The Midnight Informant
STRUCTURED{
"title": "The Midnight Informant",
"description": "A tense, film noir moment featuring a female private investigator waiting for a lead in a hazy, underground jazz club.",
"prompt": "You will perform an image edit using the person from the provided photo as the main subject. Preserve her core likeness. Transform the subject (female) into a sharp-witted 1950s private investigator seated in a booth at a dimly lit, smoke-filled jazz club. The image must be Ultra-Photorealistic and Movie-Quality, evoking the golden age of Film Noir. Use dramatic lighting to highlight skin texture and fabric details. Keywords: photorealistic, cinematic lighting, highly detailed, shot on Arri Alexa, depth of field, volumetric fog, realistic physics.",
"details": {
"year": "1954",
"genre": "Cinematic Photorealism",
"location": "The Velvet Note, a crowded, subterranean jazz lounge in Chicago with red velvet booths and a small stage in the hazy background.",
"lighting": [
"Chiaroscuro",
"Volumetric shafts of light cutting through smoke",
"Warm tungsten table lamps",
"Rim lighting on hair"
],
"camera_angle": "Eye-level medium close-up, shallow depth of field focusing strictly on the subject's eyes.",
"emotion": [
"Suspicious",
"Alert",
"Melancholic"
],
"color_palette": [
"Deep shadow black",
"Amber gold",
"Burgundy red",
"Tobacco brown"
],
"atmosphere": [
"Sultry",
"Mysterious",
"Claustrophobic",
"Noir"
],
"environmental_elements": "Thick swirls of cigarette smoke filling the air, a half-empty glass of amber whiskey on the table, blurred silhouette of a double bass player in the background.",
"subject1": {
"costume": "A structured beige trench coat worn over a dark cocktail dress, leather gloves, and a wide-brimmed fedora tilted slightly forward.",
"subject_expression": "A piercing, guarded gaze, eyes scanning the room, lips pressed in a tight line.",
"subject_action": "One hand rests on a manila folder on the table, the other hovers near her whiskey glass."
},
"negative_prompt": {
"exclude_visuals": [
"daylight",
"modern technology",
"smartphones",
"casual clothing",
"bright sunshine",
"blue skies"
],
"exclude_styles": [
"cartoon",
"3D render",
"anime",
"sketch",
"impressionism",
"oversaturated"
],
"exclude_colors": [
"Neon green",
"Hot pink",
"Cyan"
],
"exclude_objects": [
"cars",
"weapons drawn",
"animals"
]
}
}
}Overview
The Midnight Informant is a free prompt on OpenRuna. A curated prompt on OpenRuna for builders using ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor.
What this prompt does
"The Midnight Informant" is designed to help you get reliable results from AI assistants for real prompt tasks. A curated prompt on OpenRuna for builders using ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor. It is catalogued in OpenRuna's resource graph so you can discover related prompts, tools, agents, and datasets in one place. Copy the content directly into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Cursor — or use it as a system prompt / skill instruction where applicable.
Use cases
- Use "The Midnight Informant" when you need a repeatable prompt for professional workflows without writing instructions from scratch each time.
- Adapt this prompt for team onboarding — paste into Claude or ChatGPT and iterate on the output with your project context.
- Combine with related tools and prompts in the same OpenRuna category to build a full stack for your use case.
- Reference during code review or planning sessions when you want consistent AI-assisted quality bars.
Example output
When you run this prompt, expect structured output similar to:
{
"title": "The Midnight Informant",
"description": "A tense, film noir moment featuring a female private investigator waiting for a lead in a hazy, underground jazz club.",
"prompt": "You will perform an image edit using the person from the provided photo as the main subject. Preserve her core likeness. Transform the subject (female) into a sharp-witted 1950s private investigator seated in a booth at a dimly lit, smoke-filled jazz club. The image must be Ultra-Photorealistic and Movie-Quality, evoking the golden age of Film Noir. Use dramatic lighting to highlight skin texture and fabri…
Outputs vary by model and temperature; treat the first response as a draft and refine with follow-up prompts.Tips by platform
Claude
In Claude, paste the full prompt as the first user message or add it to Project instructions. Ask Claude to confirm assumptions before executing. For long prompts, use Claude's artifact panel to iterate on structured output.
ChatGPT
In ChatGPT, start a new chat and paste this prompt verbatim. Enable GPT-4o or your preferred model for coding tasks. Use follow-ups like "apply this to [your context]" for best results.
Cursor
In Cursor, add key instructions from this prompt to .cursorrules or a SKILL.md file. Reference it in Agent mode with @ mentions. Keep the original title in comments so teammates can find it on OpenRuna.
Frequently asked questions
- What is "The Midnight Informant"?
- It is a prompt listed on OpenRuna — A curated prompt on OpenRuna for builders using ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor. You can copy and adapt it for ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or other AI tools.
- Is this prompt free to use?
- Most OpenRuna resources are open or CC0-licensed. Check the license on this page before commercial use. Premium collections are clearly marked.
- How do I get the best results?
- Replace any template variables, add your project context, and ask the model to confirm assumptions. Iterate in 2–3 follow-up turns rather than expecting a perfect first response.
- Can I use this with Claude and ChatGPT?
- Yes. The prompt is model-agnostic text. Tips on this page cover Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor specifically.
- Where can I find related resources?
- Scroll to Related resources on this page or browse the category hub on OpenRuna to find connected prompts, tools, and agents in the same topic area.