Flow character mega-prompts + Auto-Pilot localhost:8017 bridge noted in editor spec

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

EDITOR.md

@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ into Flow. One place to edit a character; every future prompt inherits it. Looks
 stay swappable per RSG's system. The editor enforces: no compile if a referenced
 character/set id is missing; warn if ingredient still absent for active look.
 
+## Flow bridge (Auto-Pilot extension — UPGRADE, found 2026-07-19)
+John runs a "Flow Auto-Pilot / Labs FX Integration" extension in Brave, logged into
+Flow, polling a LOCAL SERVER URL (`http://localhost:8017`): **Prompt Mode** pulls
+prompts from the local server into the Flow tab; **DL Mode** sends results back.
+server.py should ALSO serve that contract on :8017 — a prompt queue fed by the Shot
+desk ("send to Flow") and a download-intake routing into `/api/clip`. TODO first:
+inspect the extension's actual request format before building. Flow also now has a
+native **character builder** — characters there (production/flow/CHARACTERS.md)
+become the primary consistency anchor; FLUX stills are their image inputs.
+
 ## Flow reality check (no API)
 Google Flow has no public API — generation stays manual in the browser. The editor
 optimizes the human loop to: copy prompt → attach listed ingredients → gen →

production/flow/CHARACTERS.md

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+# Flow character-builder mega prompts (canonical, cel80s look baked in)
+
+Workflow per character: paste STYLE + Base as the character prompt, attach the
+matching FLUX concept PNG as image input where one exists (hero_face_s1.png,
+deadwax_s1.png, cat_s1.png in bible/concept/), generate, ADJUST until on-model
+(watch-lists below), then append the Behaviour paragraph to the character's saved
+description. Name characters in Flow with our block ids: hero, deadwax, cat,
+boringguy, namedropper, postman, accountant — scene prompts reference these ids.
+
+STYLE (top of every character):
+1980s hand-drawn cel animation style, theatrical animated feature quality, thick
+confident ink outlines, painterly gouache rendering, dramatic colored rim lighting,
+saturated jewel-tone palette, subtle film grain. Not photorealistic, not 3D, not CGI.
+
+## hero — DEZ
+Base: Dez, a lanky 20-something record store clerk with long legs and expressive
+hands. Tall messy black quiff, olive skin, thick expressive eyebrows, slight
+confident smirk. Open red flannel shirt over a faded black band t-shirt, rolled
+dark jeans, scuffed white hi-top sneakers, oversized silver headphones always worn
+around his neck. His silhouette must always read: quiff, open flannel, neck
+headphones.
+Behaviour: Rubber-limbed physical acting like a Don Bluth protagonist — big takes,
+panicked scrambles, athletic leaps, comic double-takes. Brave but perpetually in
+over his head. Never speaks; communicates entirely in yelps, gulps and expressions.
+Adjust watch-list: keep him LANKY (drifts stocky); no facial hair; no hat;
+headphones around neck, never on ears.
+
+## deadwax — THE DEAD WAX
+Base: A towering villain made entirely of glossy black molten liquid vinyl that
+drips upward against gravity. Its shifting mass sprouts limbs that are dripping
+turntable tonearms with chrome needle tips. Its face is a slowly spinning 12-inch
+record with a hypnotic red label for an eye; groove lines ripple across its whole
+body and neon light reflects off its wet surface. Room-filling scale, always looming.
+Behaviour: Moves like slow liquid, strikes like a whip, instantly reforms after any
+damage. Radiates smug patience. Warps the room around itself. Silent except for
+vinyl crackle and run-out groove clicks.
+
+## cat — MILDRED
+Base: A fat gray-striped tabby store cat with half-closed judgmental eyes, white
+chest, sitting upright with her tail curled, usually on a wooden record crate.
+Behaviour: Does not care. Watches catastrophes unmoved, slow-blinks at deaths,
+knocks exactly one object off a shelf with one paw at the worst possible moment,
+and is always the only survivor in frame.
+
+## boringguy — THE BORING GUY
+Base: A beige man in his 50s: tucked-in taupe polo, pleated khakis, gray combover,
+lanyard with an unreadable badge, reusable coffee cup. Soft, entirely unremarkable
+face.
+Behaviour: Settles in against the counter like he's never leaving. Talks
+continuously with small pointing gestures at nothing. Completely oblivious to any
+surrounding catastrophe — floods, lava and monsters never interrupt his monologue.
+
+## namedropper — THE NAME-DROPPER
+Base: A smug man in an expensive vintage leather jacket over a suspiciously
+deadstock-clean band t-shirt, designer glasses, precisely groomed stubble, phone
+always in one hand.
+Behaviour: Performative browsing — holds records up without looking at them, does
+air quotes, smirks while waiting to be asked. Never buys anything. When out-flexed
+by someone naming a rarer record, he dissolves into vapor with a look of profound
+shame.
+
+## postman — THE POSTMAN
+Base: A postal worker in an immaculate uniform: pressed shorts, high socks,
+mirrored aviator sunglasses, an enormous parcel-laden satchel, granite jaw set in
+permanent righteousness.
+Behaviour: Kicks doors open and enters in slow motion like an action hero. Moves
+with terrifying procedural calm, produces regulation documents from the satchel,
+executes those who bring the postal service into disrepute, salutes afterward.
+
+## accountant — THE ACCOUNTANT
+Base: A gaunt figure in a gray suit slightly too tight, green banker's visor,
+sleeve garters, round glasses that catch the light so his eyes are never visible,
+leather ledger under one arm, red pen behind his ear.
+Behaviour: Rises vertically through the floor like a surfacing submarine. Adjusts
+his glasses with one finger, opens the ledger, taps a single line, and ends a life
+as a bookkeeping correction. Sinks back through the floor when balanced.