character-emotion-regulation-modeler

Model character emotional appraisal, regulation strategies, and cross-scene continuity for fiction writing.

Updated Aug 3, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/yeisme/auctra-novel-skills --skill character-emotion-regulation-modeler-yeisme
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: character-emotion-regulation-modeler
Source: https://github.com/yeisme/auctra-novel-skills/tree/main/character-modeling/character-emotion-regulation-modeler
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/yeisme/auctra-novel-skills --skill character-emotion-regulation-modeler-yeisme

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Writers often label a character's emotion directly from plot events, producing flat or inconsistent reactions. This Skill converts emotional beats into a structured appraisal-to-recovery loop so characters react through their own goals, relationships, and regulation habits rather than author-assigned labels. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Appraisal-to-Recovery Modeling: Maps event, cognitive appraisal, bodily activation, action urges, public versus private expression, regulation strategy, co-regulation, and aftereffects into one emotional circuit. - Relationship-Differentiated Expression: Compares how a character expresses emotion toward superiors, subordinates, intimates, strangers, and when unobserved. - Continuity and Falsification Checks: Tracks emotional aftereffects across scenes and validates consistency with strategy-failure and re-trigger scenarios. - Use Case: When drafting a confrontation scene, use this Skill to determine how a restrained character appraises the insult, what impulse they suppress, what it costs the relationship, and what residue carries into the next chapter. ## Quick Start Model this character's emotional regulation sequence for the betrayal scene in chapter five, including private experience, public expression, and aftereffects.

Frequently Asked Questions about character-emotion-regulation-modeler

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I write realistic character emotional reactions in fiction?▼

Build the reaction from the character's appraisal of the event rather than assigning an emotion label directly. Map responsibility, controllability, identity stakes, and relationship consequences first, then derive bodily activation, action urges, and expression from that appraisal.

How to show emotion differently across character relationships?▼

Compare the character's expression rules toward superiors, subordinates, intimates, strangers, and when unobserved. Surface reactions can shift by relationship while the underlying appraisal and regulation mechanism stays stable.

How do I maintain emotional continuity between scenes?▼

Track aftereffects such as fatigue, shame, emptiness, hypervigilance, guilt, or new action plans after each emotional peak. A scene ending does not reset emotion, so carry the residue into the next scene's behavior and decisions.

Does this Skill diagnose mental health conditions for characters?▼

No, it explicitly avoids diagnosing emotional disorders, trauma, neurotypes, or clinical risk. It models narrative emotion regulation only and does not treat any single regulation strategy as permanently healthy or pathological.

What are the limitations of emotion regulation modeling for writing?▼

It does not use microexpressions to determine deception and does not replace professional support for real-world self-harm or crisis topics. It is a literary analysis framework, not a psychological assessment tool.