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AI Comic Drama Skills Tutorial: Turn One Story Idea into a Complete Vertical Series Plan

Learn how to use AI Comic Drama Skills in Claude Code, WorkBuddy, DeepSeek, and other tools to turn a story idea into a production plan, asset prompts, episode scripts, director guides, and a release package.

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AI Comic Drama Skills tutorial for creating a complete vertical series

Project Overview

AI Comic Drama Skills is a set of workflow templates for creating AI comic dramas, covering 21 genres. Submit a single story idea, and the templates will generate a production plan, asset image prompts, episode scripts, storyboard and video prompts, and final publishing copy in stages.

Each genre is an independent SKILL.md file and requires no installed dependencies. It can be used with Claude Code, WorkBuddy with Skill import support, or pasted directly into chat tools such as DeepSeek.

Supported Genres

The project divides its 21 templates into four categories: fantasy, historical, modern, and genre fiction.

Fantasy

  • Chinese Fantasy Cultivation: skills/xuanhuan-manju/SKILL.md
  • Western Fantasy Magic: skills/xihuan-manju/SKILL.md
  • Interstellar Mecha: skills/xingji-manju/SKILL.md
  • System-Based Infinite Progression: skills/xitong-manju/SKILL.md
  • Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland: skills/moshi-manju/SKILL.md

Historical

  • Time Travel and Rebirth: skills/chuanyue-manju/SKILL.md
  • Palace Intrigue: skills/gongdou-manju/SKILL.md
  • Household Intrigue: skills/zhaidou-manju/SKILL.md
  • Court Politics: skills/quanmou-manju/SKILL.md
  • Wuxia Martial Arts: skills/wuxia-manju/SKILL.md
  • Farming and Commerce: skills/zhongtian-manju/SKILL.md

Modern

  • Urban Rise: skills/dushi-manju/SKILL.md
  • CEO Romance: skills/tianchong-manju/SKILL.md
  • Family Drama: skills/jiating-manju/SKILL.md
  • Rebirth and Revenge: skills/chongsheng-manju/SKILL.md
  • Workplace and Business Rivalry: skills/shangzhan-manju/SKILL.md
  • Period Drama: skills/niandai-manju/SKILL.md
  • Entertainment Industry: skills/yule-manju/SKILL.md
  • College Youth: skills/xiaoyuan-manju/SKILL.md

Genre Fiction

  • Mystery and Criminal Investigation: skills/xuanyi-manju/SKILL.md
  • Folk Horror and Urban Legends: skills/minsu-manju/SKILL.md

Core Outputs and Default Specifications

The templates divide comic drama production into five main deliverables:

  1. Production plan: Covers the story, characters, world system, episode-by-episode plot, foreshadowing, art, sound, and release planning.
  2. Asset library: Provides image-generation prompts for characters, props, locations, and effects.
  3. Episode scripts: Generates scene-by-scene content and word-for-word dialogue.
  4. Episode director guides: Organizes asset image prompts, storyboard prompts, and time-segmented video prompts for each episode.
  5. Release package: Includes cover prompts, ending plans, trailer plans, and publishing copy.

The default project specification is 30 episodes, about 4 minutes per episode, in a 9:16 vertical format. Shot count and duration are not fixed. Different genres use different pacing, and each episode is adjusted to fit its content.

To change the episode count, episode length, or aspect ratio, state the requirements in the initial story idea. You do not need to use the default specifications.

Installation and Preparation

This project requires no dependency installation or additional runtime environment. Preparation mainly involves choosing a genre and providing the corresponding SKILL.md to the AI tool you use.

Method 1: Use DeepSeek or Other Chat Tools

  1. Open the directory for the genre that matches your story.
  2. Open the directory's SKILL.md and copy all of its contents.
  3. Start a new conversation, paste the complete template, and send it.
  4. Wait for the tool to reply, “Template ready.”
  5. Send a story idea to begin generating the production plan.

Use one separate conversation for each series, and load only one template per conversation. Do not mix multiple genre templates in the same conversation, or characters, worldbuilding, and plot settings may become entangled.

Method 2: Use Claude Code

Copy the genre folder you need into Claude Code's Skills directory:

~/.claude/skills/

For example, when creating a Chinese fantasy cultivation series, copy the complete xuanhuan-manju folder instead of extracting only part of the template. You can then send the story idea directly in Claude Code.

Method 3: Use WorkBuddy

If your current version of WorkBuddy supports Skill import, import the complete folder for the selected genre. If it does not support importing, use the same method as with a standard chat tool: start a new conversation, paste the complete SKILL.md, wait for the template to be ready, and then send the story idea.

Basic Workflow

Step 1: Choose the Best-Matching Genre

First identify the story's primary genre, then choose a template. For example, a sect cultivation story suits the Chinese fantasy cultivation template, a corporate competition story suits the workplace and business rivalry template, and an investigation story suits the mystery and criminal investigation template.

If one idea contains several elements, prioritize the genre that determines the main plot structure and narrative pacing instead of loading multiple templates in one conversation.

Step 2: Submit a Story Idea

Once the template is ready, send a clear one-sentence story idea. You can describe only the central conflict or also specify any project requirements you want to change.

An exiled weapon-refining disciple discovers that he can repair ancient magical artifacts, drawing him into a conflict among cultivation sects.

If you do not want to use the default specification of 30 episodes, about 4 minutes per episode, and a 9:16 vertical format, add your requirements directly to the idea:

An exiled weapon-refining disciple discovers that he can repair ancient magical artifacts, drawing him into a conflict among cultivation sects. Plan it as 12 episodes, about 3 minutes per episode, in a 9:16 vertical format.

After receiving the idea, the template first outputs a project brief and production plan, establishing a shared foundation for the characters, world system, episode-by-episode plot, and later production.

Step 3: Advance Each Stage with “Continue”

Because a complete project is lengthy, the template outputs it in batches and marks the current progress at the beginning of each batch. After reviewing and confirming the current batch, reply:

Continue

The tool will generate the next batch for the current stage. Once that stage is complete, it moves to the next one. Tools that support direct file writing can complete the output continuously; the specific file structure is described in Chapter 1 of each genre's SKILL.md.

Step 4: Request Production Materials by Episode

When you need to produce a particular episode, request its director guide directly. For example:

Episode 3 guide

The template will generate the assets and shot materials for Episode 3, including the required asset prompts, storyboard prompts, and time-segmented video prompts.

Step 5: Generate Release Materials

After completing an episode, request its release package:

Episode 3 release package

The release package organizes the cover prompt, ending and trailer plans, and publishing copy for Episode 3.

Quick Reference: Common Commands

  • One-sentence story idea: Generates the project brief and production plan.
  • Continue: Generates the next batch for the current stage, then moves to the next stage when complete.
  • Episode 3 guide: Generates Episode 3 asset images and shot materials.
  • Episode 3 release package: Generates Episode 3 cover materials, publishing copy, and more.
  • Change: Make the female lead a cold-faced senior disciple: Modifies only the relevant parts and checks for contradictions across the setting.

Advanced Usage Tips

Lock In Specifications in the Story Idea

If the project has specific requirements for episode count, duration, or aspect ratio, state them when you first submit the idea. This allows the production plan, episode plots, and later shot design to follow the target specifications from the beginning.

Use Targeted Changes to Reduce Rework

When you need to adjust a character or setting, use “Change:” followed by a clear requirement instead of reloading the template. For example:

Change: Make the female lead a cold-faced senior disciple

The template will modify only the affected sections and check whether the changes conflict with earlier content. This approach works well for making targeted iterations after the production plan has been established.

Request Content by Episode

When the full series has already been planned but you are producing only one episode, use “Episode N guide” or “Episode N release package” directly. This keeps creation, shot production, and release preparation focused on the episode currently in production.

Adjust Reference Syntax When Switching Video Tools

{{Mixed N}} in video prompts is reference-image syntax. If your video tool uses a different reference format, replace it with the syntax supported by that tool. Do not assume every platform can recognize it directly.

Keep Conversations and Projects Separate

Use a separate conversation for each series, with only one template per conversation. This prevents character settings from different projects from contaminating one another and reduces the risk of mixing pacing and world rules from different genres.

Testing Status and Usage Notes

  • Testing scope: The current version has been tested successfully in WorkBuddy. The Chinese fantasy cultivation version was previously tested in actual use; Palace Intrigue, Household Intrigue, Period Drama, System-Based Infinite Progression, CEO Romance, Rebirth and Revenge, and Workplace and Business Rivalry have undergone installation checks or Stage 1 trial runs. The remaining genres have not yet been tested individually.
  • Platform compliance: Before release, check the target platform's rules and label AI-generated content. Genres such as mystery and criminal investigation and folk horror typically face more platform requirements, so confirm the relevant rules first.
  • Originality: The templates require all characters and settings to be original, but users remain responsible for the copyright and compliance of generated content.
  • Manual review: Before formal production, check character relationships, timelines, foreshadowing, and episode transitions, especially for projects that have undergone multiple targeted changes.

License

This project is released under the MIT License. Before using, modifying, or distributing it, review the LICENSE file in the repository for the complete license terms.

Conclusion

AI Comic Drama Skills breaks down the complex process from story development to release preparation into templates that can be executed continuously. Choose the right genre, load the corresponding SKILL.md in a separate conversation, and use commands such as “Continue,” episode guides, and release packages to build complete comic drama production materials from a single idea.