blog-cover-generator SKILL.md skillA

blog-cover-generator from varnan-tech/opendirectory is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add varnan-tech/opendirectory/blog-cover-generator@git:20260522.401a5ed

Pins git:20260522.401a5ed in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
varnan-tech/opendirectory
Path
skills/blog-cover-image-cli/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260522.401a5ed, committed May 22, 2026
First version recorded
Apr 14, 2026
Size
4,022 bytes
Repository stars
688
License
MIT

Use when the user asks to generate a blog cover image, thumbnail, or article header. Automatically uses modern typography, brand logos, and Google Search grounding to create beautiful 16:9 images with Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Blog Cover Generator Skill

This skill provides AI agents with the ability to generate stunning, minimalist, technical blog cover images using the `blog-cover-image-cli`. The CLI leverages Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview, automatically fetches brand logos from domains, uses local aesthetic reference images, and employs Google Search grounding to inject real-time context.

## Setup & Configuration

**Agent Pre-requisites:**
Before using this tool, verify it is installed. If `blog-cover-cli --help` fails, install it globally:
```bash
npm install -g blog-cover-image-cli
```

If the user wants you to generate an image and you haven't set up the API key yet, you must first configure the CLI using a Gemini API Key. The CLI stores this securely via the `conf` package.

```bash
# 1. Set your Gemini API Key (Required for image generation)
npx -p blog-cover-image-cli blog-cover-cli config set-key <YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>

# 2. Set your Brandfetch Client ID (Required to fetch high-res logos)
npx -p blog-cover-image-cli blog-cover-cli config set-brandfetch-id <YOUR_BRANDFETCH_CLIENT_ID>

# Check your keys (masked)
npx -p blog-cover-image-cli blog-cover-cli config get-key
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add varnan-tech/opendirectory/blog-cover-generator@sha256:9cb3165d4f5611a7

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260522.401a5ed, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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3 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Apr 14, 2026 and May 22, 2026, about one every 38 days. Its first recorded version is graded B and its latest A.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260522.401a5ed latest2026-05-22 401a5ed 4,022 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-04-14 cf4acb6 119 BB view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4022 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

varnan-tech/opendirectory · 688 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-17 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ge7xrqvjjv6dkdky
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=varnan-tech/opendirectory/blog-cover-generator
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9cb3165d4f5611a703a5f793f5a416c853712e933e93c5290365c3d215e00eb7

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