DeepSeek Whale-chan skill

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name: whalechan-image-character
description: Propose DeepSeek Whale-chan character illustrations, let the user select directions, then separately confirm quantities, visual settings and candidate budget before generating verified PNGs. Use for character portraits and themed illustrations with consistent identity and customizable visuals; default to one image per selected proposal.
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# Whale-chan Image Character

Create verified Whale-chan PNGs. Preserve Whale-chan's permanent identity while resolving every visual dimension independently from the user's request, typed reference images, and canonical defaults. A custom value changes only its own field.

Workflow: propose → **Gate 1: select directions** → **Gate 2: confirm scope and begin** → expand, validate and freeze → generate, review and deliver. Selection alone is not permission to generate.

## Load guidance as needed

- Read `references/proposal-selection.md` before presenting either gate or interpreting replies.
- Read `references/assignment-schema.md` whenever normalizing, confirming, or freezing a request.
- Read `references/character-spec.md` before building prompts or deciding whether a requested customization preserves Whale-chan identity.
- Read `references/form-profiles.md` when resolving or measuring proportions. The five bundled forms are recommended presets, not the only allowed ratios.
- Read `references/reference-index.md` when selecting bundled or user-supplied references.
- Read `references/provider-routing.md` before any provider call or parallel run.
- Read `references/qa-rubric.md` before reviewing or promoting a candidate.
- Read `references/gallery.md` before exporting the completed task's preview gallery.
- Treat `references/reference-catalog.json` as the machine-readable authority for bundled paths, hashes, preset ratios, and preset acceptance ranges.

## Choose the language

Read `references/language-policy.md` before planning. Resolve one task `language`: explicit user instruction → meaningful current-session expression → newest meaningful local session within 24 hours → ask when uncertain. Use `scripts/detect-language.py` for historical evidence, not as an automatic verdict; recent sessions take precedence over aggregate counts.

Save the normalized BCP-47 tag, actual resolution evidence and any explicit scoped overrides. Use it for communication, image lettering, HTML UI, drawing prompts and visible run/image titles. Preserve exact locked wording and necessary technical tokens. Keep internal IDs and filenames in English. Propagate the saved language to workers and resume from it; never redetect during execution.

Prepare required plan/prompt locale sections before confirmation; use the offline gallery language selector for UI only. Keep generated content in its recorded language. See the language policy for custom dictionaries, display titles, scoped overrides and legacy compatibility.


## Resolve the request

Resolve the request field by field while planning; build the complete schema v7 assignment only after Gate 2. Use the user's explicit instructions first, then references only for their declared roles, then canonical defaults for unresolved fields. Do not let a reference silently control unrelated dimensions.

Defaults:

- Five directions for an open theme; one image per selected proposal. A precisely specified scene uses direct proposals without inventing five alternatives.
- `semi-chibi`; canonical style; canonical maid outfit.
- Warm ivory-beige solid background `#F5EADD`; transparency off.
- No visible text. When text is requested without a language, use the session language (see [Choose the language](#choose-the-language)); do not translate or invent wording without confirmation.
- Full-body centered composition, `1:1`, PNG, provider-native resolution, automatic sub-agent execution (up to 10 workers, resolved from actual capacity before Gate 2). Prefer 1024×1024 when the selected provider exposes a compatible size control, but do not treat 1024×1024 as a default acceptance requirement.

The user may explicitly request any style, action, outfit, solid/custom/transparent background, exact multilingual text, measurable head ratio greater than 1.0, positive-integer aspect ratio, or exact positive pixel resolution. If the user gives only width and height, derive the aspect ratio; if both are given, require them to agree. Keep extreme but measurable ratios possible; disclose that ratios outside the five presets have no bundled proportion reference and may be harder to satisfy. Provider safety and technical limits still apply.