Knowledge Comic Creator

Usage

/baoyu-comic posts/turing-story/source.md
/baoyu-comic article.md --art manga --tone warm
/baoyu-comic  # then paste content

Options

Visual Dimensions

--art

--tone

--layout

--aspect

--lang

Partial Workflow Options

--storyboard-only

--prompts-only

--images-only

--regenerate N

3

2,5,8

Art Styles (畫風)

ligne-claire

manga

realistic

ink-brush

chalk

Tones (基調)

neutral

warm

dramatic

romantic

energetic

vintage

action

Preset Shortcuts

--style ohmsha

--art manga --tone neutral

--style wuxia

--art ink-brush --tone action

--style shoujo

--art manga --tone romantic

Compatibility Matrix

Auto Selection

references/presets/{preset}.md

Script Directory

scripts/

1. Determine this SKILL.md file's directory path as

   SKILL_DIR

2. Script path =

   ${SKILL_DIR}/scripts/<script-name>.ts

3. Replace all

   ${SKILL_DIR}

   in this document with the actual path

scripts/merge-to-pdf.ts

File Structure

comic/{topic-slug}/

• Slug: 2-4 words kebab-case from topic (e.g.,

  alan-turing-bio

  )
• Conflict: append timestamp (e.g.,

  turing-story-20260118-143052

  )

source-{slug}.{ext}

analysis.md

storyboard.md

characters/characters.md

characters/characters.png

prompts/NN-{cover|page}-[slug].md

NN-{cover|page}-[slug].png

{topic-slug}.pdf

Language Handling

1. --lang

   flag (explicit)
2. EXTEND.md

   language

   setting
3. User's conversation language
4. Source content language

• Storyboard outlines and scene descriptions
• Image generation prompts
• User selection options and confirmations
• Progress updates, questions, errors, summaries

Workflow

Progress Checklist

Comic Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: Setup & Analyze
  - [ ] 1.1 Preferences (EXTEND.md) ⛔ BLOCKING
    - [ ] Found → load preferences → continue
    - [ ] Not found → run first-time setup → MUST complete before other steps
  - [ ] 1.2 Analyze, 1.3 Check existing
- [ ] Step 2: Confirmation - Style & options ⚠️ REQUIRED
- [ ] Step 3: Generate storyboard + characters
- [ ] Step 4: Review outline (conditional)
- [ ] Step 5: Generate prompts
- [ ] Step 6: Review prompts (conditional)
- [ ] Step 7: Generate images ⚠️ CHARACTER REF REQUIRED
  - [ ] 7.1 Generate character sheet FIRST → characters/characters.png
  - [ ] 7.2 Generate pages WITH --ref characters/characters.png
- [ ] Step 8: Merge to PDF
- [ ] Step 9: Completion report

Flow

Input → [Preferences] ─┬─ Found → Continue
                       │
                       └─ Not found → First-Time Setup ⛔ BLOCKING
                                      │
                                      └─ Complete setup → Save EXTEND.md → Continue
                                                                              │
        ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
        ↓
Analyze → [Check Existing?] → [Confirm: Style + Reviews] → Storyboard → [Review?] → Prompts → [Review?] → Images → PDF → Complete

Step Summary

analysis.md

storyboard.md

characters/

prompts/*.md

characters/characters.png

*.png

{slug}.pdf

Step 7: Image Generation ⚠️ CRITICAL

• Backup rule: If

  characters/characters.png

  exists, rename to

  characters/characters-backup-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.png

# Use Reference Sheet Prompt from characters/characters.md
npx -y bun ${SKILL_DIR}/../baoyu-image-gen/scripts/main.ts \
  --promptfiles characters/characters.md \
  --image characters/characters.png --ar 4:3

• Use available image compression skill (if any)
• Or system tools:

  pngquant

  ,

  optipng

  ,

  sips

  (macOS)
• Keep PNG format, lossless compression preferred

--ref

characters/characters.png

--ref

• If prompt file exists: rename to

  prompts/NN-{cover|page}-[slug]-backup-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.md

• If image file exists: rename to

  NN-{cover|page}-[slug]-backup-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.png

# Example: ALWAYS include --ref for consistency
npx -y bun ${SKILL_DIR}/../baoyu-image-gen/scripts/main.ts \
  --promptfiles prompts/01-page-xxx.md \
  --image 01-page-xxx.png --ar 3:4 \
  --ref characters/characters.png

EXTEND.md Paths ⛔ BLOCKING

.baoyu-skills/baoyu-comic/EXTEND.md

$HOME/.baoyu-skills/baoyu-comic/EXTEND.md

References

• analysis-framework.md - Deep content analysis
• character-template.md - Character definition format
• storyboard-template.md - Storyboard structure
• ohmsha-guide.md - Ohmsha manga specifics

• references/art-styles/

  - Art styles (ligne-claire, manga, realistic, ink-brush, chalk)

• references/tones/

  - Tones (neutral, warm, dramatic, romantic, energetic, vintage, action)

• references/presets/

  - Presets with special rules (ohmsha, wuxia, shoujo)

• references/layouts/

  - Layouts (standard, cinematic, dense, splash, mixed, webtoon)

• workflow.md - Full workflow details
• auto-selection.md - Content signal analysis
• partial-workflows.md - Partial workflow options

• config/preferences-schema.md - EXTEND.md schema
• config/first-time-setup.md - First-time setup
• config/watermark-guide.md - Watermark configuration

Page Modification

--regenerate N

prompts/NN-{cover|page}-[slug].md

Notes

• Image generation: 10-30 seconds per page
• Auto-retry once on generation failure
• Use stylized alternatives for sensitive public figures
• Maintain style consistency via session ID
• Step 2 confirmation required - do not skip
• Steps 4/6 conditional - only if user requested in Step 2
• Step 7.1 character sheet MUST be generated before pages - ensures consistency
• Step 7.2 EVERY page MUST reference characters - use

  --ref

  or embed descriptions
• Watermark/language configured once in EXTEND.md