# Article Illustrator

Create consistent article illustrations across type, style and palette.

- Repository: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent (259479 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill baoyu-article-illustrator -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill baoyu-article-illustrator -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill baoyu-article-illustrator -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill baoyu-article-illustrator -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Article illustrations: type × style × palette consistency.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Article Illustrator

Adapted from [baoyu-article-illustrator](https://github.com/JimLiu/baoyu-skills) for Hermes Agent's tool ecosystem.

Analyze articles, identify illustration positions, generate images with **Type × Style × Palette** consistency.

## When to Use

Trigger this skill when the user asks to illustrate an article, add images to an article, generate illustrations for content, or uses phrases like "为文章配图", "illustrate article", or "add images". The user provides an article (file path or pasted content) and optionally specifies type, style, palette, or density.

## Three Dimensions

| Dimension | Controls | Examples |
|-----------|----------|----------|
| **Type** | Information structure | infographic, scene, flowchart, comparison, framework, timeline |
| **Style** | Rendering approach | notion, warm, minimal, blueprint, watercolor, elegant |
| **Palette** | Color scheme (optional) | macaron, warm, neon, overrides style's default colors |

Combine freely: `type=infographic, style=vector-illustration, palette=macaron`.

Or use presets: `edu-visual` → type + style + palette in one shot. See [style-presets.md](references/style-presets.md).

## Types

| Type | Best For |
|------|----------|
| `infographic` | Data, metrics, technical |
| `scene` | Narratives, emotional |
| `flowchart` | Processes, workflows |
| `comparison` | Side-by-side, options |
| `framework` | Models, architecture |
| `timeline` | History, evolution |

## Styles

See [references/styles.md](references/styles.md) for Core Styles, the full gallery, and Type × Style compatibility.

## Output Structure

```
{output-dir}/
├── source-{slug}.{ext}    # Only for pasted content
├── outline.md
├── prompts/
│   └── NN-{type}-{slug}.md
└── NN-{type}-{slug}.png
```

**Default output directory**:

The rest: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/HEAD/optional-skills/creative/baoyu-article-illustrator/SKILL.md