Agent skill

Cover Design

by vivy-yi in vivy-yi/xiaohongshu-skills

A skill your agent uses when designing Xiaohongshu post thumbnails or first images, creating eye-catching cover images, improving click-through rates, or A/B testing cover designs

No licenceAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Cover Design

skills CLI
$ npx skills add vivy-yi/xiaohongshu-skills --skill cover-design -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install vivy-yi/xiaohongshu-skills cover-design --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/vivy-yi/xiaohongshu-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/'skills/01-内容创作/cover-design' .claude/skills/cover-design && 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-design
GitHub stars
481
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
430 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
123
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when designing Xiaohongshu post thumbnails or first images, creating eye-catching cover images, improving click-through rates, or A/B testing cover designs

  • Works in 5 steps: Write Hook Headline → Choose or Create Visual → Add Text Overlay → …
  • Designing Xiaohongshu post thumbnails
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Core Pattern and Quick Reference, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Cover Design is an agent skill from vivy-yi/xiaohongshu-skills. Use when designing Xiaohongshu post thumbnails or first images, creating eye-catching cover images, improving click-through rates, or A/B testing cover designs

Its SKILL.md is about 1k 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, covering Social media graphics and A/B testing. It works with Xiaohongshu. The repository describes itself as: 139个完整的小红书运营技能 - Claude Code 技能插件系统。覆盖内容创作、账号运营、互动运营、数据分析、电商转化、平台规则、工具生态、营销推广、增长策略9大分类。

When your agent uses it

  • Designing Xiaohongshu post thumbnails
  • Creating eye-catching cover images
  • Improving click-through rates
  • A/B testing cover designs

Example prompts

  • “/cover-design”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Write Hook Headline
  2. Choose or Create Visual
  3. Add Text Overlay
  4. Apply Color and Effects
  5. Test and Iterate

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b42ff69. 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

Cover Design loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 43 tokens; SKILL.md has 430 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~43
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 430 words (~1,031 tokens).

“Cover design is creating compelling first images (thumbnails) that grab attention in feed, entice users to click, and set expectations for your content - the single most important factor for content discovery on Xiaohongshu.”

— opening of SKILL.md by vivy-yi
name
cover-design

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/01-内容创作/cover-design of vivy-yi/xiaohongshu-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b42ff69

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BLCaptain Card Setsdososo/blcaptain-style-skill167—~1.4kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Cover Anchor Systemponyodong2026/ponyo-cover-anchor-system190—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Xiaohongshu Multi-Page HTML CardsSpaceZephyr/creator-buddy1.6k—~928Automated safety check: PassNone
Xiaohongshu Cover Generatorchenxiachan/xhs-claude-skills421—~1.1kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT

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Works with

Questions about Cover Design

What does Cover Design do?

A skill your agent uses when designing Xiaohongshu post thumbnails or first images, creating eye-catching cover images, improving click-through rates, or A/B testing cover designs. Cover Design is an agent skill from vivy-yi/xiaohongshu-skills.

When should I use Cover Design?

Cover Design fits situations like: designing Xiaohongshu post thumbnails; creating eye-catching cover images; improving click-through rates; A/B testing cover designs.

How do I install Cover Design in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add vivy-yi/xiaohongshu-skills --skill cover-design -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/01-内容创作/cover-design in vivy-yi/xiaohongshu-skills) into .claude/skills/cover-design in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Cover Design in Codex?

Run `npx skills add vivy-yi/xiaohongshu-skills --skill cover-design -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/01-内容创作/cover-design in vivy-yi/xiaohongshu-skills) into .agents/skills/cover-design in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Cover Design 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 vivy-yi/xiaohongshu-skills --skill cover-design -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-design, .gemini/skills/cover-design, .github/skills/cover-design and .opencode/skills/cover-design in your project.

What does Cover Design need to run?

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

Does Cover Design 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 Cover Design 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 Design use?

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

How many tokens does Cover Design use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k 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 Design?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Cover Design: Guizang Social Cards (op7418/guizang-social-card-skill, 7.4k stars), BLCaptain Card Sets (dososo/blcaptain-style-skill, 167 stars), Cover Anchor System (ponyodong2026/ponyo-cover-anchor-system, 190 stars) and Xiaohongshu Multi-Page HTML Cards (SpaceZephyr/creator-buddy, 1.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Cover Design?

vivy-yi (a GitHub user) maintains it in vivy-yi/xiaohongshu-skills, which has 481 GitHub stars. The repository holds 123 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on January 23, 2026.

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