Agent skill

Imagegen

by nexu-io in nexu-io/open-design

Generate and edit images using OpenAI's Image API for project assets — UI mockups, icons, illustrations, social cards, and visual references.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Imagegen

skills CLI
$ npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill imagegen -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install nexu-io/open-design imagegen --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/imagegen .claude/skills/imagegen && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
imagegen
GitHub stars
100k
Token cost
~300 tokens
SKILL.md length
98 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
245
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Generate and edit images using OpenAI's Image API for project assets — UI mockups, icons, illustrations, social cards, and visual references.

  • Tasks that involve Image generation
  • SKILL.md covers What it does, Source and How to use
  • Reaches github.com
  • Tasks that involve UI design

What it does

Imagegen is an agent skill from nexu-io/open-design. Generate and edit images using OpenAI's Image API for project assets — UI mockups, icons, illustrations, social cards, and visual references.

Its SKILL.md is about 300 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Image generation, UI design and Icons and illustration. It works with OpenAI. The repository describes itself as: 🎨 Best DeepSeek Harness Design Plugin. The open-source Claude Design alternative. 🖥️ Local-first desktop app. 🖼️ Your coding agent becomes the design engine: prototypes… The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Image generation
  • Tasks that involve UI design
  • Tasks that involve Icons and illustration

Example prompts

  • “/imagegen”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d9dd6fe. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • github.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Imagegen loads about 300 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 38 tokens; SKILL.md has 98 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~38
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~300

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from nexu-io/open-design at commit d9dd6fe, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© nexu-io). 98 words, ~300 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/imagegen/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
imagegen
description
Generate and edit images using OpenAI's Image API for project assets — UI mockups, icons, illustrations, social cards, and visual references.
triggers
generate image, create image, image gen, openai image, icon design, mockup
od.mode
image
od.category
image-generation
od.upstream
https://github.com/openai/skills

imagegen

Curated from OpenAI's skills repository.

What it does

Generate and edit images using OpenAI's Image API for project assets — UI mockups, icons, illustrations, social cards, and visual references.

Source

How to use

This catalogue entry advertises the skill in OpenDesign so the agent discovers it during planning. To run the full upstream workflow with its original assets, scripts, and references, install the upstream bundle into your active agent's skills directory:

bash
# Inspect the upstream README for exact paths
open https://github.com/openai/skills

Then ask the agent to invoke this skill by name (imagegen) or with one of the trigger phrases listed in this skill's frontmatter.

© nexu-io, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/imagegen of nexu-io/open-design.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d9dd6fe

Compare with similar skills

Imagegen next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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SkillStarsUsed inTokensAuto-checkLicenceRepo updated
Imagegen this skillnexu-io/open-design100k—~300Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0
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Omd Mediakwakseongjae/oh-my-design531—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Flux2 Klein PromptingAnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config154—~2.8kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Imagensanjay3290/ai-skills4316 repos~657Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Web Visualsglifxyz/glif-mcp-server212—~1.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Works with

Questions about Imagegen

What does Imagegen do?

Generate and edit images using OpenAI's Image API for project assets — UI mockups, icons, illustrations, social cards, and visual references. Imagegen is an agent skill from nexu-io/open-design. Generate and edit images using OpenAI's Image API for project assets — UI mockups, icons, illustrations, social cards, and visual references.

When should I use Imagegen?

Imagegen fits situations like: tasks that involve Image generation; tasks that involve UI design; tasks that involve Icons and illustration.

How do I install Imagegen in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill imagegen -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/imagegen in nexu-io/open-design) into .claude/skills/imagegen in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Imagegen in Codex?

Run `npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill imagegen -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/imagegen in nexu-io/open-design) into .agents/skills/imagegen in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Imagegen in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill imagegen -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/imagegen, .gemini/skills/imagegen, .github/skills/imagegen and .opencode/skills/imagegen in your project.

What does Imagegen need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Imagegen is instructions for the agent only.

Does Imagegen access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: github.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Imagegen safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Imagegen use?

Imagegen is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Imagegen use?

About 300 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Imagegen?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Imagegen: Generating Images (spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills, 843 stars), Omd Media (kwakseongjae/oh-my-design, 531 stars), Flux2 Klein Prompting (AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config, 154 stars) and Imagen (sanjay3290/ai-skills, 431 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Imagegen?

nexu-io (a GitHub organization) maintains it in nexu-io/open-design, which has 100,100 GitHub stars. The repository holds 245 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: nexu-io/open-design on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.