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Scenes

A scene is the core creative unit of Chimera-Forge. It describes a narrative situation involving one or more personas and locations. From a scene you can generate an AI text prompt ready for use in an image generator, and optionally produce a preview thumbnail.

Routes

Action URL
My scenes /scenes
Public scenes /scenes/public
Create /scenes/create
View /scenes/{slug}
Edit /scenes/{slug}/edit

Creating a Scene

Go to /scenes/create and fill in:

Field Required Notes
Name Yes Max 255 characters. Slug is auto-generated from the name.
Slug Yes URL-safe identifier. Auto-filled; edit manually if needed. Must be unique.
Short Description No One-line summary shown in listings. Max 255 characters.
Style No Select a base prompt style from the admin-curated library. Controls the visual style of the generated prompt (e.g. oil painting, pixel art).
Description No The narrative text. Max 5 000 characters. Supports inline references (see below).
Notes No Private field, never shown publicly or shared with the AI.
Tags No Comma-separated list of tag names.
Public No Toggle on to share the scene with other users.
Unsafe No Only available when the scene is public. Marks the scene as containing mature content.

Adding to a Collection on Creation

Append ?collection={collection-slug} to the create URL. After saving, the scene is automatically added to that collection and you are redirected there.

Inline References in the Description

You can embed personas and locations directly in the scene description using short codes. The app resolves these to clickable links on the detail page and expands their full descriptions when generating the AI prompt.

Syntax What it links to
#p:{slug} Persona with that slug
#l:{slug} Location with that slug

Only personas and locations that are public or owned by you can be referenced. If a referenced entity is later deleted or detached, it appears as a ⚠ broken reference on the detail page.

Example description:

#p:aragorn and #p:legolas stand at the gates of #l:minas-tirith as dawn breaks.

Editing a Scene

Go to /scenes/{slug}/edit. All fields from the creation form are editable.

Generating an AI Prompt

From the scene detail page, click Generate Prompt. The app:

  1. Resolves all #p: and #l: inline references to their full descriptions.
  2. Appends the selected style's base prompt if one is set.
  3. Sends the composed context to the AI agent.
  4. Displays the generated prompt text in a modal.
  5. Saves the result as a Prediction in your history.

Rate limit: one generation per scene per minute per user (admins are exempt).

Scene Preview Image

A preview is a 256×256 thumbnail generated from one of your predictions for that scene. It is a low-resolution draft intended as a quick visual reference — it is not the high-quality output you would get by copying the prompt into a full-featured image generator such as Midjourney, DALL·E, or Stable Diffusion.

  • On the detail page, click Set as Preview next to any prediction to generate a preview image.
  • Rate limit: one preview generation per scene per day per user (admins are exempt).
  • Once a preview exists, a Delete Preview button appears on the detail page.
  • A scene can have at most one preview at a time; you must delete the existing preview before generating a new one.

Forking a Scene

Forking creates a copy of any scene (yours or someone else's public one) under your account. From the detail page click Fork, give the copy a name, choose its visibility, and confirm.

  • Name, short description, description, style, tags, personas, and locations are all copied.
  • The fork tracks the original via original_scene_id.
  • Notes are not copied when forking another user's scene. When forking your own, notes are preserved.

Deleting a Scene

From the detail page, only the scene's creator can delete it. Deletion is permanent and also removes the preview image from storage.

Browsing Public Scenes

/scenes/public lists all scenes marked as public by any user. You can view their detail pages, generate prompts from them, and fork them.

Predictions on the Scene Detail Page

The bottom section of a scene's detail page shows your personal prediction history for that scene with filtering options:

  • Rating filter – show only predictions with a specific star rating (1–5).
  • Date range – filter by creation date.
  • Click Reset filters to clear all filters.
  • Each prediction can be deleted from this view with a confirmation modal.

See Predictions for full details on managing predictions.

Reporting Content

If you encounter a scene that violates community guidelines or contains inappropriate content:

  1. Open the scene's detail page.
  2. Click the Report button (typically an icon or button in the top menu).
  3. Select a reason from the dropdown (e.g., "Inappropriate content", "Spam", "Offensive", etc.).
  4. Optionally add notes (up to 500 characters) explaining the issue.
  5. Click Submit Report.

A confirmation message appears when the report is submitted. Your report is reviewed by moderators.

Rate limit: up to 20 reports per hour per user.

Blocking the Creator

After submitting a report, you will be offered the option to block the scene's creator. Blocking a user:

  • Prevents them from seeing your public personas, locations, and scenes
  • Prevents them from following you
  • Removes them from your follower/following lists if you were already connected

You can manage your blocked users list in Settings under Blocked Users.

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