heygen-avatar

SKILL.md

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.

Files & Paths

This skill reads and writes the following. No other files are accessed without explicit user instruction.

Operation
Path
Purpose

Read
SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md
Extract identity details when creating an avatar for the agent

Read
AVATAR-<NAME>.md
Load existing avatar identity (for variant looks, voice updates)

Write
AVATAR-<NAME>.md
Save new avatar identity after creation

Write
AVATAR-AGENT.md, AVATAR-USER.md (symlinks)
Role aliases, see Phase 5

Temp write
/tmp/openclaw/uploads/
Voice preview audio (downloaded for user playback, deleted after session)

Remote upload
HeyGen (via heygen asset create or MCP)
User-provided photos uploaded to HeyGen for digital-twin creation

Assets are only uploaded to HeyGen when the user explicitly provides them.