format_screenplay
Format screenplay (blocks + PDF)
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Convert raw or loosely formatted screenplay text (Chinese, English, or mixed — including Japanese broadcast-drama format and Chinese colon-style dialogue scripts) into professionally structured screenplay blocks and a print-ready PDF on a fixed typewriter character grid identical to narracore.cn. Use it for screenplay formatting, import, or producing a shareable screenplay PDF — NOT for general prose rewriting or story editing.
INPUT (contract_version 3) — two modes:
• input_format="text" (default): line-based screenplay text, one element per line — scene headings ("INT. LAB - DAY", "第 N 场 …"), CHARACTER names in CAPS or CJK on their own line, short dialogue lines after them, standalone (…) parentheticals, standalone transitions ("CUT TO:", "切至：…"). Inline dialogue 名前「セリフ」 and 人名：台词 is parsed natively. An unbroken wall of text renders as continuous action and is flagged UNRESOLVED_STRUCTURE.
• input_format="blocks": typed blocks validated and rendered EXACTLY as submitted, never re-classified; ids echoed. CHAINING: to run other tools on this screenplay, pass back the BLOCKS you received — not the plain text (it parses differently). The same screenplay is charged once per 24h across analyze/diagnose/convert/video-prompt tools; check_video_prompts is free.
• output="validate_only": structure check + diagnostics only, free.
Before delivering: read diagnostics[] (code/severity/line or block_id/message/suggested_action) with the user; confidence = share of non-ambiguous lines, NOT accuracy.
Billing: one credit = one screenplay for 24h across the screenplay tools (or one film analysis / one story project). Free tier: one credit per day per visitor, no key. Failed calls are never charged; the same request_id never double-charges. On free_tier_exhausted or quota_exhausted: relay the price and purchase link from the response verbatim; never invent a license key.
Competition submissions: style="uk"/"fr" (A4, BBC/French layout), dialogue_breaks=true ((MORE)/(CONT'D) on page breaks), cover.anonymous=true (no author on title page) — rendering options, free within the 24h bundle.
Full parameter manual (cover/header/footer/style, examples): https://narracore.app/llms.txt
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| input_format | string | no | text (default): line-based screenplay text parsed server-side. blocks: submit typed blocks directly — validated and rendered as-is, never re-classified. |
| text | string | no | Raw screenplay text, one element per line (required when input_format="text") |
| blocks | array | no | Typed blocks (required when input_format="blocks") |
| license_key | string | no | License key NRC-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX (optional — free daily quota works without one) |
| request_id | string | no | Idempotency key (optional) |
| content_language | string | no | Content language (default: auto-detect) |
| output | string | no | pdf_and_blocks (default) / blocks_only / validate_only (free structure check, no render) |
| include | string | no | Receipt body shape (default both): blocks=typed blocks only, plain_text=formatted text only — halves the receipt for large screenplays; validate_only always echoes blocks |
| cover | object | no | Cover page fields — any field present adds a cover page (not counted in page numbers); date defaults to today (UTC) when omitted; anonymous=true renders only title+date (competition blind-review convention — author/version stay off the page) |
| header | object | no | Explicit running header (overrides the default page-number line): field values come from cover; missing fields are skipped; page_number renders N/M at the right edge |
| footer | object | no | Explicit footer (centered below the text box); same value resolution as header |
| style | string | no | Submission style: "us" (default — US Letter) / "uk" (A4, BBC-style margins, scene numbers on both sides) / "fr" (A4, French-style centered dialogue column) / vertical Japanese manuscript sheets "ja_business" (20×10, A4 landscape), "ja_standard" (20×20 400-character sheet, B4), "ja_kido" (20×40 Kido-style, A4 landscape) — pages = sheets. Rendering option — free to change within the same 24h screenplay bundle |
| paper | string | no | Paper override for us/uk/fr: "letter" / "a4" / "a4_landscape" / "b4" (default follows style: us → letter, uk/fr → a4). Grid and page count are identical across papers. Vertical ja_* styles use a fixed sheet (omit) |
| dialogue_breaks | boolean | no | US submission convention for dialogue spanning a page break: (MORE) at the bottom of the page and SPEAKER (CONT'D) at the top of the next. Default false |
Raw JSON schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"input_format": {
"description": "text (default): line-based screenplay text parsed server-side. blocks: submit typed blocks directly — validated and rendered as-is, never re-classified.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"text",
"blocks"
]
},
"text": {
"description": "Raw screenplay text, one element per line (required when input_format=\"text\")",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200000
},
"blocks": {
"description": "Typed blocks (required when input_format=\"blocks\")",
"maxItems": 2000,
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"description": "Your id for this block; echoed in output",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 64
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"scene_heading",
"action",
"character",
"parenthetical",
"dialogue",
"transition",
"shot",
"note"
]
},
"text": {
"description": "Block text (scene_heading may omit it if location/time_of_day given)",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200000
},
"speaker": {
"description": "dialogue: speaker name; a character line is derived when rendering",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 64
},
"delivery": {
"description": "dialogue: delivery hint, rendered as a parenthetical before the line",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 120
},
"scene_number": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 16
},
"location": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 120
},
"time_of_day": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 16
}
},
"required": [
"type"
]
}
},
"license_key": {
"description": "License key NRC-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX (optional — free daily quota works without one)",
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^NRC-[A-Z2-9]{4}(-[A-Z2-9]{4}){3}$"
},
"request_id": {
"description": "Idempotency key (optional)",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 64
},
"content_language": {
"description": "Content language (default: auto-detect)",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"zh",
"en",
"auto"
]
},
"output": {
"description": "pdf_and_blocks (default) / blocks_only / validate_only (free structure check, no render)",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"pdf_and_blocks",
"blocks_only",
"validate_only"
]
},
"include": {
"description": "Receipt body shape (default both): blocks=typed blocks only, plain_text=formatted text only — halves the receipt for large screenplays; validate_only always echoes blocks",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"blocks",
"plain_text",
"both"
]
},
"cover": {
"description": "Cover page fields — any field present adds a cover page (not counted in page numbers); date defaults to today (UTC) when omitted; anonymous=true renders only title+date (competition blind-review convention — author/version stay off the page)",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 2000
},
"author": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 2000
},
"date": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 64
},
"version": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 64
},
"anonymous": {
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
},
"header": {
"description": "Explicit running header (overrides the default page-number line): field values come from cover; missing fields are skipped; page_number renders N/M at the right edge",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"items": {
"minItems": 1,
"maxItems": 5,
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"title",
"author",
"date",
"version",
"page_number"
]
}
}
},
"required": [
"items"
]
},
"footer": {
"description": "Explicit footer (centered below the text box); same value resolution as header",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"items": {
"minItems": 1,
"maxItems": 5,
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"title",
"author",
"date",
"version",
"page_number"
]
}
}
},
"required": [
"items"
]
},
"style": {
"description": "Submission style: \"us\" (default — US Letter) / \"uk\" (A4, BBC-style margins, scene numbers on both sides) / \"fr\" (A4, French-style centered dialogue column) / vertical Japanese manuscript sheets \"ja_business\" (20×10, A4 landscape), \"ja_standard\" (20×20 400-character sheet, B4), \"ja_kido\" (20×40 Kido-style, A4 landscape) — pages = sheets. Rendering option — free to change within the same 24h screenplay bundle",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 24
},
"paper": {
"description": "Paper override for us/uk/fr: \"letter\" / \"a4\" / \"a4_landscape\" / \"b4\" (default follows style: us → letter, uk/fr → a4). Grid and page count are identical across papers. Vertical ja_* styles use a fixed sheet (omit)",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 24
},
"dialogue_breaks": {
"description": "US submission convention for dialogue spanning a page break: (MORE) at the bottom of the page and SPEAKER (CONT'D) at the top of the next. Default false",
"type": "boolean"
}
}
}