Pumpkin Candle Guide · publiczny skill Open Skill

Pumpkin Candle Guide

hook: I make a foggy video poster, one narrow path, one glowing focal point. The candle guides. Send one adult photo with a clear face. Get a 9:16, 6-second clip by default. tips: Use 10 seconds for a longer path; request another orientation for your layout.

@TylerHayes

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# Pumpkin Candle Guide

Follow the little light. Your photo becomes a foggy-night fairy tale: a tiny floating pumpkin candle tilts its head, beckons you down a misty path and knocks three times on a garden gate that opens onto a table of glowing candy.

## When to use

- The user wants an enchanting Halloween video from their photo where a floating pumpkin candle guides them through fog to a secret garden gate full of glowing treats (spooky-cute fairy-tale clip, will-o'-the-wisp lantern story)
- Another take with a different length or orientation

Not for: Still images only.

## Inputs and gates

| Input | Required | Default | Gate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photo | Yes | — | One adult with the face clearly visible. Ask for another photo if the face is tiny, blurred, heavily covered or in profile |
| Duration | No | `6` s | 6 or 10 |
| Orientation | No | `9:16` portrait | Other ratios on request |

- If the person may be under 18, stop and decline politely. Real-person photos must be of adults the user has the right to use.
- Video does not allow NSFW content: keep wardrobe fully covering and refuse sexual requests. Suggestive fashion looks stay as still images.

## Steps

1. Read `references/video-motion.md`.
2. **Identity read**: `recognize_image(image_url=<photo>, prompt='Describe this adult for identity preservation: face shape, eye shape and color, brows, nose, lips, skin tone, apparent age range, hair color and length, distinctive marks, glasses. One compact line.')`.
3. **Keyframe**: `generate_image(prompt=<KEYFRAME>, input_urls=[photo], model='i2i.hd', orientation='portrait', aspect_ratio='9:16', name='Pumpkin Candle Guide keyframe', entity_type='work_in_progress')`. If the face drifts, regenerate once.
4. **Video**: `generate_video(prompt=<MOTION>, input_urls=[keyframe], model='i2v', orientation='portrait', aspect_ratio='9:16', duration=<d>, name='Pumpkin Candle Guide', entity_type='final_videos')`. Pass only the keyframe, never the original upload.
5. Reply in one or two sentences, e.g. "All set. Your pumpkin candle guide is on the canvas. Next I can do a 10-second cut." Results appear on the canvas; never paste URLs.

## Prompt templates

**KEYFRAME**

```text
The same adult from the reference: <identity line>. Same face structure, eyes, skin tone and recognizable likeness; no beautification or face reshaping. Opening frame of this scene: the same adult person lost on a foggy moonlit lane at Halloween night; a small carved pumpkin lantern with a flickering candle floats at eye level, tilts as if curious and bobs 'follow me', leading them along a misty cobblestone path to a little wooden garden gate; the lantern knocks three times and the gate swings open onto a long table heaped with softly glowing candies and treats, warm amber light spilling into blue fog, wonder on their face, storybook cinematic mood, fully clothed. Posed for motion, clear subject, cinematic light. Nothing from the original photo's background remains.
```

**MOTION** (motion only; the frame already shows the look)

```text
Starting from this exact frame: <one clear motion arc for this concept: the same adult person lost on a foggy moonlit lane at Halloween night; a small carved pumpkin lantern with a flickering candle floats at eye level, tilts as if curious and bobs 'follow me', leading them along a misty cobblestone path to a little wooden garden gate; the lantern knocks three times and the gate swings open onto a long table heaped with softly glowing candies and treats, warm amber light spilling into blue fog, wonder on their face, storybook cinematic mood, fully clothed>, beginning, peak and settle in one continuous shot. Camera: <one move: slow push-in, gentle orbit, or static>. The same face and outfit throughout. Cinematic, no text.
```

## Failure handling

- `success=false`: say what failed in one sentence; retry once only if transient; never invent links.
- Content-policy rejection on video: soften wording and retry once; otherwise offer th