Character Widget is an AI-powered analysis tool that delivers instant feedback on your character profiles. Think of it as a 24/7 consultation with a showrunner, available whenever you need fresh eyes on your characters.

I created the widget in collaboration with Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant. I shared my frameworks and methodology, and together we built a tool that applies these principles to your characters. Claude helped me design the interface, write the backend code, and deploy the whole thing to the web in a few hours.

It's an experiment in AI collaboration. Not AI replacing the craft. This isn't generic AI feedback. It’s trained on my core character development frameworks, pulled directly from worksheets and posts I’ve scribbled for the blog:

The WANT Framework - Characters need specific, actable objectives. "Get them to leave the room" beats "wants space." Make it something an actor can DO, not feel.

Character Development Questions - What drives them? What's their greatest fear? What's their deepest secret? The comprehensive framework I use to interrogate every character I build.

Voice & Distinction - If you closed your eyes, would you know who's speaking? Characters need behavioral quirks, speech patterns, and worldviews that make them irreplaceable.

Show Through Behavior - Don't tell me a character is brave. Show me them stepping in front of bullets. Kill the exposition. Make actors carry it in their posture, their breathing, the coffee cup they won't put down.

Your characters are never stored. When you submit text, it's sent to the AI, analyzed, and returned. Your work stays yours.