baoyu-article-illustrator_skill

Overview

This skill analyzes article content to identify where illustrations will improve clarity or reader engagement and generates visual assets in selectable styles. It produces an organized output folder with an illustration plan, prompts, and generated images, plus insertion guidance for the article. The workflow recommends style variants, asks a single confirmation, and then generates images and updates the article with proper alt text and placement.

How this skill works

The skill scans the article to extract the main topic, section-level core messages, and abstract concepts that benefit from visuals. It auto-selects a style based on content signals or accepts an explicit style flag, then builds an illustration plan listing insert positions, purposes, visual descriptions, and filenames. After user confirmation of a selected style and language preference, it creates prompt files, invokes an image-generation skill, writes images to a structured output directory, and inserts markdown image references at the designated positions.

When to use it

• Add illustrations to a long-form article to clarify abstract concepts or processes
• Generate multiple style options and a clear plan before commissioning images
• Update tutorials, explainers, or guides where steps or comparisons need visuals
• Create atmosphere or brand-consistent visuals for lifestyle and storytelling pieces
• Batch-generate images and embed them directly into a markdown article

Best practices

• Let the tool propose three style variants and choose one to keep visual consistency
• Confirm language for prompts when the article and user languages differ
• Aim for at least one illustration per major section, prioritizing core arguments and abstract ideas
• Review and edit the outline.md before generation if you need custom phrasing or labels
• Use meaningful slugs for filenames to make later edits and replacements straightforward

Example use cases

• A product blog post needs workflow diagrams and hero concept illustrations in a consistent flat style
• A tutorial requires step-by-step visuals and playful icons to help beginners follow along
• A scientific explainer needs precise diagram-like images with academic styling
• A travel story benefits from watercolor-style scenes inserted at narrative beats
• An editorial investigation needs infographic-style visuals to summarize data and comparisons