Baoyu's skills
JimLiu/baoyu-skills
Baoyu's skills is a free, MIT-licensed pack of 21 agent skills by Jim Liu (Baoyu) for content work. It covers image generation, infographics, slide decks, comics, translation, markdown conversion and posting helpers for X, WeChat and Weibo. It installs as a Claude Code plugin or through the skills CLI, and several skills call image APIs that need your own keys.
Facts checked on against the sources listed at the end of this page.
- GitHub stars
- 26,478
- Skills in the pack
- 22
- Agents supported
- 3plus any agent the skills CLI supports
- License
- MIT
- Last commit
- 4 weeks ago10 September 2026
- Instruction size
- 45.8k wordsacross all SKILL.md files
How to install Baoyu's skills
| Agent | Command | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | To update, run /plugin, open Marketplaces, select baoyu-skills and choose Update marketplace. | |
| Codex | No install command. Copy or symlink each skill folder into <project>/.agents/skills/, for example <project>/.agents/skills/baoyu-cover-image/SKILL.md. | |
| Other agents | The README says to install only the skills you need. | |
| OpenClaw (ClawHub) | Examples from the README. Each skill is installed by name. |
Commands as given in the README on 9 October 2026.
What Baoyu's skills runs on your machine
- Hooks
- None named in the README.
- Bundled scripts
- Yes. Skills run bundled scripts through npx bun, including a typography script in baoyu-format-markdown and Chrome DevTools Protocol flows in the posting and page-fetching skills.
- Network calls
- Yes. Skills call the image provider APIs, WeChat publishing APIs, YouTube, and Gemini Web through browser cookies. baoyu-danger-x-to-markdown uses X's reverse-engineered API. The README warns that baoyu-danger-gemini-web and baoyu-danger-x-to-markdown use unofficial access that may break or restrict accounts.
- API keys needed
- Yes. Depending on the skill: OPENAI_API_KEY, GOOGLE_API_KEY, OPENROUTER_API_KEY, REPLICATE_API_TOKEN and other provider keys, WECHAT_APP_ID and WECHAT_APP_SECRET, and X_AUTH_TOKEN and X_CT0. They load from ~/.baoyu-skills/.env or a project .baoyu-skills/.env, and the README advises keeping the project file out of Git.
These are facts read from the repo, not a security rating. Read the files before you install any skill.
What is inside Baoyu's skills
| Skill | What it makes the agent do |
|---|---|
| baoyu-image-gen | Generates images through OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter, DashScope, Z.AI, MiniMax, Jimeng, Seedream, Replicate and other APIs, with reference images and batch runs. |
| baoyu-cover-image | Creates article cover images, choosing a look across five dimensions. |
| baoyu-infographic | Builds an infographic from 20 layouts and 17 visual styles. |
| baoyu-slide-deck | Generates slide images and merges them into PPTX and PDF files. |
| baoyu-diagram | Produces SVG flowcharts, sequence, structural and class diagrams. |
| baoyu-article-illustrator | Adds illustrations to an article based on its type, style and palette. |
| baoyu-translate | Translates documents in quick, normal or refined modes. |
| baoyu-url-to-markdown | Converts a web page to Markdown using Chrome. |
| baoyu-markdown-to-html | Converts Markdown to styled HTML with WeChat-compatible themes. |
| baoyu-youtube-transcript | Downloads YouTube transcripts, subtitles and cover images. |
The other 11 include comic and Xiaohongshu image cards, posting helpers for X, WeChat and Weibo, image compression, Markdown formatting, a WeChat chat summary, and two unofficial skills (Gemini Web and X to Markdown) that the README labels as risky.
A good fit for
- Writers and publishers who produce covers, infographics and slide decks from an agent
- Teams that publish to WeChat, Weibo or X and want the steps scripted
- Anyone who already has an image-generation API key and wants one skill to call several providers
- People who convert web pages and videos into Markdown for notes
Skip it if
- People who want a small pack: it holds 21 skills across unrelated jobs
- Setups that cannot store API keys or tokens in an .env file
- Anyone unwilling to use unofficial, reverse-engineered access, which two of the skills rely on
- Agents other than Claude Code, where the README gives no install command
How Baoyu's skills works
The pack groups its skills into content creation, AI generation backends and utilities. A content skill such as the cover image or infographic skill picks a layout and style, then hands the picture to baoyu-image-gen, which sends it to whichever provider you have a key for.
Several skills reach outside your machine: they post through Chrome, call publishing APIs or read pages in a browser. The README recommends installing only the skills you need rather than the whole set.
- Made by
- Jim Liu (Baoyu)
- Topic
- Docs and writing
- Works with
- Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw (through ClawHub)
How much context Baoyu's skills uses
| All 22 skills | 45,822 words across every SKILL.md file |
|---|---|
| Largest skill | baoyu-xhs-images, 4,219 words |
| Loaded at start | Only each skill's name and description. The full text loads when a task needs that skill. |
Word counts are measured from the repo every day. Reference files a skill loads on demand are not counted.
Is Baoyu's skills still maintained?
| Last commit | , 4 weeks ago |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v2.5.2, 18 June 2026 |
| Stars gained in 7 days | Shown after 7 days of tracking |
| Stars gained in 30 days | Shown after 30 days of tracking |
| Open issues and pull requests | 22 |
| Forks | 2,916 |
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Questions about Baoyu's skills
Is Baoyu's skills free?
Yes. The repository is under the MIT license. The image skills call paid provider APIs, which you pay for with your own keys.
How do I install Baoyu's skills in Claude Code?
Run /plugin marketplace add JimLiu/baoyu-skills, then /plugin install baoyu-skills@baoyu-skills. Other agents can use npx skills add jimliu/baoyu-skills.
Which image generators does it support?
baoyu-image-gen supports OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter, DashScope, Z.AI, MiniMax, Jimeng, Seedream and Replicate, among others. You set the matching API key.
Do the posting skills publish automatically?
For X and Weibo the README describes helpers that prepare the post through Chrome, with manual publishing. The WeChat skill publishes through the WeChat Official Accounts API.
Sources
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