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name: "character-channel-ops"
description: "Operate a virtual-character Instagram channel (fictional persona): launch setup, character consistency, content cadence, caption/hashtag playbook, growth, monetization, and launch-blocking compliance (Meta AI labels, Korea FTC rules). Trigger: running/growing/posting/monetizing a virtual-character channel. JP caption drafting: jp-sns-ops."
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# Character Channel Ops (character-channel-ops)

Narrow-scoped skill for operating a fictional-persona Instagram channel.
Pilot character (example): a 21-year-old Japanese woman (university student,
photoreal style, 168cm), pillars: student/campus life 35 / fashion 40 /
Tokyo life 25.
Full research playbook: keep your own research notes (27 sources in the original) alongside the skill.
Benchmark data: keep your own AI-influencer benchmark alongside the skill.
Character bible: your character's bible file (appearance + non-visual traits).
Reference images: your character's reference folder.

Trigger ONLY when the user asks about the character channel: content planning,
posting, growth, monetization, or compliance for the virtual persona.
Do not activate for general Instagram questions or the Naver blog goal.

## Preconditions

- Never publish, schedule, or log in to Instagram on the user's behalf without
  explicit authorization for that exact action. Drafting and planning need no
  special approval; anything that touches the live account does.
- Never present the character as a real human. Never write fake firsthand
  testimonials ("I tried this product and my skin cleared") — Korea FTC treats
  them as false advertising even WITH disclosure.

## Step 1 — Compliance first (launch blockers, not afterthoughts)

1. Profile-level "AI-generated" label must be ON from day one (Meta policy
   2026-08-31). Unlabeled AI-persona profiles are excluded from
   Reels/Explore recommendations to non-followers. Labeled = no reach penalty.
2. Per-post "AI info"/"Made with AI" toggle ON for every AI-generated or
   AI-edited post, reel, and story. Caption text saying "made with AI" does
   NOT count as disclosure.
3. Korea FTC (2026-06-01): in any paid/recommendation content on Instagram,
   keep the text "가상인물" near the character, continuously visible while
   she appears. For text media: put it in the title or lead.
4. Korea FTC back-ad rules: ANY compensation (cash, product, coupon, affiliate
   commission) → Korean-language `광고`/`협찬` at the BEGINNING of the post,
   adjacent to the recommendation. `#ad`, buried hashtags, or "체험단" alone
   do not satisfy this.

Pre-publish checklist: profile AI label on → per-post AI toggle on →
`광고`/`협찬` at post start if compensated → `가상인물` overlay on paid video
→ no fake experience claims.

## Step 2 — Character consistency (the core technical work)

Consistency ladder, weakest to strongest:
1. Fixed seed — cheap, breaks easily.
2. Reference anchoring (`--cref`/`--sref`/IP-Adapter) — good for series work.
3. Character sheet (10+ angles: front, 3/4, profile, close/medium/full body,
   smile/neutral/pensive, signature pose) — the reference bank.
4. LoRA (rank 16–32, 20–50 images, rare trigger token) — for hundreds of
   images. **Reference-based anchoring is the 2026 standard for photoreal
   characters like the example persona**; LoRA stays the right call for stylized
   (non-photoreal) characters.

Practical order: lock one hero shot → build the 10-angle sheet with
`--cref {hero} --cw 50` (face features only) → train LoRA, captioning
everything EXCEPT identity so the token absorbs identity → test 50–100
images, require 80%+ same-person recognition → reject drifted images from
the bank, never feed them back in. Lock style too: fixed `--sref` palette
and lighting language in every prompt.

## Step 3 — Weekly cadence (after the 21-day warmup)

- Reels 50–60% (3–4/week, discovery), carousel 20–25% (1–2/week, saves),
  single photo 10–15% (1/week, world-building), stories daily (polls/Q&A).
- Reels: 7–15s sweet spot, hook in the first 3 seconds (50–70% drop off
  otherwise), captions ON (muted viewers), cut every 1.5–3s, loopable edit,
  1080×1920 minimum, no TikTok/CapCut watermarks.
- Ranking signals in order: watch time (70–90% completion) > DM shares >
  saves > early engagement. Design every reel to be worth DMing to a friend.
- Posting times KST: weekdays 11–13 / 19–21, weekends 9–11; re-personalize
  from Insights after 1–2 weeks. Never post at exactly the same minute daily;
  rotate the 3–5 hashtag set per post (hashtag cap is 5 since Dec 2025:
  2–3 niche <50k posts + 1–2 mid + 0–1 broad).
- Caption structure: hook in first 125 chars → story/value → ONE CTA
  (save / tag a friend / comment / follow-for-series). 80% value,
  20% promo.

### Hook-first edit rules (adopted 2026-10-23)

- Strongest frame at 0:00 — no fade-ins, logos, or slow starts. The end
  frame visually rhymes with the start frame so the loop is seamless.
- Flop recovery: if a reel underperforms, recut ONLY the first 2 seconds,
  swap the cover frame, and repost as a new reel — one variable at a time,
  so the result teaches whether the hook or the body failed.

### Trial Reels gate (adopted 2026-10-23)

- New formats and unproven hooks debut as **Trial Reels** (shown to
  non-followers only, off the main grid). Judge after 24–48h on completion
  rate and DM shares against the channel median: winners graduate to a
  regular post, losers get the 2-second recut or are dropped.
- Proven series formats may skip the trial only by explicit user decision.

### Weekly trend slot (adopted 2026-10-23)

- One slot per week is a current text-overlay trend format, selected with
  `ig-outlier-research`. Prefer original-audio formats (business-account
  safe); the format must map to a content pillar; log format + outcome in
  the weekly review.
- Starter candidates (Oct 2026): "Not all angels are in heaven…",
  "Money can't buy happiness but…", "Some people call me…".

### Handwritten h

channels/character-channel-ops/SKILL.md from the repo, MIT licence. Read it before pasting. Muse asks before it acts.