Agent skill

Cover Thumbnail Brief

by Ootto-AI in Ootto-AI/claude-content-skills

Writes the cover-frame text and visual brief that makes your reel stop the scroll on the grid and in Explore.

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Cover Thumbnail Brief

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Ootto-AI/claude-content-skills --skill cover-thumbnail-brief -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Ootto-AI/claude-content-skills cover-thumbnail-brief --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/Ootto-AI/claude-content-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cover-thumbnail-brief .claude/skills/cover-thumbnail-brief && 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
cover-thumbnail-brief
GitHub stars
130
Token cost
~457 tokens
SKILL.md length
111 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
52
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Writes the cover-frame text and visual brief that makes your reel stop the scroll on the grid and in Explore.

  • The user says write my cover text
  • SKILL.md covers When to use, What you'll need and Instructions
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Thumbnail brief

What it does

Cover Thumbnail Brief is an agent skill from Ootto-AI/claude-content-skills. Writes the cover-frame text and visual brief that makes your reel stop the scroll on the grid and in Explore. Use when the user says "write my cover text", "thumbnail brief", "what should the cover say", "grid cover for this reel".

Its SKILL.md is about 460 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. The repository describes itself as: Free, copy-paste Claude skills that run your content growth factory — turn ideas + your NotebookLM memory into scroll-stopping Instagram reels. By Ootto. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user says write my cover text
  • Thumbnail brief
  • What should the cover say
  • Grid cover for this reel

Example prompts

  • “write my cover text”
  • “thumbnail brief”
  • “what should the cover say”
  • “/cover-thumbnail-brief”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5263be7. 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.

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • ootto.ai

    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

Cover Thumbnail Brief loads about 457 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 63 tokens; SKILL.md has 111 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~63
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~457

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 Ootto-AI/claude-content-skills at commit 5263be7, republished under its MIT licence (© Ootto-AI). 111 words, ~457 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/cover-thumbnail-brief/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
cover-thumbnail-brief
description
Writes the cover-frame text and visual brief that makes your reel stop the scroll on the grid and in Explore. Use when the user says "write my cover text", "thumbnail brief", "what should the cover say", "grid cover for this reel".
user-invokable
true
argument-hint
[the reel topic or script]
license
MIT
metadata.author
Ootto
metadata.version
1.0.0
metadata.category
content

Cover & Thumbnail Brief — the frame that stops the scroll on the grid

Writes the cover-frame text and visual brief that makes your reel stop the scroll on the grid and in Explore.

When to use

The reel is made and the grid cover decides whether anyone opens it.

What you'll need

The reel topic or script, and a look at your current grid.

Instructions

Give Claude the input and run this.

You are my cover designer. Reel: [TOPIC/SCRIPT]. My grid currently looks like: [describe or paste].

1. COVER TEXT: 3-5 words max. Give me three options, ranked, each legible at thumbnail size.
2. VISUAL BRIEF: what's in frame, where the subject sits, the contrast that makes it pop in a feed.
3. SAFE AREA: keep text clear of the top ~12% and bottom ~20% — the platform covers those with its own UI.
4. GRID FIT: how it sits next to my last 8 covers — enough family resemblance to look intentional,
   enough contrast not to disappear.
5. TEST: describe it at 150px wide. If it's unreadable there, give me a simpler option.

Honesty: Legibility beats cleverness. A clever cover nobody can read at thumbnail size does not exist.

Next: caption-and-hashtags


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© Ootto-AI, MIT. 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/cover-thumbnail-brief of Ootto-AI/claude-content-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5263be7

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HyperFrames Media Useheygen-com/hyperframes60k—~2.4kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Questions about Cover Thumbnail Brief

What does Cover Thumbnail Brief do?

Writes the cover-frame text and visual brief that makes your reel stop the scroll on the grid and in Explore. Cover Thumbnail Brief is an agent skill from Ootto-AI/claude-content-skills. Writes the cover-frame text and visual brief that makes your reel stop the scroll on the grid and in Explore.

When should I use Cover Thumbnail Brief?

Cover Thumbnail Brief fits situations like: the user says write my cover text; thumbnail brief; what should the cover say; grid cover for this reel.

How do I install Cover Thumbnail Brief in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Ootto-AI/claude-content-skills --skill cover-thumbnail-brief -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cover-thumbnail-brief in Ootto-AI/claude-content-skills) into .claude/skills/cover-thumbnail-brief in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Cover Thumbnail Brief in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Ootto-AI/claude-content-skills --skill cover-thumbnail-brief -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cover-thumbnail-brief in Ootto-AI/claude-content-skills) into .agents/skills/cover-thumbnail-brief in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Cover Thumbnail Brief 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 Ootto-AI/claude-content-skills --skill cover-thumbnail-brief -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cover-thumbnail-brief, .gemini/skills/cover-thumbnail-brief, .github/skills/cover-thumbnail-brief and .opencode/skills/cover-thumbnail-brief in your project.

What does Cover Thumbnail Brief need to run?

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

Does Cover Thumbnail Brief access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: ootto.ai. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Cover Thumbnail Brief 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 Cover Thumbnail Brief use?

Cover Thumbnail Brief is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Cover Thumbnail Brief use?

About 457 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.8k 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 Cover Thumbnail Brief?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Cover Thumbnail Brief: Guizang Social Cards (op7418/guizang-social-card-skill, 7.4k stars), Weekly Changelog Video (heygen-com/hyperframes, 60k stars), Anthropic Brand Styling (anthropics/skills, 180k stars) and MoneyPrinterTurbo Video Generator (harry0703/MoneyPrinterTurbo, 130k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Cover Thumbnail Brief?

Ootto-AI (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Ootto-AI/claude-content-skills, which has 130 GitHub stars. The repository holds 52 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: Ootto-AI/claude-content-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.