Agent skill

Latent Space Thumbnail Director

by swyxio in swyxio/skills

Create, revise, or review Latent Space and Forward Deployed Engineering YouTube thumbnails using saved brand resources, curiosity-led editorial preferences, cast and company coverage rules…

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Latent Space Thumbnail Director

skills CLI
$ npx skills add swyxio/skills --skill latent-space-thumbnail-director -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install swyxio/skills latent-space-thumbnail-director --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/swyxio/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/latent-space-thumbnail-director .claude/skills/latent-space-thumbnail-director && 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
latent-space-thumbnail-director
GitHub stars
176
Token cost
~736 tokens
SKILL.md length
351 words
Files
14 (incl. references, assets)
Skills in repo
89
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Create, revise, or review Latent Space and Forward Deployed Engineering YouTube thumbnails using saved brand resources, curiosity-led editorial preferences, cast and company coverage rules…

  • Works in 7 steps: Ground the episode from the user's brief… → Choose one curiosity hook, normally two… → Build an explicit coverage list before… → …
  • FDE episode thumbnails
  • SKILL.md covers Load the relevant guidance, Workflow and Non-negotiables
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Latent Space Thumbnail Director is an agent skill from swyxio/skills. Create, revise, or review Latent Space and Forward Deployed Engineering YouTube thumbnails using saved brand resources, curiosity-led editorial preferences, cast and company coverage rules, timestamp-safe layout, and approved examples. Use for Latent Space or FDE episode thumbnails, not unrelated channels.

Its SKILL.md is about 740 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 19 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `references/example-index.md` and `references/preferences.md`).

It sits in Media & Creative. It works with YouTube. The repository describes itself as: Agent skills for Claude Code and other AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • FDE episode thumbnails
  • Not unrelated channels

Example prompts

  • “/latent-space-thumbnail-director”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Ground the episode from the user's brief and supplied sources. Extract specific tensions, decisions, consequences, or counterintuitive…
  2. Choose one curiosity hook, normally two to six words. Use one headline and at most one supporting visual metaphor.
  3. Build an explicit coverage list before generation: every requested person exactly once, every participating company exactly once, and no…
  4. Use the official Latent Space logo asset and supplied identity or company references. Do not recreate an unavailable identity or wordmark…
  5. Generate a 16:9 master with one dominant idea, one hero region, and strong mobile hierarchy. Multiple directions must vary the hook and…
  6. Inspect the result at full size and at approximately 320 x 180. Verify headline spelling, count people and companies, check facial…
  7. Repair material defects before delivery. Export a high-resolution master and an upload-ready 1280 x 720 JPG.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 038ef34. 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

    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

Latent Space Thumbnail Director loads about 736 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 85 tokens; SKILL.md has 351 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~85
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~736
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.7k

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 swyxio/skills at commit 038ef34, republished under its MIT licence (© swyxio). 351 words, ~736 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/latent-space-thumbnail-director/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 13 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
latent-space-thumbnail-director
description
Create, revise, or review Latent Space and Forward Deployed Engineering YouTube thumbnails using saved brand resources, curiosity-led editorial preferences, cast and company coverage rules, timestamp-safe layout, and approved examples. Use for Latent Space or FDE episode thumbnails, not unrelated channels.

Latent Space Thumbnail Director

Direct and QA Latent Space and FDE thumbnails. Use $imagegen for raster generation or editing. When the user selects $artifact-template-latent-space-fde-thumbnail, use that template as the visual starting point and this skill as the learned editorial and production layer.

Load the relevant guidance

Workflow

  1. Ground the episode from the user's brief and supplied sources. Extract specific tensions, decisions, consequences, or counterintuitive claims; do not invent episode facts.
  2. Choose one curiosity hook, normally two to six words. Use one headline and at most one supporting visual metaphor.
  3. Build an explicit coverage list before generation: every requested person exactly once, every participating company exactly once, and no unrequested host.
  4. Use the official Latent Space logo asset and supplied identity or company references. Do not recreate an unavailable identity or wordmark from memory.
  5. Generate a 16:9 master with one dominant idea, one hero region, and strong mobile hierarchy. Multiple directions must vary the hook and composition, not merely color.
  6. Inspect the result at full size and at approximately 320 x 180. Verify headline spelling, count people and companies, check facial fidelity, wardrobe separation, LS x FDE branding, and the bottom-right duration-overlay exclusion zone.
  7. Repair material defects before delivery. Export a high-resolution master and an upload-ready 1280 x 720 JPG.
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Non-negotiables

  • Keep the bottom-right duration-overlay zone free of essential content. DAILY belongs before that zone, not at the extreme right edge.
  • Do not let several dark shirts merge into the near-black background. Relight or recolor clothing while preserving faces and identity.
  • Keep the official LS hex compact in the upper-right with FDE; prefer Tachyon only when an actual Tachyon font file is available.
  • Preserve complete guest and company coverage. A sparse composition is not permission to drop people or logos.
  • Avoid biographies, dates, paragraph copy, ornamental UI, screenshots, duplicate faces, and tiny badges unless the user specifically requests them.

© swyxio, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 13 other files (references, assets) in latent-space-thumbnail-director of swyxio/skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • assets/brand/latent-space-hex-gradient.png
  • assets/examples/how-do-you-eval-a-voice-safe.jpg
  • assets/examples/outbound-beats-inbound-safe.jpg
  • assets/examples/prompts-vs-workflows-safe.jpg
  • assets/examples/voice-quality-is-solved-safe.jpg
  • assets/references/stripe-for-agents-legacy.png
  • assets/references/voice-ai-event-poster.png
  • assets/references/voice-ai-real-stage-thumbnail.jpg
  • assets/references/wayfinder-sparse.png
  • references/example-index.md
  • references/preferences.md
  • references/resource-index.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 038ef34

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Questions about Latent Space Thumbnail Director

What does Latent Space Thumbnail Director do?

Create, revise, or review Latent Space and Forward Deployed Engineering YouTube thumbnails using saved brand resources, curiosity-led editorial preferences, cast and company coverage rules…. Latent Space Thumbnail Director is an agent skill from swyxio/skills. Create, revise, or review Latent Space and Forward Deployed Engineering YouTube thumbnails using saved brand resources, curiosity-led editorial preferences, cast and company coverage rules, timestamp-safe layout, and approved examples.

When should I use Latent Space Thumbnail Director?

Latent Space Thumbnail Director fits situations like: FDE episode thumbnails; not unrelated channels.

How do I install Latent Space Thumbnail Director in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add swyxio/skills --skill latent-space-thumbnail-director -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (latent-space-thumbnail-director in swyxio/skills) into .claude/skills/latent-space-thumbnail-director in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Latent Space Thumbnail Director in Codex?

Run `npx skills add swyxio/skills --skill latent-space-thumbnail-director -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (latent-space-thumbnail-director in swyxio/skills) into .agents/skills/latent-space-thumbnail-director in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Latent Space Thumbnail Director 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 swyxio/skills --skill latent-space-thumbnail-director -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/latent-space-thumbnail-director, .gemini/skills/latent-space-thumbnail-director, .github/skills/latent-space-thumbnail-director and .opencode/skills/latent-space-thumbnail-director in your project.

What does Latent Space Thumbnail Director need to run?

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

Does Latent Space Thumbnail Director 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 Latent Space Thumbnail Director 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 Latent Space Thumbnail Director use?

Latent Space Thumbnail Director is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Latent Space Thumbnail Director use?

About 736 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k 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 2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Latent Space Thumbnail Director?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Latent Space Thumbnail Director: Native Subtitle Quote Image (chengyi-ai/native-subtitle-quote-image, 2.6k stars), Video Spec Builder (feicaiclub/video-spec-builder, 1k stars), Video Data (oxylabs/agent-skills, 875 stars) and Motion Video in Remotion (ooiyeefei/ccc, 495 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Latent Space Thumbnail Director?

swyxio (a GitHub user) maintains it in swyxio/skills, which has 176 GitHub stars. The repository holds 89 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

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