Agent skill

Rare Style Explorer

by vibeshotclub in vibeshotclub/vsc-skills

Generate and refine AIGC image prompts by combining rare, prompt-ready visual sub-style tags from a bundled 620-entry style library.

No licenceAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Rare Style Explorer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add vibeshotclub/vsc-skills --skill rare-style-explorer -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install vibeshotclub/vsc-skills rare-style-explorer --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/vibeshotclub/vsc-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/rare-style-explorer .claude/skills/rare-style-explorer && 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
rare-style-explorer
GitHub stars
876
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
600 words
Files
5 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
8
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Generate and refine AIGC image prompts by combining rare, prompt-ready visual sub-style tags from a bundled 620-entry style library.

  • Works in 5 steps: Identify the subject and output goal. → Generate combinations with → Review the generated style IDs and… → …
  • The user wants style exploration
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Default Workflow, Combination Rules and Script Usage, plus 2 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3

What it does

Rare Style Explorer is an agent skill from vibeshotclub/vsc-skills. Generate and refine AIGC image prompts by combining rare, prompt-ready visual sub-style tags from a bundled 620-entry style library. Use when the user wants style exploration, image prompt variants, rare visual styles, non-generic aesthetics, style mixing, prompt matrices, or subject-to-style ideation for image generation.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `README.md`, `agents/openai.yaml` and `references/style_library.json`).

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Brainstorming and Image generation.

When your agent uses it

  • The user wants style exploration
  • Image prompt variants
  • Rare visual styles
  • Non-generic aesthetics

Example prompts

  • “/rare-style-explorer”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Identify the subject and output goal.
  2. Generate combinations with
  3. Review the generated style IDs and remove combinations that conflict with the subject, platform, or brand.
  4. If the user asks for a more targeted direction, use --style-family
  5. Output in this order unless the user requests another format

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit fcee81b. 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

Rare Style Explorer loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~149k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 86 tokens; SKILL.md has 600 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~86
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~149k

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 600 words (~1,597 tokens).

“Use this skill to turn a subject into reusable AIGC prompt variants using rare sub-style tags rather than broad labels such as minimalism, Bauhaus, or cyberpunk.”

— opening of SKILL.md by vibeshotclub
name
rare-style-explorer
metadata.vsc-category
风格探索
metadata.vsc-deliverables
prompt
metadata.vsc-distinction
为给定主体探索多个稀有亚风格或风格组合,支持产品、人物、海报、场景。固定东方神怪工笔水墨方向优先专用技能;本技能交付提示词而非直接生图。

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (scripts, references) in rare-style-explorer of vibeshotclub/vsc-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • README.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • references/style_library.json
  • scripts/explore_styles.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit fcee81b

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Questions about Rare Style Explorer

What does Rare Style Explorer do?

Generate and refine AIGC image prompts by combining rare, prompt-ready visual sub-style tags from a bundled 620-entry style library. Rare Style Explorer is an agent skill from vibeshotclub/vsc-skills. Generate and refine AIGC image prompts by combining rare, prompt-ready visual sub-style tags from a bundled 620-entry style library.

When should I use Rare Style Explorer?

Rare Style Explorer fits situations like: the user wants style exploration; image prompt variants; rare visual styles; non-generic aesthetics.

How do I install Rare Style Explorer in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add vibeshotclub/vsc-skills --skill rare-style-explorer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (rare-style-explorer in vibeshotclub/vsc-skills) into .claude/skills/rare-style-explorer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Rare Style Explorer in Codex?

Run `npx skills add vibeshotclub/vsc-skills --skill rare-style-explorer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (rare-style-explorer in vibeshotclub/vsc-skills) into .agents/skills/rare-style-explorer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Rare Style Explorer 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 vibeshotclub/vsc-skills --skill rare-style-explorer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/rare-style-explorer, .gemini/skills/rare-style-explorer, .github/skills/rare-style-explorer and .opencode/skills/rare-style-explorer in your project.

What does Rare Style Explorer need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Rare Style Explorer needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Rare Style Explorer 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 Rare Style Explorer 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 Rare Style Explorer use?

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

How many tokens does Rare Style Explorer use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.4k 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 147k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Rare Style Explorer?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Rare Style Explorer: Neta Creative (netaart/neta-skills, 662 stars), Design With Images (dzhng/skills, 1k stars), AI Image Generation and Editing (zhayujie/CowAgent, 47k stars) and Structured Image Generation (bytedance/deer-flow, 84k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Rare Style Explorer?

vibeshotclub (a GitHub organization) maintains it in vibeshotclub/vsc-skills, which has 876 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 11, 2026.

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