Cover Anchor System
ponyodong2026/ponyo-cover-anchor-system
Designs Xiaohongshu and WeChat article covers around information density and a visual anchor, then writes a complete image prompt, color plan and critique.
Generates a 3:4 Xiaohongshu post cover from a topic, title and optional portrait or product photo, choosing a layout and color style and keeping the subject's likeness intact.
SKILL.md written in Chinese; this summary is our English description.
Install Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator
$ npx skills add SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy --skill space-xhs-cover -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy space-xhs-cover --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/xhs-Skills/space-xhs-cover .claude/skills/space-xhs-cover && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "space-xhs-cover" agent skill from https://github.com/SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy/tree/main/xhs-Skills/space-xhs-cover into .claude/skills/space-xhs-cover/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "space-xhs-cover", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy/tree/main/xhs-Skills/space-xhs-coverType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy --skill space-xhs-cover -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy space-xhs-cover --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/xhs-Skills/space-xhs-cover .agents/skills/space-xhs-cover && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "space-xhs-cover" agent skill from https://github.com/SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy/tree/main/xhs-Skills/space-xhs-cover into .agents/skills/space-xhs-cover/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "space-xhs-cover", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy --skill space-xhs-cover -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy space-xhs-cover --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/xhs-Skills/space-xhs-cover .cursor/skills/space-xhs-cover && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "space-xhs-cover" agent skill from https://github.com/SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy/tree/main/xhs-Skills/space-xhs-cover into .cursor/skills/space-xhs-cover/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "space-xhs-cover", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy.git --path xhs-Skills/space-xhs-cover--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy --skill space-xhs-cover -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy space-xhs-cover --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/xhs-Skills/space-xhs-cover .gemini/skills/space-xhs-cover && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "space-xhs-cover" agent skill from https://github.com/SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy/tree/main/xhs-Skills/space-xhs-cover into .gemini/skills/space-xhs-cover/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "space-xhs-cover", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy space-xhs-coverInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy --skill space-xhs-cover -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/xhs-Skills/space-xhs-cover .github/skills/space-xhs-cover && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "space-xhs-cover" agent skill from https://github.com/SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy/tree/main/xhs-Skills/space-xhs-cover into .github/skills/space-xhs-cover/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "space-xhs-cover", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy --skill space-xhs-cover -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy space-xhs-cover --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/xhs-Skills/space-xhs-cover .opencode/skills/space-xhs-cover && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "space-xhs-cover" agent skill from https://github.com/SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy/tree/main/xhs-Skills/space-xhs-cover into .opencode/skills/space-xhs-cover/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "space-xhs-cover", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
space-xhs-cover- GitHub stars
- 1.6k
- Token cost
- ~889 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 255 words
- Files
- 6 (incl. scripts, references)
- Skills in repo
- 31
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Generates a 3:4 Xiaohongshu post cover from a topic, title and optional portrait or product photo, choosing a layout and color style and keeping the subject's likeness intact.
- Works in 8 steps: 理解内容 → 整理标题 → 匹配风格 → …
- Making a cover image for a Xiaohongshu note from its topic or draft text
- SKILL.md covers 开始前, 默认设置, 输入清单 and 工作流, plus 2 more sections
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3
What it does
This skill turns a note's content into a cover image a reader can understand and want to open at a glance, using the built-in image generation tool by default and treating title hierarchy, subject recognizability and mobile readability as its priorities. It only produces the cover or cover variants; a sibling skill handles in-note image sets and another handles literal, editable text-and-image graphics.
Default settings apply unless the user overrides them: a 3:4 portrait frame rendered at 1080 by 1440 pixels, one variant unless more are requested, a style matched intelligently to the topic, a main headline of 6 to 14 Chinese characters across one to three lines with an optional subtitle under 22 characters, and a visual order of headline, subject, then subtitle, with roughly 20 percent of the frame left as breathing space and important content kept at least 10 percent from every edge. When a user says to just decide or match the content, the skill proceeds without pausing to ask.
Before generating, any input image is tagged by role, a main subject whose identity must be preserved, a background image, or a style reference whose visual language is extracted without copying its logos or text, and checked with an image-viewing tool before being passed to generation. After each image, the skill checks the headline for accuracy and garbled or duplicated characters, confirms the subject's face, hands and key identifying marks are intact, and makes a targeted edit rather than regenerating from scratch when only one detail is wrong.
When your agent uses it
- Making a cover image for a Xiaohongshu note from its topic or draft text
- Turning a product or portrait photo into a styled post cover
- Generating several cover variants that keep the same headline and subject
- Fixing a specific error, like a wrong word, on an already-generated cover
Example prompts
- “Make a Xiaohongshu cover for this note about budgeting tips for freelancers.”
- “Turn this product photo into a cover with the headline Three Things Nobody Tells You.”
- “Generate three cover variants for this post, all using the same headline and subject.”
- “Fix just the second line of the headline on this cover without changing anything else.”
Requirements
- The Codex built-in image_gen tool
- Local image files for any portrait, product or background photo used
Workflow steps
8 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- 理解内容
- 整理标题
- 匹配风格
- 标记图片角色
- 设计构图
- 生成封面
- 检查与修正
- 保存与交付
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit edf46c5. 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/ (Python), 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
Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator loads about 889 tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 46 tokens; SKILL.md has 255 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 255 words (~889 tokens).
- name
- space-xhs-cover
Files
SKILL.md and 5 other files (scripts, references) in xhs-Skills/space-xhs-cover of SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy.
- SKILL.md
- agents/openai.yaml
- evals/evals.json
- references/cover-styles.md
- references/prompt-recipes.md
- scripts/check_cover.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit edf46c5
Compare with similar skills
Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator this skillSpaceZephyr/creator-buddy | 1.6k | — | ~889 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Cover Anchor Systemponyodong2026/ponyo-cover-anchor-system | 190 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Xiaohongshu Cover GeneratorVivixiao980/xhs-cover-skill | 204 | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Social Image Card Series GeneratorJimLiu/baoyu-skills | 27k | 2 repos | ~7.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Space Image StudioSpaceZephyr/design-buddy | 176 | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Guizang Social Cardsop7418/guizang-social-card-skill | 7.4k | 1 repos | ~7.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 |
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Questions about Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator
What does Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator do?
Generates a 3:4 Xiaohongshu post cover from a topic, title and optional portrait or product photo, choosing a layout and color style and keeping the subject's likeness intact. This skill turns a note's content into a cover image a reader can understand and want to open at a glance, using the built-in image generation tool by default and treating title hierarchy, subject recognizability and mobile readability as its priorities. It only produces the cover or cover variants; a sibling skill handles in-note image sets and another handles literal, editable text-and-image graphics.
When should I use Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator?
Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator fits situations like: making a cover image for a Xiaohongshu note from its topic or draft text; turning a product or portrait photo into a styled post cover; generating several cover variants that keep the same headline and subject; fixing a specific error, like a wrong word, on an already-generated cover.
How do I install Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy --skill space-xhs-cover -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (xhs-Skills/space-xhs-cover in SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy) into .claude/skills/space-xhs-cover in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator in Codex?
Run `npx skills add SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy --skill space-xhs-cover -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (xhs-Skills/space-xhs-cover in SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy) into .agents/skills/space-xhs-cover in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator 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 SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy --skill space-xhs-cover -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/space-xhs-cover, .gemini/skills/space-xhs-cover, .github/skills/space-xhs-cover and .opencode/skills/space-xhs-cover in your project.
What does Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: The Codex built-in image_gen tool; Local image files for any portrait, product or background photo used.
Does Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator 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 Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator 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 Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator use?
No licence was found for Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator use?
About 889 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.6k 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 2.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator: Cover Anchor System (ponyodong2026/ponyo-cover-anchor-system, 190 stars), Xiaohongshu Cover Generator (Vivixiao980/xhs-cover-skill, 204 stars), Social Image Card Series Generator (JimLiu/baoyu-skills, 27k stars) and Space Image Studio (SpaceZephyr/design-buddy, 176 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Xiaohongshu Cover Image Generator?
SpaceZephyr (a GitHub user) maintains it in SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy, which has 1,613 GitHub stars. The repository holds 31 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 26, 2026.
Source: SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.