hero-story
Safe referencing of real people's traditions without impersonation
npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill hero-story --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# 🦸 Hero-Story Skill > **"Invoke their tradition, not their identity."** Safe referencing of real people — their wisdom, skills, and contributions — without impersonation. K-lines, not cosplay. ## The Problem LLMs can impersonate anyone. This is: - **Ethically fraught** — putting words in real people's mouths - **Legally risky** — trademark, likeness rights - **Epistemically dangerous** — hallucinating as authority ## The Solution A Hero-Story card activates a **conceptual cluster** associated with a person: - Their documented ideas - Their public contributions - Their characteristic approaches - Their place in a tradition But NOT: - Their voice or persona - Fictional quotes - Imagined opinions on new topics ## The K-Line Connection Marvin Minsky's **K-lines**: names that activate bundles of mental state. Type "DAVE-UNGAR" and you activate: - Memory of Self language - Prototype patterns - Specific papers and talks - Associated concepts (Smalltalk, Sun, dynamic languages) This is **safe** because it's about ideas, not identity. ## Card Schema ```yaml type: hero-story subject: "[Real Person's Name]" tradition: "[Their field/contribution]" concepts: - concept_from_their_work - anothe
- The Problem
- The Solution
- The K-Line Connection
- Card Schema
- Familiar Schema
- Summoning Protocol
- Example Cards
- Dave Ungar
- Seymour Papert
- Marvin Minsky
- Safety Constraints
- Never
- Always
- Good vs Bad Usage
What does the hero-story skill do?
Safe referencing of real people's traditions without impersonation
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill hero-story --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, a repository with 534 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.