diff --git a/src/content/loadTemplate.ts b/src/content/loadTemplate.ts
index c01bc3b..53890d1 100644
--- a/src/content/loadTemplate.ts
+++ b/src/content/loadTemplate.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ export interface TemplateData {
   imagePrompt: string;
   /** Whether this template uses the artist's face-guide for identity. Defaults to true. */
   usesFaceGuide: boolean;
+  /** Overrides the default face-swap / no-face instruction when set. */
+  customInstruction: string | null;
+  /** Overrides the default person-centric motion prompt when set. */
+  customMotionPrompt: string | null;
   styleGuide: Record<string, unknown> | null;
   captionGuide: Record<string, unknown> | null;
   captionExamples: string[];
@@ -61,11 +65,15 @@ export async function loadTemplate(templateName: string): Promise<TemplateData>
   const imagePrompt = (sg?.imagePrompt as string) ?? "";
   // Default to true — most templates use the artist's face
   const usesFaceGuide = (sg?.usesFaceGuide as boolean) ?? true;
+  const customInstruction = (sg?.customInstruction as string) ?? null;
+  const customMotionPrompt = (sg?.customMotionPrompt as string) ?? null;
 
   return {
     name: templateName,
     imagePrompt,
     usesFaceGuide,
+    customInstruction,
+    customMotionPrompt,
     styleGuide,
     captionGuide,
     captionExamples,
@@ -129,6 +137,12 @@ export function buildMotionPrompt(template: TemplateData): string {
     ? template.videoMoods[Math.floor(Math.random() * template.videoMoods.length)]
     : "";
 
+  if (template.customMotionPrompt) {
+    return template.customMotionPrompt
+      .replace("{movement}", movement)
+      .replace("{mood}", mood);
+  }
+
   return `Completely static camera. The person stares at the camera. Movement: ${movement}.${mood ? ` Energy: ${mood}.` : ""} Shot on phone, low light, grainy.`;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/content/templates/album-record-store/caption-guide.json b/src/content/templates/album-record-store/caption-guide.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d68225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/templates/album-record-store/caption-guide.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  "templateStyle": "album art on vinyl in a record store — the kind of post an artist makes when their music hits wax for the first time",
+  "captionRole": "the caption should feel like the artist posted this themselves. proud but not corny. announcing the vinyl, reflecting on the music, or saying something raw about what the album means.",
+  "tone": "understated pride, like posting a photo of your album in a store and letting the moment speak for itself. not hype-man energy — quiet flex.",
+  "rules": [
+    "lowercase only",
+    "keep it under 80 characters for short, can go longer for medium/long",
+    "no punctuation at the end unless its a question mark",
+    "never sound like a press release or marketing copy",
+    "never say 'out now' or 'stream now' or 'link in bio'",
+    "dont describe whats in the image",
+    "can reference the album, the songs, or what they mean to you",
+    "can reference the physical vinyl / record store experience",
+    "if it sounds like a label wrote it, rewrite it until it sounds like the artist texted it to a friend"
+  ],
+  "formats": [
+    "a one-line reflection on the album ('i left everything in this one')",
+    "a quiet flex about being on vinyl ('never thought id see this in a store')",
+    "a nostalgic moment ('used to dig through bins like this looking for something that felt like home')",
+    "something the listener would screenshot ('this album is the version of me i was scared to show you')",
+    "a short dedication or thank you that feels real, not performative"
+  ],
+  "examples_of_good_length": [
+    "i left everything in this one",
+    "found myself in the crates today",
+    "this album is the version of me i was scared to show you",
+    "never thought id see my name on a spine in a record store",
+    "wrote this in my bedroom now its on wax"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/src/content/templates/album-record-store/references/captions/examples.json b/src/content/templates/album-record-store/references/captions/examples.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d5d383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/templates/album-record-store/references/captions/examples.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[
+  "i left everything in this one",
+  "found myself in the crates today",
+  "never thought id see my name on a spine in a record store",
+  "wrote this in my bedroom now its on wax",
+  "this album is the version of me i was scared to show you",
+  "every scratch on this vinyl is a memory",
+  "the songs sound different on wax. heavier somehow",
+  "somebody in new york is gonna find this in a bin one day and feel something"
+]
diff --git a/src/content/templates/album-record-store/style-guide.json b/src/content/templates/album-record-store/style-guide.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d6eacb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/templates/album-record-store/style-guide.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  "name": "album-record-store",
+  "description": "Album cover art displayed in a gritty New York record store — vinyl spinning on a turntable",
+  "usesFaceGuide": true,
+  "customInstruction": "Place the album cover art from the first image onto a vinyl record sleeve and display it prominently in the scene. The album art should be clearly visible — propped up on a shelf, leaning against a crate, or displayed on the counter next to the turntable. A vinyl record from the same album is spinning on a turntable nearby. Do NOT alter the album art — reproduce it exactly. Remove any text, captions, watermarks, or overlays from the generated scene. The album art itself should retain its original text/design.",
+  "customMotionPrompt": "Completely static camera. The vinyl record spins slowly on the turntable. {movement} Warm dust-in-the-air feeling. {mood} Shot on phone, warm tungsten lighting.",
+  "imagePrompt": "A vinyl record spinning on a turntable inside a cramped, rundown New York City record store. The album cover art is displayed next to the turntable, propped against a stack of records. Wooden crate bins full of vinyl records fill the background. Warm tungsten overhead light, dust particles visible in the air. The store feels lived-in — peeling stickers on the counter, handwritten price tags, faded band posters on the walls. Phone camera, slightly warm color cast.",
+
+  "camera": {
+    "type": "iPhone resting on the counter, recording a quick story",
+    "angle": "slightly above the turntable, looking down at an angle — like someone held their phone over the record to film it spinning",
+    "quality": "iPhone video quality — warm color cast from the overhead light, slight lens flare, not perfectly sharp, natural vignetting at corners",
+    "focus": "turntable and album art in focus, background bins and shelves slightly soft"
+  },
+
+  "environment": {
+    "feel": "a real independent record store in lower Manhattan or Brooklyn — cramped, cluttered, full of character",
+    "lighting": "warm tungsten bulbs overhead, maybe a small desk lamp near the register. Pools of warm light, deep shadows between the bins. Dust particles catching the light.",
+    "backgrounds": "wooden crate bins overflowing with vinyl, hand-lettered genre dividers, faded concert posters and stickers on every surface, a boombox or old speakers on a high shelf, maybe a cat sleeping on a stack of records",
+    "avoid": "clean modern stores, bright fluorescent lighting, empty shelves, corporate branding, pristine surfaces, anything that looks new or staged"
+  },
+
+  "subject": {
+    "expression": "N/A — no person in the shot, the subject is the album and turntable",
+    "pose": "N/A",
+    "clothing": "N/A",
+    "framing": "turntable takes up the lower half of frame, album art visible in the upper portion or to the side, surrounded by the store environment"
+  },
+
+  "realism": {
+    "priority": "this MUST look like a real phone video taken inside an actual NYC record store, not a render or AI image",
+    "texture": "warm grain from the phone camera, slight dust and scratches visible on the vinyl, wood grain on the crate bins, worn edges on the record sleeves",
+    "imperfections": "fingerprints on the vinyl, slightly crooked album display, a price sticker on the sleeve, dust on the turntable platter, uneven stacks of records in the background",
+    "avoid": "clean renders, perfect symmetry, bright even lighting, glossy surfaces, anything that looks digital or AI-generated, stock-photo record stores"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/content/templates/album-record-store/video-moods.json b/src/content/templates/album-record-store/video-moods.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90d7c99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/templates/album-record-store/video-moods.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[
+  "warm nostalgia, like walking into a place that reminds you of being a kid",
+  "quiet pride, the feeling of seeing something you made exist in the real world",
+  "intimate, like youre showing a close friend something that matters to you",
+  "reverent, the way people handle vinyl carefully because it feels sacred",
+  "bittersweet, like the album captured a version of you that doesnt exist anymore",
+  "hypnotic, the kind of calm that comes from watching something spin in circles",
+  "peaceful solitude, alone in the store after hours",
+  "wistful, like remembering the sessions that made this album"
+]
diff --git a/src/content/templates/album-record-store/video-movements.json b/src/content/templates/album-record-store/video-movements.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efa9aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/templates/album-record-store/video-movements.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[
+  "the vinyl spins steadily, tonearm tracking the groove, dust particles drift through the warm light",
+  "camera slowly drifts closer to the album art, the vinyl keeps spinning in the background",
+  "a hand reaches into frame and gently places the needle on the record",
+  "the turntable spins, the overhead light flickers once, dust motes float lazily",
+  "someone flips through records in a crate in the background, out of focus, while the vinyl spins",
+  "the camera barely moves, just the vinyl spinning and the warm light shifting slightly",
+  "a slight camera drift to reveal more of the store — bins, posters, clutter — then settles back on the turntable",
+  "the tonearm rides the groove, a tiny reflection of light glints off the spinning vinyl surface"
+]
diff --git a/src/sandboxes/__tests__/getSandboxEnv.test.ts b/src/sandboxes/__tests__/getSandboxEnv.test.ts
index 1942b29..df32977 100644
--- a/src/sandboxes/__tests__/getSandboxEnv.test.ts
+++ b/src/sandboxes/__tests__/getSandboxEnv.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,22 @@ describe("getSandboxEnv", () => {
     expect(env).not.toHaveProperty("GITHUB_TOKEN");
   });
 
+  it("includes CHARTMETRIC_REFRESH_TOKEN when set", () => {
+    process.env.CHARTMETRIC_REFRESH_TOKEN = "test-cm-token";
+
+    const env = getSandboxEnv("acc_123");
+
+    expect(env.CHARTMETRIC_REFRESH_TOKEN).toBe("test-cm-token");
+  });
+
+  it("omits CHARTMETRIC_REFRESH_TOKEN when not set", () => {
+    delete process.env.CHARTMETRIC_REFRESH_TOKEN;
+
+    const env = getSandboxEnv("acc_123");
+
+    expect(env).not.toHaveProperty("CHARTMETRIC_REFRESH_TOKEN");
+  });
+
   it("throws when RECOUP_API_KEY is missing", () => {
     delete process.env.RECOUP_API_KEY;
 
diff --git a/src/sandboxes/getSandboxEnv.ts b/src/sandboxes/getSandboxEnv.ts
index 3906254..5e6b14e 100644
--- a/src/sandboxes/getSandboxEnv.ts
+++ b/src/sandboxes/getSandboxEnv.ts
@@ -20,5 +20,10 @@ export function getSandboxEnv(
     env.GITHUB_TOKEN = githubToken;
   }
 
+  const chartmetricToken = process.env.CHARTMETRIC_REFRESH_TOKEN;
+  if (chartmetricToken) {
+    env.CHARTMETRIC_REFRESH_TOKEN = chartmetricToken;
+  }
+
   return env;
 }
diff --git a/src/tasks/createContentTask.ts b/src/tasks/createContentTask.ts
index 5237ab4..bc8e865 100644
--- a/src/tasks/createContentTask.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/createContentTask.ts
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ export const createContentTask = schemaTask({
     // --- Step 5: Generate image ---
     logStep("Generating image");
     const referenceImagePath = pickRandomReferenceImage(template);
-    // Build prompt: face-swap instruction (if needed) + template scene + style guide
-    const instruction = template.usesFaceGuide ? FACE_SWAP_INSTRUCTION : NO_FACE_INSTRUCTION;
+    const instruction = template.customInstruction
+      ?? (template.usesFaceGuide ? FACE_SWAP_INSTRUCTION : NO_FACE_INSTRUCTION);
     const basePrompt = `${instruction} ${template.imagePrompt}`;
     const fullPrompt = buildImagePrompt(basePrompt, template.styleGuide);
     let imageUrl = await generateContentImage({