Agent skill

Yingzao

by op7418 in op7418/guizang-yingzao-skill

Transform real Chinese architecture and place-based cultural photos into art-directed editorial posters, integrated multi-photo scenes, and optional source comparisons.

No licenceAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Yingzao

skills CLI
$ npx skills add op7418/guizang-yingzao-skill --skill yingzao -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install op7418/guizang-yingzao-skill yingzao --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/op7418/guizang-yingzao-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/yingzao .claude/skills/yingzao && 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
yingzao
GitHub stars
495
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
174 words
Files
123 (incl. scripts, references, assets)
Skills in repo
1
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Transform real Chinese architecture and place-based cultural photos into art-directed editorial posters, integrated multi-photo scenes, and optional source comparisons.

  • Works in 5 steps: 建立安全输入 → 冻结创意命题并选择参考 → 设计字形与空间关系 → …
  • Historic buildings
  • SKILL.md covers 核心合同, 输入确认, 工作流 and 按需参考
  • Calls python3

What it does

Yingzao is an agent skill from op7418/guizang-yingzao-skill. Transform real Chinese architecture and place-based cultural photos into art-directed editorial posters, integrated multi-photo scenes, and optional source comparisons. Use for historic buildings, vernacular streets, culturally rooted shops, interiors, food, travel covers, and place montages; do not use for generic advertising, routine retouching, or invented places.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 125 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `agents/openai.yaml` and `assets/README.md`).

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Image generation. It works with OpenAI and Xiaohongshu. The repository describes itself as: 🏯 Claude Code / Codex skill — transform Chinese architecture, cultural places & travel photos into art-directed editorial posters with GPT Image. 中国古建筑与在地文化照片 → 艺术指导海报.

When your agent uses it

  • Historic buildings
  • Vernacular streets
  • Culturally rooted shops
  • Do not use for generic advertising

Example prompts

  • “/yingzao”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. 建立安全输入
  2. 冻结创意命题并选择参考
  3. 设计字形与空间关系
  4. 整体生成
  5. 交付与按需扩展

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 58c9b87. 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

    Ships 1 file in scripts/, which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python3

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Yingzao loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~75k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 94 tokens; SKILL.md has 174 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~94
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~75k

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 174 words (~1,112 tokens).

name
yingzao

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 122 other files (scripts, references, assets) in yingzao of op7418/guizang-yingzao-skill.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • assets/README.md
  • assets/readme-hero.webp
  • assets/reference-plates/0286594d2e794b7b903641c7ed2bc7f9.jpg
  • assets/reference-plates/02c45ca2c9a17665338811ecdae0e064.jpg
  • assets/reference-plates/056bcc8398cd167cd40864cdd754c262.jpg
  • assets/reference-plates/10f6683df816dde177894b2d62c5d609.jpg
  • assets/reference-plates/127c369101bfd730b635498e562b2ecd.jpg
  • assets/reference-plates/1579db0730ba1869a8ddc4cd5a2717fe.jpg
  • assets/reference-plates/22db5d3d52bd33ee31d27ca7b9536273.jpg
  • assets/reference-plates/2480568d01c2bcab1fac0a345714aa86.jpg
  • assets/reference-plates/2565e19f9c8d0a10925fb5e1190de65e.jpg
  • assets/reference-plates/3b5a0167b15f11722f366944dbeb7a57.jpg
  • assets/reference-plates/3de9a9009d6ba93e87061180003652d8.jpg
  • assets/reference-plates/3e1f71d582d968c16d039eba539a4e19.jpg
  • assets/reference-plates/3e490d5baebc2c279f6854c209a525b9.jpg
  • assets/reference-plates/54ce9a6d135177c70a79b133483f2833.jpg
  • … and 105 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 58c9b87

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Questions about Yingzao

What does Yingzao do?

Transform real Chinese architecture and place-based cultural photos into art-directed editorial posters, integrated multi-photo scenes, and optional source comparisons. Yingzao is an agent skill from op7418/guizang-yingzao-skill. Transform real Chinese architecture and place-based cultural photos into art-directed editorial posters, integrated multi-photo scenes, and optional source comparisons.

When should I use Yingzao?

Yingzao fits situations like: historic buildings; vernacular streets; culturally rooted shops; do not use for generic advertising.

How do I install Yingzao in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add op7418/guizang-yingzao-skill --skill yingzao -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (yingzao in op7418/guizang-yingzao-skill) into .claude/skills/yingzao in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Yingzao in Codex?

Run `npx skills add op7418/guizang-yingzao-skill --skill yingzao -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (yingzao in op7418/guizang-yingzao-skill) into .agents/skills/yingzao in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Yingzao 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 op7418/guizang-yingzao-skill --skill yingzao -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/yingzao, .gemini/skills/yingzao, .github/skills/yingzao and .opencode/skills/yingzao in your project.

What does Yingzao need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Yingzao needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Yingzao access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Yingzao 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Yingzao use?

No licence was found for Yingzao or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Yingzao use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 74k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Yingzao?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Yingzao: Xiaohongshu Cover Generator (Vivixiao980/xhs-cover-skill, 203 stars), Cover Anchor System (ponyodong2026/ponyo-cover-anchor-system, 190 stars), Nano Banana Pro Prompts Recommend Skill (YouMind-OpenLab/nano-banana-pro-prompts-recommend-skill, 1.9k stars) and AI Image Creator (centminmod/my-claude-code-setup, 2.7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Yingzao?

op7418 (a GitHub user) maintains it in op7418/guizang-yingzao-skill, which has 495 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on September 3, 2026.

Source: op7418/guizang-yingzao-skill on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.