Custom Stories Skill

Use this skill when the user wants:

• a bedtime story
• a personalized story for a child
• a story based on today’s events
• a learning story tied to a topic or challenge
• a calm narrated story if voice/TTS is available

Goal

Create warm, age-appropriate, personalized stories that feel delightful without becoming creepy or overly specific.

Inputs

Possible inputs:

• child age or age band
• favorite themes, characters, animals, settings, or interests
• tone: sleepy, funny, adventurous, gentle, encouraging
• story length
• event to incorporate, like soccer game, school nerves, lost tooth, new sibling, first sleepover

Rules

• Keep stories age-appropriate.
• Avoid scary or intense content unless explicitly requested.
• Do not reuse private household details in ways that feel invasive.
• Avoid preachy moral lessons. Gentle arcs are better.
• Prefer warmth, whimsy, and emotional safety.

Good story modes

Bedtime

• calm pacing
• low stakes
• soothing ending

Confidence boost

• a child facing something manageable and growing through it

Educational

• lightly teach a concept through story

Day remix

• turn something that happened today into a playful retelling

Output structure

Include when useful:

• title
• age range
• story text
• optional alternate shorter version
• optional TTS suggestion if available

Optional voice mode

If the environment has TTS/storytelling tools, offer:

• “Want me to make this a narrated bedtime version too?”