Building Character Chat Profiles

Python
def build_character_profile(raw_name: str, description: str, image_tags: list[str] = None) -> dict:
    name = strip_titles(raw_name)
    return {
        "display_name": name,
        "persona_summary": summarize(description, max_words=40),
        "traits": extract_traits(description, image_tags),
        "tone": infer_tone(description),
    }

build_character_profile(
    "Captain Elara Vex, Scourge of the Ninth Fleet",
    "A grizzled starship captain with a sharp tongue and a soft spot for her crew."
)
# -> {
#   "display_name": "Elara Vex",
#   "persona_summary": "A grizzled starship captain with a sharp tongue and a soft spot for her crew.",
#   "traits": ["commanding", "sarcastic", "loyal"],
#   "tone": "gruff, witty"
# }

Guardrail note: decline requests to model real, identifiable people (especially in sexual/adult framing) without clear consent; redirect to a fictional or consenting-original character using the same pipeline below.

Progress:

• Ingest raw name string + description/image captions
• Strip titles and honorifics (see rules below)
• Extract core traits from description/image tags
• Summarize backstory into a short persona blurb (≤40 words)
• Infer tone/voice for dialogue style
• Assemble structured profile object
• Validate: name is clean, summary is non-redundant with traits, tone matches description

Title-stripping rules:

1. Remove leading honorifics: Sir, Lord, Lady, Dr., Captain, Mr., Ms., Madam, etc.
2. Remove trailing epithets after a comma: ", the Magnificent", ", Scourge of the Ninth Fleet", ", World's Strongest ___".
3. Keep given name + surname only ("Elara Vex", not "Captain Elara Vex").
4. If no clear given/surname exists (e.g., single epithet like "The Wanderer"), keep the core noun phrase minus intensifiers ("World's Greatest", "Ultimate", "Ultra").
5. Preserve name casing exactly as the core tokens appeared in the source.

Trait extraction: pull adjectives/noun phrases from the description plus any image caption tags (e.g., ["armor", "scar", "confident pose"] → "battle-worn", "confident"). Cap at 3–5 traits.

Tone inference: map description register to a short tone tag — formal source text → "formal, witty"; casual/modern text → "relaxed, playful"; dark/serious → "terse, intense".

Example 1 (fantasy): Input: "Sir Reginald the Magnificent, Lord of Battles" + "A battle-hardened lord with a dry wit and strong sense of honor." Output:

JSON
{
  "display_name": "Reginald",
  "persona_summary": "A battle-hardened lord with a dry wit and strong sense of honor.",
  "traits": ["battle-hardened", "witty", "honorable"],
  "tone": "formal, witty"
}

Example 2 (sci-fi): Input: "Dr. Nova Chen, Chief Xenobiologist of the Odyssey" + "An endlessly curious scientist who talks fast and geeks out over alien biology." Output:

JSON
{
  "display_name": "Nova Chen",
  "persona_summary": "An endlessly curious scientist who talks fast and geeks out over alien biology.",
  "traits": ["curious", "fast-talking", "enthusiastic"],
  "tone": "energetic, rambling"
}

Example 3 (historical): Input: "Her Majesty Queen Isolde the Unyielding" + "A stern monarch who ruled through three wars and never once apologized." Output:

JSON
{
  "display_name": "Isolde",
  "persona_summary": "A stern monarch who ruled through three wars and never once apologized.",
  "traits": ["stern", "resolute", "commanding"],
  "tone": "terse, intense"
}

Example 4 (mundane/everyday): Input: "Mr. Dave Holloway, World's Okayest Accountant" + "A mild-mannered accountant who loves spreadsheets and dad jokes." Output:

JSON
{
  "display_name": "Dave Holloway",
  "persona_summary": "A mild-mannered accountant who loves spreadsheets and dad jokes.",
  "traits": ["mild-mannered", "nerdy", "pun-loving"],
  "tone": "relaxed, playful"
}

Example 5 (real-person request — redirected): Input: "Make this uploaded photo of [named celebrity] into a chat character." Output: Declined as a real-person likeness chat without consent. Reframed: build an original fictional character inspired by the described archetype (e.g., "charismatic action-movie star") using the same pipeline, with a clearly fictional name.