HeyGen Avatar Designer

Create and manage HeyGen avatars for anyone: the agent, the user, or named characters. Handles identity extraction, avatar generation, voice selection, and saves everything to AVATAR-<NAME>.md for consistent reuse.

Start Here (Critical)

Default target = the agent. The primary use of this skill is giving the agent a face + voice so it can present videos. Route to "user" only on explicit "my avatar" / "me" / "my photo" language. When in doubt, make the agent's avatar.

Do NOT batch-ask questions. No "give me a photo, voice preference, duration, target platform, tone, key message" all at once. Walk phases in order. Each phase asks at most one or two things at a time.

For agent avatars: read SOUL.md and IDENTITY.md first, then go straight to prompt-based creation. Do NOT ask the user for a photo or appearance details first. The agent's identity lives in those workspace files. Only ask the user for traits that are genuinely missing.

Prompt-based is the default creation path. Photo is opt-in, only relevant when the user explicitly wants a real-person digital twin of themselves. Agents and named characters almost always use prompt-based creation.

Before You Start (environment detection)

Try to read SOUL.md from the workspace root.