baoyu-skills/skills/baoyu-article-illustrator/references/config/first-time-setup.md

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first-time-setup	First-time setup flow for baoyu-article-illustrator preferences

First-Time Setup

Overview

When no EXTEND.md is found, guide user through preference setup.

⛔ BLOCKING OPERATION: This setup MUST complete before ANY other workflow steps. Do NOT:

• Ask about reference images
• Ask about content/article
• Ask about type or style preferences
• Proceed to content analysis

ONLY ask the questions in this setup flow, save EXTEND.md, then continue.

Setup Flow

No EXTEND.md found
        │
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┌─────────────────────┐
│ AskUserQuestion     │
│ (all questions)     │
└─────────────────────┘
        │
        ▼
┌─────────────────────┐
│ Create EXTEND.md    │
└─────────────────────┘
        │
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    Continue to Step 1

Questions

Language: Use user's input language or preferred language for all questions. Do not always use English.

Use single AskUserQuestion with multiple questions (AskUserQuestion auto-adds "Other" option):

Question 1: Watermark

header: "Watermark"
question: "Watermark text for generated illustrations? Type your watermark content (e.g., name, @handle)"
options:
  - label: "No watermark (Recommended)"
    description: "No watermark, can enable later in EXTEND.md"

Position defaults to bottom-right.

Question 2: Preferred Style

header: "Style"
question: "Default illustration style preference? Or type another style name or your custom style"
options:
  - label: "None (Recommended)"
    description: "Auto-select based on content analysis"
  - label: "notion"
    description: "Minimalist hand-drawn line art"
  - label: "warm"
    description: "Friendly, approachable, personal"

Question 3: Output Directory

header: "Output Directory"
question: "Where to save generated illustrations when illustrating a file?"
options:
  - label: "imgs-subdir (Recommended)"
    description: "{article-dir}/imgs/ — images in a subdirectory next to the article"
  - label: "same-dir"
    description: "{article-dir}/ — images alongside the article file"
  - label: "illustrations-subdir"
    description: "{article-dir}/illustrations/ — separate illustrations subdirectory"
  - label: "independent"
    description: "illustrations/{topic-slug}/ — standalone directory in cwd"

Question 4: Save Location

header: "Save"
question: "Where to save preferences?"
options:
  - label: "Project"
    description: ".baoyu-skills/ (this project only)"
  - label: "User"
    description: "~/.baoyu-skills/ (all projects)"

Save Locations

Choice	Path	Scope
Project	.baoyu-skills/baoyu-article-illustrator/EXTEND.md	Current project
User	~/.baoyu-skills/baoyu-article-illustrator/EXTEND.md	All projects

After Setup

1. Create directory if needed
2. Write EXTEND.md with frontmatter
3. Confirm: "Preferences saved to [path]"
4. Continue to Step 1

EXTEND.md Template

---
version: 1
watermark:
  enabled: [true/false]
  content: "[user input or empty]"
  position: bottom-right
  opacity: 0.7
preferred_style:
  name: [selected style or null]
  description: ""
default_output_dir: imgs-subdir  # same-dir | imgs-subdir | illustrations-subdir | independent
language: null
preferred_image_backend: auto
custom_styles: []
---

preferred_image_backend: auto is the baked-in default — first-time setup does not ask about it. The ## Image Generation Tools rule in SKILL.md then picks the runtime-native tool (Codex imagegen, Hermes image_generate, etc.) when available, and falls back to installed backends.

Modifying Preferences Later

See the ## Changing Preferences section in SKILL.md for the canonical list of common edits (pin backend, change defaults, retrigger setup). Full schema: preferences-schema.md.