image-gen

Image Generation & Editing

Multi-provider image generation. Default provider is Gemini (nano-banana-pro); pass --provider openai to use gpt-image-2.

Which provider to pick

• Gemini (default): general illustrations, quick diagrams, visual imagery. Accepts --input-image repeatedly for multi-image composition.
• OpenAI: anything where text rendering matters (infographics, slide-like images, dense-label diagrams, logos with text), or when you need masked inpainting on edits.

Usage

The skill ships a pre-bundled Node script — no tsx or dependency install needed. The script's --help is the authoritative flag reference; run it rather than guessing:

node ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/image-gen/dist/generate_image.js --help

Generate:

node ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/image-gen/dist/generate_image.js \
  --prompt "your description" --filename "output.png"

Edit (image-to-image):

node ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/image-gen/dist/generate_image.js \
  --prompt "editing instructions" --filename "output.png" \
  --input-image "path/to/input.png"

API keys

Read from the environment unless --api-key overrides: Gemini uses GEMINI_API_KEY or GOOGLE_API_KEY; OpenAI uses OPENAI_API_KEY. If only OPENAI_API_KEY is set, the provider defaults to OpenAI.

Conventions

• Name files YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS-descriptive-name.png.
• For blog diagrams, use OpenAI at 2K — anything with readable labels or callouts needs its text fidelity. Save to the post's content dir (e.g. src/content/blog/post-name/) and prefer clean, minimalist styles.
• The script prints the saved path. Report that path to the user; do not read the image back.