baoyu-comic

name baoyu-comic description Knowledge comics (知识漫画): educational, biography, tutorial. version 1.56.1 author 宝玉 (JimLiu) license MIT platforms ["linux","macos","windows"] metadata {"hermes":{"tags":["comic","knowledge-comic","creative","image-generation"],"homepage":"https://github.com/JimLiu/baoyu-skills#baoyu-comic"}} Knowledge Comic Creator Adapted from baoyu-comic for Hermes Agent's tool ecosystem. Create original knowledge comics with flexible art style × tone combinations. When to Use Trigger this skill when the user asks to create a knowledge/educational comic, biography comic, tutorial comic, or uses terms like "知识漫画", "教育漫画", or "Logicomix-style". The user provides content (text, file path, URL, or topic) and optionally specifies art style, tone, layout, aspect ratio, or language. Reference Images Hermes' image_generate tool is prompt-only — it accepts a text prompt and an aspect ratio, and returns an image URL. It does NOT accept reference images. When the user supplies a reference image, use it to extract traits in text that get embedded in every page prompt: Intake : Accept file paths when the user provides them (or pastes images in conversation). File path(s) → copy to refs/NN-ref-{slug}.{ext} alongside the comic output for provenance Pasted image with no path → ask the user for the path via clarify , or extract style traits verbally as a text fallback No reference → skip this section Usage modes (per reference): Usage Effect style Extract style traits (line treatment, texture, mood) and append to every page's prompt body palette Extract hex colors and append to every page's prompt body scene Extract scene composition or subject notes and append to the relevant page(s) Record in each page's prompt frontmatter when refs exist: references: - ref_id: 01 filename: 01 -ref-scene.png usage: style traits: "muted earth tones, soft-edged ink wash, low-contrast backgrounds" Character consistency is driven by text descriptions in characters/characters.md (written in Step 3) that get embedded inline in every page prompt (Step 5). The optional PNG character sheet generated in Step 7.1 is a human-facing review artifact, not an input to image_generate . Options Visual Dimensions Option Values Description Art ligne-claire (default), manga, realistic, ink-brush, chalk, minimalist Art style / rendering technique Tone neutral (default), warm, dramatic, romantic, energetic, vintage, action Mood / atmosphere Layout standard (default), cinematic, dense, splash, mixed, webtoon, four-panel Panel arrangement Aspect 3:4 (default, portrait), 4:3 (landscape), 16:9 (widescreen) Page aspect ratio Language auto (default), zh, en, ja, etc. Output language Refs File paths Reference images used for style / palette trait extraction (not passed to the image model). See Reference Images above. Partial Workflow Options Option Description Storyboard only Generate storyboard only, skip prompts and images Prompts only Generate storyboard + prompts, skip images Images only Generate images from existing prompts directory Regenerate N Regenerate specific page(s) only (e.g., 3 or 2,5,8 ) Details: references/partial-workflows.md Art, Tone & Preset Catalogue Art styles (6): ligne-claire , manga , realistic , ink-brush , chalk , minimalist . Full definitions at references/art-styles/<style>.md . Tones (7): neutral , warm , dramatic , romantic , energetic , vintage , action . Full definitions at references/tones/<tone>.md . Presets (5) with special rules beyond plain art+tone: Preset Equivalent Hook ohmsha manga + neutral Visual metaphors, no talking heads, gadget reveals wuxia ink-brush + action Qi effects, combat visuals, atmospheric shoujo manga + romantic Decorative elements, eye details, romantic beats concept-story manga + warm Visual symbol system, growth arc, dialogue+action balance four-panel minimalist + neutral + four-panel layout 起承转合 structure, B&W + spot color, stick-figure characters Full rules at references/presets/<preset>.md — load the file when a preset is picked. Compatibility matrix and content-signal → preset table live in references/auto-selection.md . Read it before recommending combinations in Step 2. File Structure Output directory: comic/{topic-slug}/ Slug: 2-4 words kebab-case from topic (e.g., alan-turing-bio ) Conflict: append timestamp (e.g., turing-story-20260118-143052 ) Contents : File Description source-{slug}.md Saved source content (kebab-case slug matches the output directory) analysis.md Content analysis storyboard.md Storyboard with panel breakdown characters/characters.md Character definitions characters/characters.png Character reference sheet (downloaded from image_generate ) prompts/NN-{cover|page}-[slug].md Generation prompts NN-{cover|page}-[slug].png Generated images (downloaded from image_generate ) refs/NN-ref-{slug}.{ext} User-supplied reference images (optional, for provenance) Language Handling Detection Priority : User-specified language (explicit option) User's conversation language Source content language Rule : Use user's input language for ALL interactions: Storyboard outlines and scene descriptions Image generation prompts User selection options and confirmations Progress updates, questions, errors, summaries Technical terms remain in English. Workflow Progress Checklist Comic Progress: - [ ] Step 1: Setup & Analyze - [ ] 1.1 Analyze content - [ ] 1.2 Check existing directory - [ ] Step 2: Confirmation - Style & options ⚠️ REQUIRED - [ ] Step 3: Generate storyboard + characters - [ ] Step 4: Review outline (conditional) - [ ] Step 5: Generate prompts - [ ] Step 6: Review prompts (conditional) - [ ] Step 7: Generate images - [ ] 7.1 Generate character sheet (if needed) → characters/characters.png - [ ] 7.2 Generate pages (with character descriptions embedded in prompt) - [ ] Step 8: Completion report Flow Input → Analyze → [Check Existing?] → [Confirm: Style + Reviews] → Storyboard → [Review?] → Prompts → [Review?] → Images → Complete Step Summary Step Action Key Output 1.1 Analyze content analysis.md , source-{slug}.md 1.2 Check existing directory Handle conflicts 2 Confirm style, focus, audience, reviews User preferences 3 Generate storyboard + characters storyboard.md , characters/ 4 Review outline (if requested) User approval 5 Generate prompts prompts/*.md 6 Review prompts (if requested) User approval 7.1 Generate character sheet (if needed) characters/characters.png 7.2 Generate pages *.png files 8 Completion report Summary User Questions Use the clarify tool to confirm options. Since clarify handles one question at a time, ask the most important question first and proceed sequentially. See references/workflow.md for the full Step 2 question set. Timeout handling (CRITICAL) : clarify can return "The user did not provide a response within the time limit. Use your best judgement to make the choice and proceed." — this is NOT user consent to default everything. Treat it as a default for that one question only . Continue asking the remaining Step 2 questions in sequence; each question is an independent consent point. Surface the default to the user visibly in your next message so they have a chance to correct it: e.g. "Style: defaulted to ohmsha preset (clarify timed out). Say the word to switch." — an unreported default is indistinguishable from never having asked. Do NOT collapse Step 2 into a single "use all defaults" pass after one timeout. If the user is genuinely absent, they will be equally absent for all five questions — but they can correct visible defaults when they return, and cannot correct invisible ones. Step 7: Image Generation Use Hermes' built-in image_generate tool for all image rendering. Its schema accepts only prompt and aspect_ratio ( landscape | portrait | square ); it returns a URL , not a local file. Every generated page or character sheet must therefore be downloaded to the output directory. Prompt file requirement (hard) : write each image's full, final prompt to a standalone file under prompts/ (naming: NN-{type}-[slug].md ) BEFORE calling image_generate . The prompt file is the reproducibility record. Aspect ratio mapping — the storyboard's aspect_ratio field maps to image_generate 's format as follows: Storyboard ratio image_generate format 3:4 , 9:16 , 2:3 portrait 4:3 , 16:9 , 3:2 landscape 1:1 square Download step — after every image_generate call: Read the URL from the tool result Fetch the image bytes using an absolute output path, e.g. curl -fsSL "<url>" -o /abs/path/to/comic/<slug>/NN-page-<slug>.png Verify the file exists and is non-empty at that exact path before proceeding to the next page Never rely on shell CWD persistence for -o paths. The terminal tool's persistent-shell CWD can change between batches (session expiry, TERMINAL_LIFETIME_SECONDS , a failed cd that leaves you in the wrong directory). curl -o relative/path.png is a silent footgun: if CWD has drifted, the file lands somewhere else with no error. Always pass a fully-qualified absolute path to -o , or pass workdir=<abs path> to the terminal tool. Incident Apr 2026: pages 06-09 of a 10-page comic landed at the repo root instead of comic/<slug>/ because batch 3 inherited a stale CWD from batch 2 and curl -o 06-page-skills.png wrote to the wrong directory. The agent then spent several turns claiming the files existed where they didn't. 7.1 Character sheet — generate it (to characters/characters.png , aspect landscape ) when the comic is multi-page with recurring characters. Skip for simple presets (e.g., four-panel minimalist) or single-page comics. The prompt file at characters/characters.md must exist before invoking image_generate . The rendered PNG is a human-facing review artifact (so the user can visually verify character design) and a reference for later regenerations or manual prompt edits — it does not drive Step 7.2. Page prompts are already written in Step 5 from the text descriptions in characters/characters.md ; image_generate cannot accept images as visual input. 7.2 Pages — each page's prompt MUST already be at prompts/NN-{cover|page}-[slug].md before invoking image_generate . Because image_generate is prompt-only, character consistency is enforced by embedding character descriptions (sourced from characters/characters.md ) inline in every page prompt during Step 5 . The embedding is done uniformly whether or not a PNG sheet is produced in 7.1; the PNG is only a review/regeneration aid. Backup rule : existing prompts/…md and …png files → rename with -backup-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS suffix before regenerating. Full step-by-step workflow (analysis, storyboard, review gates, regeneration variants): references/workflow.md . References Core Templates : analysis-framework.md - Deep content analysis character-template.md - Character definition format storyboard-template.md - Storyboard structure ohmsha-guide.md - Ohmsha manga specifics Style Definitions : references/art-styles/ - Art styles (ligne-claire, manga, realistic, ink-brush, chalk, minimalist) references/tones/ - Tones (neutral, warm, dramatic, romantic, energetic, vintage, action) references/presets/ - Presets with special rules (ohmsha, wuxia, shoujo, concept-story, four-panel) references/layouts/ - Layouts (standard, cinematic, dense, splash, mixed, webtoon, four-panel) Workflow : workflow.md - Full workflow details auto-selection.md - Content signal analysis partial-workflows.md - Partial workflow options Page Modification Action Steps Edit Update prompt file FIRST → regenerate image → download new PNG Add Create prompt at position → generate with character descriptions embedded → renumber subsequent → update storyboard Delete Remove files → renumber subsequent → update storyboard IMPORTANT : When updating pages, ALWAYS update the prompt file ( prompts/NN-{cover|page}-[slug].md ) FIRST before regenerating. This ensures changes are documented and reproducible. Pitfalls Image generation: 10-30 seconds per page; auto-retry once on failure Always download the URL returned by image_generate to a local PNG — downstream tooling (and the user's review) expects files in the output directory, not ephemeral URLs Use absolute paths for curl -o — never rely on persistent-shell CWD across batches. Silent footgun: files land in the wrong directory and subsequent ls on the intended path shows nothing. See Step 7 "Download step". Use stylized alternatives for sensitive public figures Step 2 confirmation required - do not skip Steps 4/6 conditional - only if user requested in Step 2 Step 7.1 character sheet - recommended for multi-page comics, optional for simple presets. The PNG is a review/regeneration aid; page prompts (written in Step 5) use the text descriptions in characters/characters.md , not the PNG. image_generate does not accept images as visual input Strip secrets — scan source content for API keys, tokens, or credentials before writing any output file