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 "generated": "2026-10-26",
 "id": "christos-antono-npctalk--make-npcs-follow-spoken-orders",
 "repo": "christos-antono/NPCTalk",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/christos-antono/NPCTalk",
 "repo_slug": "christos-antono-npctalk",
 "title": "Make NPCs act on what you tell them",
 "page_title": "How to make NPCs act on what you tell them with NPC Talk",
 "summary": "Add the npc-actions skill so NPCs physically react while talking and follow spoken orders in your game.",
 "who": "A game developer or modder who wants NPC conversations to change what happens in the game.",
 "problem": "Talking NPCs feel hollow if they never move, react or do what the player asks.",
 "outcome": "NPCs that choose actions while they talk and follow spoken orders, mapped to your game's animations with per-action thresholds.",
 "steps": [
  "Get one NPC answering typed text in the game first with the make-npcs-talk skill",
  "Set TYPESAFE_API_KEY as an environment variable",
  "Ask the npc-actions skill to define the actions and orders your NPCs can follow",
  "Set per-action thresholds and map each action to an animation",
  "Verify in the real game with every step's timing logged"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "With christos-antono/NPCTalk, add the npc-actions skill to my <game> NPCs so they can <actions> when the player asks, set conservative per-action thresholds, map them to animations, and log timings while I test.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code",
  "codex",
  "cursor",
  "gemini-cli"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Advanced",
 "time": "2 hours",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "",
 "category": "Games and hobbies",
 "tags": [
  "Games and hobbies"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "A game you own, ideally single-player (the README says never inject into online games with anti-cheat)",
  "Git, Python 3.10+, uv and ffmpeg",
  "A Modal account for the GPU voice server, with the NPCVOICE_TOKEN environment variable set",
  "A fal key (FAL_KEY) for speech-to-text and the MCP server",
  "A Cerebras key (CEREBRAS_API_KEY) for the NPC's lines",
  "Optional: a TypeSafe key (TYPESAFE_API_KEY) for actions and spoken orders",
  "Windows and the .NET SDK (8+) only if you follow the GTA V example"
 ],
 "risk": "dual-use",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "credentials",
   "notice": "TypeSafe, fal, Cerebras and Modal keys go in environment variables, never files; run npctalk check before sharing anything."
  }
 ],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.7,
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