template that holds the anchor, palette, notes and LoRA path
A template to keep with a long project.
Character bible template

From the official docs

Permissions

Medium risk

This skill makes your agent run belt app run commands that send your prompts and files to inference.sh and use credits on your account. Check the price of an app with belt app pricing before you start a large batch.

What it can do

Read your data
Create and change things
Delete things
Read-only mode

Watch out for

Each run uses inference.sh credits
SKILL.md does not list a price for the apps it calls. The belt README shows belt balance to check credits and belt app pricing to see the cost formula before a run. github.com
Your prompts and files go to inference.sh
Every belt app run sends its input to an inference.sh app. The belt README says local file paths in an input are uploaded by the CLI. github.com
You must install the belt CLI first
The belt README gives a download-and-review install script, Homebrew, npm and Scoop. cli-install.md in the repo says the installer downloads a binary and checks its SHA-256 checksum. The belt skill named in SKILL.md can also run brew install and npm install -g. github.com

Security advisories

No published security advisories as of Nov 2, 2026.

Technical details

Turning on read-only	SKILL.md describes no read-only mode.
Talks to	inference.sh (belt app run calls). cli.inference.sh and dist.inference.sh (belt installer)
Sign-in and keys	Run belt login to sign in to inference.sh. SKILL.md does not say where belt keeps the login.
Scopes	Runs belt app run commands in your shell (allowed-tools: Bash(belt *)) Uploads the inputs you give it, including local files, to inference.sh

Questions

What does the character-design-sheet skill do?

It teaches Claude how to keep one AI-generated character consistent across images. It covers turnaround, expression, outfit and color palette sheets, a reusable 50+ word description, a proportion guide and LoRA use.

How do I install it?

Use the install box at the top of this page for the skill. You also need the belt CLI from inference.sh, installed with one of the belt routes in the box, and a belt login. There is no Claude app upload route because the skill runs belt in a shell.

Does it need an account or API key?

It needs an inference.sh sign-in through belt login. SKILL.md names no separate API key. The belt README shows belt balance for credits and belt app pricing for the cost of an app.

Is it safe?

It runs belt app run commands through your shell. Each run sends your prompt and any files or URLs you give it to inference.sh and uses credits. The belt CLI has to be installed first, so read its install steps before you run them.

Is there another copy of this skill?

skills.sh also lists this skill under 101-skills/superpowers, a repo whose plugin.json names inference.sh as author and inference-sh/skills as the repository. This page links to inference-sh/skills, the repo the plugin.json points to.

Who publishes this skill?

inference.sh, in its own repo github.com/inference-sh/skills. The repo's plugin.json lists inference.sh as author and https://inference.sh as homepage.

Do I need to train a LoRA?

No. SKILL.md ranks a trained FLUX LoRA as the most consistent method but also the most work, and rates a detailed description anchor as medium-high consistency with low effort. It suggests a LoRA for projects with ten or more images.

Which other skills does it point to?

Its Related Skills section lists ai-image-generation, flux-image and prompt-engineering from inference-sh/skills. They are optional.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: inference-sh/skills
Folder: guides/design/character-design-sheet

inference-sh/skills skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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character-design-sheet SKILL.md · github.com
belt CLI README · github.com
cli-install.md · github.com
README · github.com
plugin.json · github.com
belt skill SKILL.md · github.com