baoyu-cover-image_skill

Overview

This skill generates elegant article cover images using four configurable dimensions (type, style, text, mood) and a gallery of 20 hand-drawn or illustrative styles. It supports cinematic (2.35:1), widescreen (16:9) and square (1:1) aspects and saves outputs in a per-topic session folder with source and prompt metadata. Use it to produce consistent, publication-ready covers automatically or with manual confirmation.

How this skill works

The skill analyzes supplied article text or pasted content to auto-select the best Type, Style, Text density, and Mood unless the user specifies options. It builds a generation prompt, creates a session directory named by topic slug, saves source files and prompts, then outputs a cover.png. Preferences and quick-mode behavior are loaded from a project or user EXTEND.md when present; first-time setup collects defaults if missing.

When to use it

• When you ask to generate cover image, create article cover, make cover, or mention the Chinese term “封面图”.
• When you want a fast auto-selected cover from article content without manual design work.
• When you need different aspect ratios for blog headers, social cards, or cinematic headers.
• When you want consistent branding via saved preferences (watermark, default style, aspect).
• When producing series, tutorials, or documentation that need systematic cover layouts.

Best practices

• Provide a clear article title and a short summary to improve auto-selection quality.
• Use --style, --type, --text, and --mood flags when you need precise visual direction.
• Run first-time setup to store preferred defaults and avoid repeated confirmations.
• Use --quick for batch or programmatic cover generation; omit it to confirm dimensions.
• Keep titles short for title-only layouts (recommended ≤8 characters for some languages).

Example use cases

• Generate a cinematic header for a product launch article using hero + bold-editorial + bold mood.
• Create a technical conceptual cover for architecture or API docs with blueprint style.
• Produce minimalist covers for thought leadership pieces with minimal type and subtle mood.
• Make square social cards (1:1) for WeChat or Instagram using the notion or watercolor styles.
• Generate visual-only art covers (--no-title) for photography or abstract essays.