name: movie-storyboard
description: This prompt instructs an AI to produce a visually cohesive, 12-frame cinematic neo-noir storyboard featuring a detective duo investigating a missing treasure in a smoky, high-contrast urban setting. It specifies consistent character faces, outfits, and atmosphere across all frames, with each image representing a distinct story beat that escalates tension through emotional highs and lows before landing on a twist and satisfying resolution. The outcome is a sequence of exactly twelve text-free, film-noir-style images in a 16:9 format that can be used by creators as a consistent visual planning tool.
compatibility: Requires betterprompt >= 0.1.3
metadata:
openclaw:
homepage: https://github.com/BetterPromptme/skills
emoji: 🧩
requires:
anyBins:
- betterprompt
- bp
os:
- linux
- darwin
install:
- id: node
kind: node
package: betterprompt
bins: [betterprompt, bp]
label: Install BetterPrompt CLI (node)
What it does
This prompt instructs an AI to produce a visually cohesive, 12-frame cinematic neo-noir storyboard featuring a detective duo investigating a missing treasure in a smoky, high-contrast urban setting. It specifies consistent character faces, outfits, and atmosphere across all frames, with each image representing a distinct story beat that escalates tension through emotional highs and lows before landing on a twist and satisfying resolution. The outcome is a sequence of exactly twelve text-free, film-noir-style images in a 16:9 format that can be used by creators as a consistent visual planning tool.
For more installation instructions go to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BetterPromptme/skills/refs/heads/main/betterprompt/SKILL.md to check out this skill.
Inputs
textInputs
Pass each text input using --input <key>=<value> flags.
| Variable key | Required? | Description | Defaults |
|---|
seed | Optional | A randomization number to ensure reproducible results (if the AI engine supports it). Using the same seed usually recreates the same composition. | 12345 |
story_theme | Optional | The central plot theme or narrative arc that drives the storyboard. | missing treasure |
aspect_ratio | Optional | The frame ratio of your storyboard images. | 16:9 |
lighting_style | Optional | The overall lighting mood that defines the atmosphere. | high-contrast, smoky atmosphere |
character_roles | Optional | The archetype or role of the characters in the story. Helps the model keep their narrative function consistent. | detective, partner,... |
location_setting | Optional | The main environment where the story takes place. Sets the visual backdrop. | urban noir city |
imageInputs
This prompt requires exactly 2 images. You must pass exactly 2 image flags (no more, no fewer), in the order matching the descriptions below.
| Index | Required | Description | Allowed CLI flags |
|---|
| 1 | Yes | A clear reference photo of your main character (front-facing if possible) | --image-input-url <url> or --image-input-path <path> |
| 2 | Yes | A clear reference photo of the supporting character (partner, rival, or secondary lead) | --image-input-url <url> or --image-input-path <path> |
Models and options
This skill's modality is: image.
To discover which model values you can use (and which options keys/values are valid for each model), run:
betterprompt resources --models-only --json
Then filter the returned JSON array to entries where modality is "image".
How to run
Step 1: Collect inputs
First, run betterprompt resources --models-only --json and filter to modality: "image" to discover valid models and available options:
betterprompt resources --models-only --json
Use only the models and option values that appear in the filtered results.
Then collect all inputs from the human:
- Optional text inputs (use defaults if not provided by the human):
seed (default: 12345)
story_theme (default: missing treasure)
aspect_ratio (default: 16:9)
lighting_style (default: high-contrast, smoky atmosphere)
character_roles (default: detective, partner,...)
location_setting (default: urban noir city)
- Required images:
- Exactly 2 images: image 1 (A clear reference photo of your main character (front-facing if possible)) and image 2 (A clear reference photo of the supporting character (partner, rival, or secondary lead)). Images must be provided in this order.
- Optional: model and options.
- Present the human with the default model
gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview and its available options. Look up gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview in the betterprompt resources output (filtered to modality "image") and show its availableOptions as: key: val1, val2 (default), val3 | key2: .... Mark a value (default) if it matches these defaults: {}.
- If the human does not specify, defaults are used: model
gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview, options {}. Other models from the resources call are also available.
If the required images are missing, ask the human for what's missing. Do not assume or fabricate values. Tell the human: "Please provide images in this order: image 1 (A clear reference photo of your main character (front-facing if possible)) and image 2 (A clear reference photo of the supporting character (partner, rival, or secondary lead))".
Step 2: Run via BetterPrompt CLI
Use the frontmatter's name as the positional argument (for this skill, use movie-storyboard).
Command form:
betterprompt generate movie-storyboard \
[--input <key>=<value>] \
[--image-input-url <url>] \
[--image-input-path <path>] \
[--model <model>] \
[--options <options JSON>] \
[--json]
Notes:
- Pass each text input as a separate
--input <key>=<value> flag.
- Pass each image using
--image-input-url or --image-input-path, in the order matching the imageInputs descriptions (image 1 first, then image 2, etc.).
- If the human does not mention a model, omit
--model and BetterPrompt will use the default model: gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview.
- If the human does not mention options, omit
--options and BetterPrompt will use the default options: {}.
- If the run times out, the response will include a
runId you can use to fetch the result later.
Example (using defaults shown above):
betterprompt generate movie-storyboard \
--input seed=12345 \
--input 'story_theme=missing treasure' \
--input aspect_ratio=16:9 \
--input 'lighting_style=high-contrast, smoky atmosphere' \
--input 'character_roles=detective, partner,...' \
--input 'location_setting=urban noir city' \
--image-input-url https://example.com/image1.png \
--image-input-path /path/to/image2.png \
--model gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview \
--options '{}'