# Simple Story

> This prompt instructs the AI to generate a 100-word, mysterious short story centered on a specified main character, placing them in an evocative setting that reinforces the mood. The narrative must include a brief conflict or emotional beat that reveals character traits and conclude with a subtle twist or reflective ending, resulting in a compact, atmospheric vignette tailored to the provided character placeholder.

- Skill: `betterpromptme/simple-story` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add betterpromptme/simple-story`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/betterpromptme/simple-story/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: BetterPromptme (https://skillmd.com/u/betterpromptme)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/betterpromptme/simple-story

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## What it does

This prompt instructs the AI to generate a 100-word, mysterious short story centered on a specified main character, placing them in an evocative setting that reinforces the mood. The narrative must include a brief conflict or emotional beat that reveals character traits and conclude with a subtle twist or reflective ending, resulting in a compact, atmospheric vignette tailored to the provided character placeholder.

> For more installation instructions go to https://skills.sh/betterpromptme/betterprompt/betterprompt to check out this skill.

## Inputs


### textInputs

Pass each text input using `--input <key>=<value>` flags.

| Variable key | Required? | Description | Defaults |
| --- | ---: | --- | --- |
| `char_two` | Required |  | (none) |
| `character_one` | Required | clearqwasdsad | (none) |



### imageInputs

This prompt requires **exactly 1 image**. You **must pass exactly 1 image flag** (no more, no fewer), in the order matching the descriptions below.

| Index | Required | Description | Allowed CLI flags |
| ---: | ---: | --- | --- |
| 1 | Yes | fdwqd | `--image-input-url <url>` or `--image-input-base64 <base64>` or `--image-input-path <absolute path to image>` |


### Models and options

This skill's modality is: **`text`**.

To discover which `model` values you can use (and which `options` keys/values are valid for each model), run:

```bash
betterprompt resources --models-only --json
```

Then filter the returned JSON array to entries where `modality` is `"text"`.

## How to run

### Step 1: Collect inputs

First, run `betterprompt resources --models-only --json` and filter to `modality: "text"` to discover valid models and available options:

```bash
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:


- Required text inputs:
    - `char_two`
  - `character_one`
- Required images:
  - **Exactly 1** images: image 1 (fdwqd). Images must be provided in this order.
- Optional: model and options.
  - Present the human with the default model **`grok-4-fast`** and its available options. Look up `grok-4-fast` in the `betterprompt resources` output (filtered to modality `"text"`) and show its `availableOptions` as: `key: val1, val2 (default), val3  |  key2: ...`. Mark a value `(default)` if it matches these defaults: `{"reasoningEffort":"low"}`.
  - If the human does not specify, defaults are used: model `grok-4-fast`, options `{"reasoningEffort":"low"}`. Other models from the resources call are also available.

If any required text input or 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 (fdwqd)"**.

### Step 2: Run via BetterPrompt CLI

Use the frontmatter's `name` as the positional argument (for this skill, use `simple-story`).

Command form:

```bash
betterprompt generate simple-story \
  [--input <key>=<value>] \
  [--image-input-url <url>] \
  [--image-input-base64 <base64>] \
  [--image-input-path <absolute path to image>] \
  [--model <model>] \
  [--options <options JSON>] \
  [--json]
```

Notes:

- Pass each text input as a separate `--input <key>=<value>` flag.
- Pass each image using one of `--image-input-url`, `--image-input-base64`, 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: **`grok-4-fast`**.
- If the human does **not** mention options, **omit** `--options` and BetterPrompt will use the default options: **`{"reasoningEffort":"low"}`**.
- If the run times out, the response will include a `runId` you can use to fetch the result later.

Example (using defaults shown above):

```bash
betterprompt generate simple-story \
  --input char_two=<value> \
  --input character_one=<value> \
  --image-input-url https://example.com/image1.png \
  --model grok-4-fast \
  --options '{"reasoningEffort":"low"}'
```