Illustrative cover generated by us — see the source repo for real examples.
How to use
- 1
Copy the install prompt
Sign in, then click the black button. One click, done.
- 2
Paste it to your agent
Send it in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or similar. It installs itself.
- 3
Ask in one sentence
Say what you want, like below, and the agent follows this skill.
/baoyu-cover-image make me: Article covers in 2.35:1, 16:9 or 1:1 with a consistent styleExample message showing how to invoke it, not a real output.
What you get
- A structured cover brief instead of a vague prompt
- 2.35:1, 16:9 and 1:1 outputs
- Reference files for palettes and styles
Good fit
- Article covers in 2.35:1, 16:9 or 1:1 with a consistent style
Not for
- Inline illustrations for the article body
What you need
- An image backend: your agent's native image tool or an installed one such as baoyu-image-gen
- License
- MIT
- Author
- @JimLiu
- Source
- jimliu/baoyu-skills/skills/baoyu-cover-image · ★ 26,360
Upstream description
Generates article cover images with 5 dimensions (type, palette, rendering, text, mood) combining 11 color palettes and 7 rendering styles. Supports cinematic (2.35:1), widescreen (16:9), and square (1:1) aspects. Use when user asks to "generate cover image", "create article cover", or "make cover".
Other ways to install
Prefer doing it yourself? These commands do the same as the button.
Read https://skilloop.dev/skills/baoyu-cover-image/install.md and follow the instructions to install the skill.
npx skills add https://github.com/jimliu/baoyu-skills/tree/main/skills/baoyu-cover-image -g -a claude-code
npx skills add https://github.com/jimliu/baoyu-skills/tree/main/skills/baoyu-cover-image -g -a codex
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jimliu/baoyu-skills.git /tmp/baoyu-skills mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/baoyu-skills/skills/baoyu-cover-image ~/.claude/skills/baoyu-cover-image
Original work by its authors, redistributed under its license. We only link and describe it.
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