Add Prompt Builder bang ignores and facing-aware character features.

Strip !...! at compile time, and omit character features the active framing facing cannot see while keeping them checked in the editor.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

pages/prompt-builder.vue

@@ -116,18 +116,84 @@
                 </button>
               </div>
             </div>
+            <label class="block text-sm">
               <input
                 v-model="character.name"
                 class="w-full rounded-xl border border-white/10 bg-zinc-950 px-3 py-2 text-sm outline-none ring-amber-300/40 placeholder:text-zinc-600 focus:ring-2"
                 maxlength="120"
                 placeholder="Name"
               >
+              <p class="mt-1 text-[11px] text-zinc-500">Label only — not copied into the prompt.</p>
+            </label>
+            <label class="block text-sm">
+              <span class="mb-1 block text-[11px] text-zinc-500">Base description</span>
               <textarea
                 v-model="character.description"
                 rows="2"
                 class="w-full rounded-xl border border-white/10 bg-zinc-950/70 px-3 py-2 text-sm outline-none ring-amber-300/40 placeholder:text-zinc-600 focus:ring-2"
-              placeholder="Description"
+                placeholder="Base description (always included when in frame; no face tokens)"
               />
+            </label>
+            <div class="space-y-2 border-t border-white/5 pt-3">
+              <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2">
+                <div>
+                  <span class="text-[11px] font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-zinc-500">Features</span>
+                  <p class="text-[11px] text-zinc-500">Dropped when the camera facing cannot see them.</p>
+                </div>
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  class="rounded-full bg-amber-400 px-4 min-h-11 py-2.5 text-sm font-semibold text-zinc-950 hover:bg-amber-300 disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50"
+                  @click="addFeature(cIndex)"
+                >
+                  Add feature
+                </button>
+              </div>
+              <p v-if="!(character.features || []).length" class="text-[11px] text-zinc-600">No features yet.</p>
+              <div
+                v-for="(feature, featIndex) in (character.features || [])"
+                :key="feature.id"
+                class="rounded-xl border border-white/5 bg-zinc-950/50 p-2 space-y-2"
+              >
+                <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
+                  <label class="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm text-zinc-300">
+                    <input v-model="feature.enabled" type="checkbox" class="accent-amber-400">
+                    <span class="text-[11px] text-zinc-500">On</span>
+                  </label>
+                  <input
+                    v-model="feature.text"
+                    class="min-w-0 flex-1 rounded-lg border border-white/10 bg-zinc-950 px-2.5 py-1.5 text-sm outline-none ring-amber-300/40 placeholder:text-zinc-600 focus:ring-2"
+                    placeholder="Feature text"
+                  >
+                  <select
+                    class="rounded-lg border border-white/10 bg-zinc-950 px-2.5 py-1.5 text-sm text-zinc-200 outline-none ring-amber-300/40 focus:ring-2"
+                    :value="feature.group"
+                    @change="setFeatureGroup(cIndex, featIndex, ($event.target as HTMLSelectElement).value)"
+                  >
+                    <option v-for="group in PROMPT_SEQUENCE_FEATURE_GROUPS" :key="group" :value="group">
+                      {{ group }}
+                    </option>
+                  </select>
+                </div>
+                <div class="flex flex-wrap gap-1.5">
+                  <button
+                    v-for="chip in visibilityChipKeys"
+                    :key="chip"
+                    type="button"
+                    class="rounded-full px-2.5 min-h-9 py-1 text-[11px] font-semibold transition"
+                    :class="isVisibilityChipActive(feature, chip)
+                      ? 'bg-amber-400/15 text-amber-100 ring-1 ring-amber-300/40'
+                      : 'border border-white/15 text-zinc-400 hover:border-white/30 hover:text-zinc-200'"
+                    @click="toggleVisibilityChip(feature, chip)"
+                  >
+                    {{ chip }}
+                  </button>
+                </div>
+                <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
+                  <button type="button" class="rounded-full border border-amber-300/70 px-3 min-h-11 py-1.5 text-sm font-semibold text-amber-100 hover:border-amber-300 hover:bg-amber-400/10" @click="clearFeature(cIndex, featIndex)">Clear</button>
+                  <button type="button" class="rounded-full border border-amber-300/70 px-3 min-h-11 py-2 text-sm font-semibold text-amber-100 hover:border-amber-300 hover:bg-amber-400/10" @click="removeFeature(cIndex, featIndex)">Remove</button>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
             <div class="space-y-2 border-t border-white/5 pt-3">
               <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2">
                 <span class="text-[11px] font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-zinc-500">Outfits</span>
@@ -243,6 +309,40 @@
                   class="w-full rounded-lg border border-white/10 bg-zinc-950/70 px-2.5 py-1.5 text-sm outline-none ring-amber-300/40 placeholder:text-zinc-600 focus:ring-2"
                   placeholder="Place / location text copied into the prompt"
                 />
+                <label class="block text-[11px] text-zinc-500">
+                  Character facing
+                  <select
+                    class="mt-1 w-full rounded-lg border border-white/10 bg-zinc-950 px-2.5 py-1.5 text-sm text-zinc-200 outline-none ring-amber-300/40 focus:ring-2"
+                    :value="framing.facing || 'toward'"
+                    @change="framing.facing = (($event.target as HTMLSelectElement).value as typeof framing.facing) || 'toward'"
+                  >
+                    <option v-for="facing in PROMPT_SEQUENCE_FACINGS" :key="facing" :value="facing">
+                      {{ facing }}
+                    </option>
+                  </select>
+                </label>
+                <div
+                  v-for="preview in [framingPreview(framing)]"
+                  :key="'framing-preview-' + framing.id"
+                  class="rounded-lg border border-white/5 bg-zinc-950/70 px-2.5 py-2 space-y-1.5"
+                >
+                  <span class="text-[11px] font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-zinc-500">Framing preview</span>
+                  <pre class="whitespace-pre-wrap text-xs text-zinc-300 [overflow-wrap:anywhere]">{{ preview.text || '—' }}</pre>
+                  <div v-if="preview.ignoredBangs.length" class="text-[11px] text-zinc-500">
+                    Ignored bangs:
+                    <span class="text-zinc-400">{{ preview.ignoredBangs.join(', ') }}</span>
+                  </div>
+                  <div v-if="preview.omittedFeatures.length" class="space-y-0.5">
+                    <span class="text-[11px] text-zinc-500">Omitted (camera):</span>
+                    <p
+                      v-for="item in preview.omittedFeatures"
+                      :key="item.id"
+                      class="text-[11px] text-zinc-500 line-through"
+                    >
+                      {{ item.text || '(empty feature)' }} — camera
+                    </p>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -458,6 +558,25 @@
             v-if="previewOpen"
             class="max-h-[min(28rem,50vh)] overflow-auto whitespace-pre-wrap px-4 py-3 text-xs text-zinc-300 [overflow-wrap:anywhere]"
           >{{ previewText || 'Fill a scene to see the assembled prompt.' }}</pre>
+          <div
+            v-if="previewOpen && (activeSceneIgnoredBangs.length || activeSceneOmittedFeatures.length)"
+            class="space-y-1.5 border-t border-white/5 px-4 py-3"
+          >
+            <div v-if="activeSceneIgnoredBangs.length" class="text-[11px] text-zinc-500">
+              Ignored bangs:
+              <span class="text-zinc-400">{{ activeSceneIgnoredBangs.join(', ') }}</span>
+            </div>
+            <div v-if="activeSceneOmittedFeatures.length" class="space-y-0.5">
+              <span class="text-[11px] text-zinc-500">Omitted (camera):</span>
+              <p
+                v-for="item in activeSceneOmittedFeatures"
+                :key="item.id"
+                class="text-[11px] text-zinc-500 line-through"
+              >
+                {{ item.text || '(empty feature)' }} — camera
+              </p>
+            </div>
+          </div>
         </section>
       </section>
 
@@ -507,25 +626,37 @@
 import type {
   PromptSequence,
   PromptSequenceCharacter,
+  PromptSequenceFacing,
+  PromptSequenceFeature,
+  PromptSequenceFraming,
   PromptSequenceScene,
   PromptSequenceSectionKey,
   PromptSequenceSet
 } from '~/utils/promptSequences'
 import {
+  DEFAULT_FEATURE_VISIBILITY,
   DEFAULT_PROMPT_SEQUENCE_SECTION_ORDER,
+  PROMPT_SEQUENCE_FACINGS,
+  PROMPT_SEQUENCE_FEATURE_GROUPS,
   PROMPT_SEQUENCE_FRAMING_SUGGESTIONS,
   assembleSceneText,
   assembleSequenceText,
   cloneSceneForNext,
+  compileCharacterForFacing,
+  defaultVisibilityForGroup,
   emptyCharacter,
+  emptyFeature,
   emptyFraming,
   emptyOutfit,
   emptyScene,
   emptySet,
   ensureSceneStatesForCharacters,
   ensureSceneStatesForSets,
+  extractBangPhrases,
   normalizePromptSequence,
-  normalizeSectionOrder
+  normalizeSectionOrder,
+  resolveSceneFacing,
+  stripBangs
 } from '~/utils/promptSequences'
 
 useHead({ title: 'Prompt Builder' })
@@ -538,6 +669,10 @@ const SECTION_LABELS: Record<PromptSequenceSectionKey, string> = {
   prompt: 'Prompt'
 }
 
+type VisibilityChipKey = PromptSequenceFacing | 'any'
+
+const visibilityChipKeys: VisibilityChipKey[] = [...PROMPT_SEQUENCE_FACINGS, 'any']
+
 const sequences = ref<PromptSequence[]>([])
 const selectedId = ref('')
 const name = ref('')
@@ -568,6 +703,72 @@ const activeSceneText = computed(() => {
   return assembleSceneText(activeScene.value, characters.value, sets.value, sectionOrder.value)
 })
 
+type FramingPreviewResult = {
+  text: string
+  ignoredBangs: string[]
+  omittedFeatures: Array<{ id: string; text: string; reason: 'camera' }>
+}
+
+function buildFramingPreview(
+  framing: PromptSequenceFraming,
+  opts?: { characters?: PromptSequenceCharacter[]; characterStates?: PromptSequenceScene['characterStates'] }
+): FramingPreviewResult {
+  const facing = (framing.facing || 'toward') as PromptSequenceFacing
+  const previewCharacters = opts?.characters || characters.value
+  const stateById = new Map((opts?.characterStates || []).map(state => [state.characterId, state]))
+  const onCharacters = opts?.characterStates
+    ? previewCharacters.filter((character) => {
+      const state = stateById.get(character.id)
+      return state ? !!state.on : true
+    })
+    : previewCharacters
+  const framingClean = stripBangs(String(framing.text || ''))
+  const compiled = onCharacters.map(character => compileCharacterForFacing(character, facing))
+  const text = [framingClean, ...compiled.map(item => item.text).filter(Boolean)].filter(Boolean).join('\n')
+  const ignoredBangs = [
+    ...extractBangPhrases(String(framing.text || '')),
+    ...compiled.flatMap(item => item.ignoredBangs || [])
+  ]
+  const omittedFeatures = compiled.flatMap(item => item.omittedFeatures || [])
+  return { text, ignoredBangs, omittedFeatures }
+}
+
+function framingPreview(framing: PromptSequenceFraming) {
+  return buildFramingPreview(framing)
+}
+
+const activeSceneDiagnostics = computed(() => {
+  if (!activeScene.value) {
+    return { ignoredBangs: [] as string[], omittedFeatures: [] as Array<{ id: string; text: string; reason: 'camera' }> }
+  }
+  const facing = resolveSceneFacing(activeScene.value, sets.value)
+  const onCharacters = characters.value.filter((character) => {
+    const state = activeScene.value?.characterStates?.find(item => item.characterId === character.id)
+    return state ? !!state.on : true
+  })
+  const ignoredBangs = new Set<string>()
+  const omittedFeatures: Array<{ id: string; text: string; reason: 'camera' }> = []
+  for (const set of sets.value) {
+    const state = activeScene.value.setStates?.find(item => item.setId === set.id)
+    if (state && !state.on) continue
+    const framing = (set.framings || []).find(item => item.id === state?.framingId)
+    if (!framing) continue
+    for (const bang of extractBangPhrases(String(framing.text || ''))) ignoredBangs.add(bang)
+  }
+  for (const character of onCharacters) {
+    const compiled = compileCharacterForFacing(character, facing as PromptSequenceFacing)
+    for (const bang of compiled.ignoredBangs || []) ignoredBangs.add(bang)
+    omittedFeatures.push(...(compiled.omittedFeatures || []))
+  }
+  for (const bang of extractBangPhrases(String(activeScene.value.style || ''))) ignoredBangs.add(bang)
+  for (const bang of extractBangPhrases(String(activeScene.value.settings || ''))) ignoredBangs.add(bang)
+  for (const bang of extractBangPhrases(String(activeScene.value.prompt || ''))) ignoredBangs.add(bang)
+  return { ignoredBangs: [...ignoredBangs], omittedFeatures }
+})
+
+const activeSceneIgnoredBangs = computed(() => activeSceneDiagnostics.value.ignoredBangs)
+const activeSceneOmittedFeatures = computed(() => activeSceneDiagnostics.value.omittedFeatures)
+
 function sectionLabel(key: PromptSequenceSectionKey) {
   return SECTION_LABELS[key] || key
 }
@@ -628,12 +829,29 @@ function select(sequence: PromptSequence) {
   characters.value = (normalized.characters?.length ? normalized.characters : [emptyCharacter()]).map(character => ({
     ...emptyCharacter(),
     ...character,
+    features: (character.features || []).map((feature) => {
+      const group = feature.group || emptyFeature().group
+      const fallbackVisibility = defaultVisibilityForGroup(group)
+        || [...(DEFAULT_FEATURE_VISIBILITY[group] || [])]
+      return {
+        ...emptyFeature(),
+        ...feature,
+        group,
+        visibility: Array.isArray(feature.visibility) && feature.visibility.length
+          ? [...feature.visibility]
+          : [...fallbackVisibility]
+      }
+    }),
     outfits: (character.outfits || []).map(outfit => ({ ...emptyOutfit(), ...outfit }))
   }))
   sets.value = (normalized.sets || []).map(set => ({
     ...emptySet(),
     ...set,
-    framings: (set.framings?.length ? set.framings : [emptyFraming()]).map(framing => ({ ...emptyFraming(), ...framing }))
+    framings: (set.framings?.length ? set.framings : [emptyFraming()]).map(framing => ({
+      ...emptyFraming(),
+      ...framing,
+      facing: framing.facing || 'toward'
+    }))
   }))
   scenes.value = (normalized.scenes?.length ? normalized.scenes : [emptyScene(1, characters.value, sets.value)]).map((scene, index) => ({
     ...emptyScene(index + 1, characters.value, sets.value),
@@ -702,6 +920,7 @@ function clearCharacter(index: number) {
   if (!character) return
   character.name = ''
   character.description = ''
+  character.features = []
   character.outfits = []
   for (const scene of scenes.value) {
     const state = scene.characterStates.find(item => item.characterId === character.id)
@@ -709,6 +928,60 @@ function clearCharacter(index: number) {
   }
 }
 
+function addFeature(characterIndex: number) {
+  const character = characters.value[characterIndex]
+  if (!character) return
+  if (!character.features) character.features = []
+  character.features.push(emptyFeature())
+}
+
+function clearFeature(characterIndex: number, featureIndex: number) {
+  const feature = characters.value[characterIndex]?.features?.[featureIndex]
+  if (!feature) return
+  const blank = emptyFeature()
+  feature.text = blank.text
+  feature.enabled = blank.enabled
+  feature.group = blank.group
+  feature.visibility = [...blank.visibility]
+}
+
+function removeFeature(characterIndex: number, featureIndex: number) {
+  const character = characters.value[characterIndex]
+  if (!character?.features) return
+  character.features.splice(featureIndex, 1)
+}
+
+function setFeatureGroup(characterIndex: number, featureIndex: number, group: string) {
+  const feature = characters.value[characterIndex]?.features?.[featureIndex]
+  if (!feature) return
+  feature.group = group as PromptSequenceFeature['group']
+  const next = defaultVisibilityForGroup(feature.group)
+    || [...(DEFAULT_FEATURE_VISIBILITY[feature.group] || [])]
+  feature.visibility = [...next]
+}
+
+function featureVisibilityList(feature: PromptSequenceFeature): VisibilityChipKey[] {
+  return (feature.visibility || []) as VisibilityChipKey[]
+}
+
+function isVisibilityChipActive(feature: PromptSequenceFeature, key: VisibilityChipKey) {
+  const visibility = featureVisibilityList(feature)
+  if (key === 'any') return visibility.includes('any') || visibility.length === 0
+  return visibility.includes(key)
+}
+
+function toggleVisibilityChip(feature: PromptSequenceFeature, key: VisibilityChipKey) {
+  if (key === 'any') {
+    feature.visibility = ['any'] as PromptSequenceFeature['visibility']
+    return
+  }
+  const withoutAny = featureVisibilityList(feature).filter(item => item !== 'any') as PromptSequenceFacing[]
+  const index = withoutAny.indexOf(key)
+  if (index >= 0) withoutAny.splice(index, 1)
+  else withoutAny.push(key)
+  feature.visibility = (withoutAny.length ? withoutAny : ['any']) as PromptSequenceFeature['visibility']
+}
+
 function removeCharacter(index: number) {
   if (characters.value.length <= 1) return
   const [removed] = characters.value.splice(index, 1)
@@ -785,6 +1058,7 @@ function clearFraming(setIndex: number, framingIndex: number) {
   if (!framing) return
   framing.label = ''
   framing.text = ''
+  framing.facing = 'toward'
 }
 
 function sceneSetState(setId: string) {

tests/prompt-sequences.test.mjs

@@ -24,22 +24,33 @@ const {
   emptyOutfit,
   emptySet,
   emptyFraming,
+  emptyFeature,
   cloneSceneForNext,
   normalizePromptSequence,
   normalizeSectionOrder,
   DEFAULT_PROMPT_SEQUENCE_SECTION_ORDER,
-  ensureSceneStatesForCharacters
+  ensureSceneStatesForCharacters,
+  stripBangs,
+  extractBangPhrases,
+  compileCharacterForFacing,
+  defaultVisibilityForGroup
 } = await import(pathToFileURL(tmp).href)
 unlinkSync(tmp)
 
-test('formatCharacterLine covers name/description and outfit', () => {
-  assert.equal(formatCharacterLine({ name: 'Ada', description: 'tall' }), 'Ada: tall')
+test('formatCharacterLine copies base and outfit, never name', () => {
+  assert.equal(formatCharacterLine({ name: 'Ada', description: 'tall' }), 'tall')
   assert.equal(
     formatCharacterLine({ name: 'Ada', description: 'tall' }, { name: 'Work', description: 'blue jacket' }),
-    'Ada: tall. Outfit: blue jacket'
+    'tall. Outfit: blue jacket'
   )
 })
 
+test('stripBangs removes inline ignore spans and cleans commas', () => {
+  assert.equal(stripBangs('young woman, !brown eyes!, linen robe'), 'young woman, linen robe')
+  assert.equal(stripBangs('a,  !x!,  b'), 'a, b')
+  assert.deepEqual(extractBangPhrases('young woman, !brown eyes!, linen robe'), ['brown eyes'])
+})
+
 test('selecting a framing copies only that framing text; labels never appear', () => {
   const wide = { ...emptyFraming('wide'), id: 'f-wide', text: 'open courtyard at dawn' }
   const medium = { ...emptyFraming('medium'), id: 'f-med', text: 'courtyard from the arch' }
@@ -137,6 +148,7 @@ test('legacy beat-only set still opens as one wide framing', () => {
   assert.equal(legacy.sets.length, 1)
   assert.equal(legacy.sets[0].framings.length, 1)
   assert.equal(legacy.sets[0].framings[0].label, 'wide')
+  assert.equal(legacy.sets[0].framings[0].facing, 'toward')
   assert.ok(legacy.sets[0].framings[0].text.includes('stone walls'))
   assert.ok(legacy.sets[0].framings[0].text.includes('first beat'))
   assert.ok(legacy.sets[0].framings[0].text.includes('second beat'))
@@ -166,7 +178,8 @@ test('legacy sequence without sets still assembles', () => {
     updatedAt: 1
   })
   assert.deepEqual(legacy.sets, [])
-  assert.equal(assembleSequenceText(legacy), 'oil\n\nAda: tall\n\nwalk')
+  assert.equal(assembleSequenceText(legacy), 'oil\n\ntall\n\nwalk')
+  assert.ok(!assembleSequenceText(legacy).includes('Ada'))
 })
 
 test('cloneSceneForNext copies setStates including framingId', () => {
@@ -195,7 +208,8 @@ test('character outfit and off still work with sets', () => {
     characterStates: [{ characterId: 'c1', on: true, outfitId: 'o1' }],
     prompt: 'hi'
   }, [ada], [])
-  assert.equal(text, 'Ada: tall. Outfit: red dress\n\nhi')
+  assert.equal(text, 'tall. Outfit: red dress\n\nhi')
+  assert.ok(!text.includes('Ada'))
 })
 
 test('ensureSceneStatesForCharacters turns new character on only for current scene', () => {
@@ -230,7 +244,7 @@ test('sectionOrder settings then prompt then characters; empty style and set omi
   }
   const order = ['settings', 'prompt', 'characters']
   const text = assembleSceneText(scene, [ada], [set], order)
-  assert.equal(text, 'soft light\n\nlooks up\n\nAda: tall')
+  assert.equal(text, 'soft light\n\nlooks up\n\ntall')
   assert.ok(!text.includes('open yard'))
   assert.ok(!text.includes('Courtyard'))
   assert.ok(!text.includes('wide'))
@@ -281,8 +295,117 @@ test('legacy sequence without sectionOrder keeps default order and \\n\\n\\n joi
   const full = assembleSequenceText(legacy)
   assert.equal(
     full,
-    'oil\n\nday\n\nstone hall\n\nAda: tall\n\nwalk\n\n\nink\n\nAda: tall\n\nstop'
+    'oil\n\nday\n\nstone hall\n\ntall\n\nwalk\n\n\nink\n\ntall\n\nstop'
   )
   assert.ok(!full.includes('Hall'))
   assert.ok(!full.includes('wide'))
+  assert.ok(!full.includes('Ada'))
+})
+
+test('bang strip applies to set framing and character text before join', () => {
+  const eyes = {
+    ...emptyFeature('eyes'),
+    id: 'feat-eyes',
+    text: '!brown eyes!',
+    enabled: true,
+    visibility: defaultVisibilityForGroup('eyes')
+  }
+  const ada = {
+    ...emptyCharacter(),
+    id: 'c1',
+    name: 'Ada',
+    description: 'young woman, !scar!, linen robe',
+    features: [eyes]
+  }
+  const set = {
+    ...emptySet(),
+    id: 's1',
+    name: 'Yard',
+    framings: [{
+      ...emptyFraming('wide'),
+      id: 'f1',
+      text: 'courtyard, !prop note!, dusk',
+      facing: 'toward'
+    }]
+  }
+  const text = assembleSceneText({
+    style: '',
+    settings: '',
+    setStates: [{ setId: 's1', on: true, framingId: 'f1' }],
+    characterStates: [{ characterId: 'c1', on: true, outfitId: null }],
+    prompt: ''
+  }, [ada], [set])
+  assert.equal(text, 'courtyard, dusk\n\nyoung woman, linen robe')
+  assert.ok(!text.includes('brown eyes'))
+  assert.ok(!text.includes('scar'))
+  assert.ok(!text.includes('prop note'))
+  assert.ok(!text.includes('!'))
+  assert.ok(!text.includes('Ada'))
+  assert.ok(!text.includes('Yard'))
+})
+
+test('facing away drops eyes; feature stays omitted with camera reason; out emits no character', () => {
+  const eyes = {
+    ...emptyFeature('eyes'),
+    id: 'feat-eyes',
+    text: 'brown eyes',
+    enabled: true,
+    visibility: defaultVisibilityForGroup('eyes')
+  }
+  const hairBack = {
+    ...emptyFeature('hair back'),
+    id: 'feat-hair',
+    text: 'long braid',
+    enabled: true,
+    visibility: defaultVisibilityForGroup('hair back')
+  }
+  const clothing = {
+    ...emptyFeature('clothing'),
+    id: 'feat-clothes',
+    text: 'linen robe',
+    enabled: true,
+    visibility: defaultVisibilityForGroup('clothing')
+  }
+  const ada = {
+    ...emptyCharacter(),
+    id: 'c1',
+    name: 'Ada',
+    description: 'young woman',
+    features: [eyes, hairBack, clothing]
+  }
+
+  const away = compileCharacterForFacing(ada, 'away')
+  assert.equal(away.text, 'young woman, long braid, linen robe')
+  assert.equal(away.omittedFeatures.length, 1)
+  assert.equal(away.omittedFeatures[0].text, 'brown eyes')
+  assert.equal(away.omittedFeatures[0].reason, 'camera')
+
+  const toward = compileCharacterForFacing(ada, 'toward')
+  assert.equal(toward.text, 'young woman, brown eyes, linen robe')
+  assert.ok(toward.omittedFeatures.some(item => item.text === 'long braid'))
+
+  const hands = compileCharacterForFacing(ada, 'hands')
+  assert.equal(hands.text, 'young woman, linen robe')
+  assert.ok(hands.omittedFeatures.some(item => item.text === 'brown eyes'))
+
+  const out = compileCharacterForFacing(ada, 'out')
+  assert.equal(out.text, '')
+  assert.equal(out.omittedFeatures.length, 3)
+
+  const set = {
+    ...emptySet(),
+    id: 's1',
+    name: 'Hall',
+    framings: [{ ...emptyFraming('away'), id: 'f-away', text: 'stone hall', facing: 'away' }]
+  }
+  const sceneText = assembleSceneText({
+    style: '',
+    settings: '',
+    setStates: [{ setId: 's1', on: true, framingId: 'f-away' }],
+    characterStates: [{ characterId: 'c1', on: true, outfitId: null }],
+    prompt: 'walks'
+  }, [ada], [set])
+  assert.equal(sceneText, 'stone hall\n\nyoung woman, long braid, linen robe\n\nwalks')
+  assert.ok(!sceneText.includes('brown eyes'))
+  assert.ok(!sceneText.includes('Hall'))
 })

utils/promptSequences.ts

@@ -4,10 +4,60 @@ export type PromptSequenceOutfit = {
   description: string
 }
 
+/** Camera facing for a set framing — drives which character features compile. */
+export const PROMPT_SEQUENCE_FACINGS = [
+  'toward',
+  'three-quarter',
+  'profile',
+  'away',
+  'hands',
+  'out'
+] as const
+export type PromptSequenceFacing = (typeof PROMPT_SEQUENCE_FACINGS)[number]
+export type PromptSequenceVisibility = PromptSequenceFacing | 'any'
+
+export const PROMPT_SEQUENCE_FEATURE_GROUPS = [
+  'eyes',
+  'expression',
+  'face detail',
+  'profile',
+  'hair front',
+  'hair back',
+  'clothing',
+  'worn accessory',
+  'back only',
+  'handheld'
+] as const
+export type PromptSequenceFeatureGroup = (typeof PROMPT_SEQUENCE_FEATURE_GROUPS)[number]
+
+export const DEFAULT_FEATURE_VISIBILITY: Record<PromptSequenceFeatureGroup, PromptSequenceVisibility[]> = {
+  eyes: ['toward', 'three-quarter'],
+  expression: ['toward', 'three-quarter'],
+  'face detail': ['toward', 'three-quarter'],
+  profile: ['profile', 'three-quarter'],
+  'hair front': ['toward', 'three-quarter'],
+  'hair back': ['away', 'three-quarter'],
+  clothing: ['any'],
+  'worn accessory': ['any'],
+  'back only': ['away', 'three-quarter'],
+  handheld: ['hands', 'toward', 'three-quarter']
+}
+
+export type PromptSequenceFeature = {
+  id: string
+  text: string
+  enabled: boolean
+  group: PromptSequenceFeatureGroup
+  visibility: PromptSequenceVisibility[]
+}
+
 export type PromptSequenceCharacter = {
   id: string
+  /** Label only — never copied into the prompt. */
   name: string
+  /** Base description; always included when in frame (facing !== out). */
   description: string
+  features: PromptSequenceFeature[]
   outfits: PromptSequenceOutfit[]
 }
 
@@ -25,6 +75,7 @@ export type PromptSequenceFraming = {
   id: string
   label: string
   text: string
+  facing: PromptSequenceFacing
 }
 
 export type PromptSequenceSet = {
@@ -104,18 +155,195 @@ export function emptyOutfit(): PromptSequenceOutfit {
   return { id: newId(), name: '', description: '' }
 }
 
+export function defaultVisibilityForGroup(group: string): PromptSequenceVisibility[] {
+  const key = String(group || '').trim() as PromptSequenceFeatureGroup
+  const defaults = DEFAULT_FEATURE_VISIBILITY[key]
+  return defaults ? [...defaults] : [...DEFAULT_FEATURE_VISIBILITY.clothing]
+}
+
+export function emptyFeature(group: PromptSequenceFeatureGroup = 'clothing'): PromptSequenceFeature {
+  return {
+    id: newId(),
+    text: '',
+    enabled: true,
+    group,
+    visibility: defaultVisibilityForGroup(group)
+  }
+}
+
 export function emptyCharacter(): PromptSequenceCharacter {
-  return { id: newId(), name: '', description: '', outfits: [] }
+  return { id: newId(), name: '', description: '', features: [], outfits: [] }
 }
 
 export function emptyFraming(label = ''): PromptSequenceFraming {
-  return { id: newId(), label, text: '' }
+  return { id: newId(), label, text: '', facing: 'toward' }
 }
 
 export function emptySet(): PromptSequenceSet {
   return { id: newId(), name: '', framings: [emptyFraming()] }
 }
 
+/** Editor-only spans: !brown eyes! → stripped at compile. */
+export function stripBangs(text: string) {
+  return String(text || '')
+    .replace(/!([^!\n]+)!/g, ' ')
+    .replace(/\s{2,}/g, ' ')
+    .replace(/\s+([,.])/g, '$1')
+    .replace(/,\s*,+/g, ',')
+    .replace(/^,\s*/, '')
+    .replace(/,\s*$/, '')
+    .trim()
+}
+
+export function extractBangPhrases(text: string) {
+  const out: string[] = []
+  const re = /!([^!\n]+)!/g
+  let match: RegExpExecArray | null
+  const source = String(text || '')
+  while ((match = re.exec(source))) {
+    const phrase = match[1].trim()
+    if (phrase) out.push(phrase)
+  }
+  return out
+}
+
+export function normalizeFacing(raw: unknown): PromptSequenceFacing {
+  const value = String(raw || '').trim()
+  return (PROMPT_SEQUENCE_FACINGS as readonly string[]).includes(value)
+    ? (value as PromptSequenceFacing)
+    : 'toward'
+}
+
+export function normalizeFeatureGroup(raw: unknown): PromptSequenceFeatureGroup {
+  const value = String(raw || '').trim()
+  return (PROMPT_SEQUENCE_FEATURE_GROUPS as readonly string[]).includes(value)
+    ? (value as PromptSequenceFeatureGroup)
+    : 'clothing'
+}
+
+export function normalizeVisibilityList(raw: unknown, group: PromptSequenceFeatureGroup): PromptSequenceVisibility[] {
+  const allowed = new Set<string>([...PROMPT_SEQUENCE_FACINGS, 'any'])
+  if (!Array.isArray(raw) || !raw.length) return defaultVisibilityForGroup(group)
+  const seen = new Set<PromptSequenceVisibility>()
+  const out: PromptSequenceVisibility[] = []
+  for (const item of raw) {
+    const key = String(item || '').trim() as PromptSequenceVisibility
+    if (!allowed.has(key) || seen.has(key)) continue
+    seen.add(key)
+    out.push(key)
+  }
+  return out.length ? out : defaultVisibilityForGroup(group)
+}
+
+/** Facing from the first on set that has a selected framing; default toward. */
+export function resolveSceneFacing(
+  scene: { setStates?: PromptSequenceSetState[] },
+  sets: PromptSequenceSet[] = []
+): PromptSequenceFacing {
+  const states = scene.setStates || []
+  const stateById = new Map(states.map(state => [state.setId, state]))
+  for (const set of sets) {
+    const state = stateById.get(set.id)
+    if (state && !state.on) continue
+    const framingId = state?.framingId || null
+    if (!framingId) continue
+    const framing = (set.framings || []).find(item => item.id === framingId)
+    if (framing) return normalizeFacing(framing.facing)
+  }
+  return 'toward'
+}
+
+export function isFeatureVisibleForFacing(
+  feature: { enabled?: boolean; group?: string; visibility?: PromptSequenceVisibility[] },
+  facing: PromptSequenceFacing
+) {
+  if (!feature?.enabled) return false
+  if (facing === 'out') return false
+  const visibility = Array.isArray(feature.visibility) ? feature.visibility : []
+  if (visibility.includes(facing)) return true
+  if (visibility.includes('any')) {
+    if (facing === 'hands') {
+      return feature.group === 'handheld' || feature.group === 'clothing'
+    }
+    return true
+  }
+  return false
+}
+
+function outfitPromptText(outfit?: { name?: string; description?: string } | null) {
+  if (!outfit) return ''
+  return String(outfit.description || '').trim() || String(outfit.name || '').trim()
+}
+
+export type CompiledCharacterFacing = {
+  text: string
+  omittedFeatures: Array<{ id: string; text: string; reason: 'camera' }>
+  ignoredBangs: string[]
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compile one character for a camera facing.
+ * Name is never copied. Facing "out" emits nothing.
+ */
+export function compileCharacterForFacing(
+  character: {
+    id?: string
+    name?: string
+    description?: string
+    features?: PromptSequenceFeature[]
+    outfits?: PromptSequenceOutfit[]
+  },
+  facing: PromptSequenceFacing,
+  outfit?: { name?: string; description?: string } | null
+): CompiledCharacterFacing {
+  const ignoredBangs = [
+    ...extractBangPhrases(String(character?.description || '')),
+    ...(character?.features || []).flatMap(feature => extractBangPhrases(String(feature?.text || ''))),
+    ...extractBangPhrases(String(outfit?.description || '')),
+    ...extractBangPhrases(String(outfit?.name || ''))
+  ]
+  const omittedFeatures: CompiledCharacterFacing['omittedFeatures'] = []
+  const features = character?.features || []
+
+  if (facing === 'out') {
+    for (const feature of features) {
+      if (!feature?.enabled) continue
+      const text = stripBangs(String(feature.text || ''))
+      omittedFeatures.push({
+        id: String(feature.id || newId()),
+        text: text || String(feature.text || '').trim(),
+        reason: 'camera'
+      })
+    }
+    return { text: '', omittedFeatures, ignoredBangs }
+  }
+
+  const parts: string[] = []
+  const base = stripBangs(String(character?.description || ''))
+  if (base) parts.push(base)
+
+  for (const feature of features) {
+    if (!feature?.enabled) continue
+    const cleaned = stripBangs(String(feature.text || ''))
+    if (isFeatureVisibleForFacing(feature, facing)) {
+      if (cleaned) parts.push(cleaned)
+    } else {
+      omittedFeatures.push({
+        id: String(feature.id || newId()),
+        text: cleaned || String(feature.text || '').trim(),
+        reason: 'camera'
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
+  let text = parts.join(', ')
+  const outfitText = stripBangs(outfitPromptText(outfit))
+  if (outfitText) {
+    text = text ? `${text}. Outfit: ${outfitText}` : outfitText
+  }
+  return { text, omittedFeatures, ignoredBangs }
+}
+
 export function defaultCharacterState(characterId: string, on = true): PromptSequenceCharacterState {
   return { characterId, on, outfitId: null }
 }
@@ -160,32 +388,19 @@ export function cloneSceneForNext(previous: PromptSequenceScene, nextIndex: numb
   }
 }
 
-function outfitPromptText(outfit?: { name?: string; description?: string } | null) {
-  if (!outfit) return ''
-  return String(outfit.description || '').trim() || String(outfit.name || '').trim()
-}
-
 /**
- * Character line when on:
- * - with outfit: "Name: description. Outfit: outfit description"
- * - without: "Name: description" (or name-only / description-only)
+ * Legacy helper: base description (+ optional outfit). Name is never copied.
+ * Prefer compileCharacterForFacing for feature-aware compile.
  */
 export function formatCharacterLine(
-  character: { name?: string; description?: string },
-  outfit?: { name?: string; description?: string } | null
+  character: { name?: string; description?: string; features?: PromptSequenceFeature[] },
+  outfit?: { name?: string; description?: string } | null,
+  facing: PromptSequenceFacing = 'toward'
 ) {
-  const name = String(character?.name || '').trim()
-  const description = String(character?.description || '').trim()
-  let base = ''
-  if (name && description) base = `${name}: ${description}`
-  else base = name || description
-  if (!base) return ''
-  const outfitText = outfitPromptText(outfit)
-  if (!outfitText) return base
-  return `${base}. Outfit: ${outfitText}`
+  return compileCharacterForFacing(character, facing, outfit).text
 }
 
-/** Selected framing text for each on set. No set name, no framing label. */
+/** Selected framing text for each on set. No set name, no framing label. Bangs stripped. */
 export function assembleSetBlock(
   scene: { setStates?: PromptSequenceSetState[] },
   sets: PromptSequenceSet[] = []
@@ -199,16 +414,18 @@ export function assembleSetBlock(
     const framingId = state?.framingId || null
     if (!framingId) continue
     const framing = (set.framings || []).find(item => item.id === framingId)
-    const text = String(framing?.text || '').trim()
+    const text = stripBangs(String(framing?.text || ''))
     if (text) chunks.push(text)
   }
   return chunks.join('\n')
 }
 
 export function resolveSceneCharacterLines(
-  scene: { characterStates?: PromptSequenceCharacterState[] },
-  characters: PromptSequenceCharacter[] = []
+  scene: { setStates?: PromptSequenceSetState[]; characterStates?: PromptSequenceCharacterState[] },
+  characters: PromptSequenceCharacter[] = [],
+  sets: PromptSequenceSet[] = []
 ) {
+  const facing = resolveSceneFacing(scene, sets)
   const states = scene.characterStates || []
   const stateById = new Map(states.map(state => [state.characterId, state]))
   return characters
@@ -219,7 +436,7 @@ export function resolveSceneCharacterLines(
       const outfit = outfitId
         ? (character.outfits || []).find(item => item.id === outfitId) || null
         : null
-      return formatCharacterLine(character, outfit)
+      return compileCharacterForFacing(character, facing, outfit).text
     })
     .filter(Boolean)
 }
@@ -232,27 +449,29 @@ export function assembleSceneText(
     setStates?: PromptSequenceSetState[]
     characterStates?: PromptSequenceCharacterState[]
     /** Legacy per-scene characters (migration / old tests). */
-    characters?: Array<{ name?: string; description?: string }>
+    characters?: Array<{ name?: string; description?: string; features?: PromptSequenceFeature[] }>
   },
   sequenceCharacters?: PromptSequenceCharacter[],
   sequenceSets?: PromptSequenceSet[],
   sectionOrder?: PromptSequenceSectionKey[] | unknown
 ) {
-  const setBlock = sequenceSets?.length
-    ? assembleSetBlock(scene, sequenceSets)
+  const sets = sequenceSets || []
+  const setBlock = sets.length
+    ? assembleSetBlock(scene, sets)
     : ''
+  const facing = resolveSceneFacing(scene, sets)
   const characterBlock = sequenceCharacters?.length
-    ? resolveSceneCharacterLines(scene, sequenceCharacters).join('\n')
+    ? resolveSceneCharacterLines(scene, sequenceCharacters, sets).join('\n')
     : (scene.characters || [])
-        .map(character => formatCharacterLine(character))
+        .map(character => compileCharacterForFacing(character, facing).text)
         .filter(Boolean)
         .join('\n')
   const blocks: Record<PromptSequenceSectionKey, string> = {
-    style: String(scene.style || '').trim(),
-    settings: String(scene.settings || '').trim(),
+    style: stripBangs(String(scene.style || '')),
+    settings: stripBangs(String(scene.settings || '')),
     set: setBlock,
     characters: characterBlock,
-    prompt: String(scene.prompt || '').trim()
+    prompt: stripBangs(String(scene.prompt || ''))
   }
   const order = normalizeSectionOrder(sectionOrder)
   const parts = order.map(key => blocks[key]).filter(Boolean)
@@ -313,13 +532,27 @@ export function normalizeOutfit(raw: unknown): PromptSequenceOutfit {
   }
 }
 
+export function normalizeFeature(raw: unknown): PromptSequenceFeature {
+  const rec = (raw && typeof raw === 'object' ? raw : {}) as Record<string, unknown>
+  const group = normalizeFeatureGroup(rec.group)
+  return {
+    id: String(rec.id || '').trim() || newId(),
+    text: normalizePromptSequenceField(rec.text),
+    enabled: rec.enabled === undefined ? true : !!rec.enabled,
+    group,
+    visibility: normalizeVisibilityList(rec.visibility, group)
+  }
+}
+
 export function normalizeCharacter(raw: unknown): PromptSequenceCharacter {
   const rec = (raw && typeof raw === 'object' ? raw : {}) as Record<string, unknown>
   const outfits = Array.isArray(rec.outfits) ? rec.outfits.map(normalizeOutfit) : []
+  const features = Array.isArray(rec.features) ? rec.features.map(normalizeFeature) : []
   return {
     id: String(rec.id || '').trim() || newId(),
     name: String(rec.name || '').trim().slice(0, 120),
     description: normalizePromptSequenceField(rec.description).trim(),
+    features,
     outfits
   }
 }
@@ -329,7 +562,8 @@ export function normalizeFraming(raw: unknown): PromptSequenceFraming {
   return {
     id: String(rec.id || '').trim() || newId(),
     label: String(rec.label || '').trim().slice(0, 120),
-    text: normalizePromptSequenceField(rec.text)
+    text: normalizePromptSequenceField(rec.text),
+    facing: normalizeFacing(rec.facing)
   }
 }
 
@@ -345,7 +579,7 @@ function framingsFromLegacyBeats(rec: Record<string, unknown>): PromptSequenceFr
     if (text) parts.push(text)
   }
   if (!parts.length) return [emptyFraming()]
-  return [{ id: newId(), label: 'wide', text: parts.join('\n') }]
+  return [{ id: newId(), label: 'wide', text: parts.join('\n'), facing: 'toward' }]
 }
 
 export function normalizeSet(raw: unknown): PromptSequenceSet {