Move the codex-imagegen wrapper out of scripts/ into its own workspace
package alongside baoyu-md, baoyu-chrome-cdp, and baoyu-fetch. Drop the
bash shim — src/main.ts now carries a `#\!/usr/bin/env bun` shebang and
serves as the sole entrypoint. Add scripts/sync-codex-imagegen.sh so
skills/baoyu-image-gen/scripts/codex-imagegen/ can be regenerated from
packages/baoyu-codex-imagegen/src/ for skill self-containment. Update
CLAUDE.md, docs/codex-imagegen-backend.md, and the CI workflow paths
accordingly.
BREAKING CHANGE: removed `baoyu-imagine` and `baoyu-image-cards`. All
functionality now lives under `baoyu-image-gen` and `baoyu-xhs-images`
respectively. Cross-skill `## Image Generation Tools` examples updated
across baoyu-article-illustrator, baoyu-comic, baoyu-cover-image,
baoyu-infographic, and baoyu-slide-deck.
Migration: existing `~/.baoyu-skills/baoyu-imagine/EXTEND.md` configs are
auto-renamed to `…/baoyu-image-gen/EXTEND.md` on first run via the
legacy-path resolver in `scripts/main.ts`.
Implements the preferred_image_backend: codex-imagegen config key
already referenced in several SKILL.md files but with no corresponding
backend. Bridges non-Codex runtimes (Claude Code, etc.) to Codex CLI's
built-in image_gen tool via 'codex exec'. Uses the user's Codex
subscription — no OPENAI_API_KEY required.
Reliability:
- Retry with exponential backoff (default 2 retries, configurable)
- 9 classified error kinds (retryable vs non-retryable)
- Node child_process timeout with SIGTERM→SIGKILL ladder
Correctness:
- Verifies image_gen was actually invoked (not bypassed) by checking
$CODEX_HOME/generated_images/{thread_id}/ for a PNG
- PNG magic byte validation
- Output file size sanity check
Observability:
- Structured JSONL logging with --log-file
- Verbose stderr mode with --verbose
- Returns thread_id, tool_calls, token usage in result JSON
- Raw codex event stream preserved per attempt for debugging
Efficiency:
- Idempotency cache via --cache-dir (sha256 of prompt+aspect+refs)
- Cache hit returns in <0.3s vs 50-90s cold
Features:
- --ref reference images (repeatable, passed through to codex exec --image)
- --retries, --retry-delay, --timeout all configurable
- File lock serializes concurrent invocations
Testing:
- 16 Bun unit tests across parser, cache, validator
- Path-filtered CI workflow at .github/workflows/codex-imagegen-tests.yml
- Composes with existing test.yml without conflicts
Architecture:
- scripts/codex-imagegen.sh: thin bash entrypoint (bun → npx -y bun fallback)
- scripts/codex-imagegen/: TypeScript module
- main.ts (orchestrator), types.ts (CliOptions/GenerateResult/GenError),
spawn.ts (child_process), parser.ts (JSONL events), validator.ts
(image_gen check + PNG magic), cache.ts (sha256 cache + FileLock),
logger.ts (JSONL structured logger)
Trade-offs documented in docs/codex-imagegen-backend.md:
- 5-10x slower than direct OpenAI API (or near-free on cache hit)
- ToS gray area: image_gen is documented for interactive use; non-
interactive invocation via codex exec is not explicitly addressed.
Suitable for personal low-volume use; users are responsible for
ensuring their usage complies with applicable terms of service.
* docs: add runtime-neutral User Input Tools convention across skills
Introduce docs/user-input-tools.md as the author-side canonical source
and inline the tool-selection rule into every SKILL.md that prompts
the user. Also add Skill Self-Containment and User Input Tools sections
to CLAUDE.md and the copy-verbatim template to docs/creating-skills.md,
so skills stay portable across Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, and other
runtimes.
* feat: runtime-neutral image generation convention across skills
- Introduce inline `## Image Generation Tools` rule in every rendering SKILL.md so skills delegate backend choice instead of hard-coding one; author-side canonical copy lives in docs/image-generation-tools.md.
- Add `## Reference Images` support (`--ref`, frontmatter `references:` with direct/style/palette usage) to all seven image-rendering skills.
- Move build-batch.ts (with ref propagation into batch JSON) from baoyu-article-illustrator to baoyu-imagine so non-backend skills don't own backend-specific scripts; update baoyu-image-gen stub in sync and relax the CLAUDE.md deprecation note accordingly.
* refactor: slim heavy SKILL.md files and move detail to references/
Trim the four largest active skills and move presets, option tables, and
confirmation scripts into per-skill references/ so SKILL.md stays focused
on the decision flow.
- baoyu-slide-deck: 761→258, + styles-gallery.md, confirmation.md
- baoyu-image-cards: 657→280, + gallery.md, confirmation.md
- baoyu-post-to-wechat: 518→267, + multi-account.md, api-setup.md
- baoyu-imagine: 500→230, + providers/, usage-examples.md
Also un-deprecate baoyu-image-gen (drop stub warning) so it stays functional
alongside baoyu-imagine, and update CLAUDE.md to reflect that both
superseded skills are kept in sync rather than stubbed.
* refactor: slim four medium SKILL.md files into references/
Continue the P2 pattern on the next tier of skills — move option catalogs,
per-provider/adapter detail, and repeated EXTEND.md path boilerplate into
their own references so SKILL.md stays focused on the decision flow.
- baoyu-comic: 380→297 (art/tone/preset tables → auto-selection.md;
Step 7 expanded detail → workflow.md)
- baoyu-infographic: 312→207 (layouts/styles/combinations/keywords →
gallery.md; ASCII box tables → markdown tables)
- baoyu-format-markdown: 376→296 (title + summary generation →
title-summary.md; ASCII box tables → markdown tables)
- baoyu-url-to-markdown: 334→169 (quality gate + recovery →
quality-gate.md; adapters + media download → adapters.md)
* chore: sync deprecated skills with their replacements
Per project policy, baoyu-xhs-images and baoyu-image-gen are kept
functional alongside the active skills they were superseded by. Sync
their SKILL.md bodies and references/ to the slimmed baoyu-image-cards
and baoyu-imagine versions respectively, so cross-cutting fixes stay
consistent. Only the frontmatter (name, description, version, homepage)
differs — content is identical.
- baoyu-xhs-images: 657→281 (synced with baoyu-image-cards + new
confirmation.md, gallery.md)
- baoyu-image-gen: 408→231 (synced with baoyu-imagine + new
providers/, usage-examples.md)
* refactor: collapse EXTEND.md boilerplate into priority tables
Replace the dual bash/powershell existence-check blocks and ASCII box
art with a single markdown priority table across nine SKILL.md files.
The runtime-neutral phrasing removes shell-specific snippets without
losing the priority semantics.
* fix: address refactor-skills branch review findings
- image-gen: restore EXTEND.md paths to baoyu-image-gen (were pointing at
baoyu-imagine) and mark descriptions of both deprecated skills as
[Deprecated].
- xhs-images: sync neon/warm palettes with image-cards to add the
"do not render color names/hex as visible text" safety sentence.
- infographic: restore Layout Gallery (21), Style Gallery (21),
Recommended Combinations, and Keyword Shortcuts inline (previous
refactor split them out but SKILL.md still depended on them), and add
the missing references/config/first-time-setup.md + preferences-schema.md.
- image-cards / xhs-images / slide-deck / format-markdown: restore the
sections that got over-slimmed into references/ (galleries, presets,
dimensions, auto-selection, style x layout matrix, title/summary flow)
and drop the now-empty shell files.
- docs/image-generation-tools.md: note that backend skills themselves
(baoyu-imagine, baoyu-image-gen, baoyu-danger-gemini-web) are exempt
from the ## Image Generation Tools section requirement.
* feat(image-gen): sync Z.AI GLM-Image provider from baoyu-imagine
Add Z.AI as a full provider in the deprecated baoyu-image-gen skill so
it stays in sync with baoyu-imagine's provider list.
- new scripts/providers/zai.ts + zai.test.ts (verbatim port; test
factory trimmed to match image-gen's CliArgs shape).
- types.ts: "zai" added to Provider union and default_model.
- main.ts: rate-limit defaults, provider help text, env var help,
--provider validation, loadProviderModule, detectProvider
auto-detect chain, getModelForProvider, YAML parser allow-lists.
- references/config: Q2e Z.AI model question + zai slot in the
preferences schema and batch.provider_limits.
Scope is intentionally limited to the Z.AI chain; unrelated drift
between image-gen and imagine (OpenAI image-API dialect,
aspectRatioSource, imageSizeSource) is left alone.
* docs: align inline-convention wording and note backend-skill exemption
- docs/user-input-tools.md: fix stale "links here" wording so it
matches the inline convention already enforced everywhere else.
- CLAUDE.md §Image Generation Tools: inline the backend-skill
exemption so readers don't need to cross-reference
docs/image-generation-tools.md.
Rename baoyu-xhs-images to baoyu-image-cards to decouple from Xiaohongshu platform.
Deprecate baoyu-xhs-images with migration notice pointing to baoyu-image-cards.
Jim Liu 宝玉
Yelban