Grok Imagine Short Film Workflow: Four Custom Commands for Automation
Creator @tetsuoai shares a fully automated workflow for producing AI short films using Grok Imagine. By chaining together four custom prompts (skills), it tackles consistency issues and achieves high automation from text to video prompts.
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- Workflow Overview: Short film production can be accomplished via four core skills. Creators simply input a one-sentence premise, and the system automatically writes the script, then sequentially generates character sheets, scene and prop images, and ultimately outputs detailed video prompts.
- Character Consistency: Using the /imagine-char-sheet prompt, combined with character portraits and script descriptions, generates a locked character model sheet (front, back, and portrait views) to maintain character consistency throughout the video.
- Scene and Prop Consistency: Using the /imagine-location-prop prompt, clean reference images are generated directly from descriptions extracted from the script.
- Prompt Creation: The final step of the workflow is completed via the /imagine-prompt-creator prompt. By inputting script beats and the required reference image tags (such as characters, scenes, etc.), it automatically generates detailed video prompts.
Why It Matters
This workflow significantly lowers the barrier to AI video creation. Through a standardized combination of prompts, creators can systematically resolve the long-standing inconsistencies in characters, scenes, and props in AI video production, turning complex short film creation into an efficient assembly line.
2026-08-02 ~ 2026-08-02 · 5 related posts
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- Episode 3: Grok Imagine introduces consistent characters for video(2026-08-01, 2 posts)
- Episode 4: Grok Imagine Short Film Workflow: Four Custom Commands for Automation(2026-08-02, 5 posts)
Primary sources
- Shooting Short Films with Grok Imagine: 4 Skills for an Automated Workflow — tetsuoai · 2026-08-02
- Grok Imagine Practice: Locking Character Sheets for Video Consistency — tetsuoai · 2026-08-02
- [source] Grok Imagine Short Films: A Complete Workflow with 4 Custom Skills — tetsuoai · 2026-08-02
- Creating Short Films with Grok Imagine: Location and Prop Consistency — tetsuoai · 2026-08-02
- Grok Imagine Practice: Turning Script Beats into Video Prompts — tetsuoai · 2026-08-02