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v1.4.0 - Tri-Engine System & Article Illustration Constraints

12 Feb 14:50
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v1.4.0
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What's New

Tri-Engine System

  • New Excalidraw engine for hand-drawn concept diagrams, comparisons, and simple flows
  • Three-tier priority: Gemini → Excalidraw → Mermaid
  • All diagram engines now output PNG by default
  • --engine parameter: auto / gemini / excalidraw / mermaid
  • --mermaid-embed to fall back to code block embedding

Mermaid Usage Threshold Raised

  • Mermaid restricted to complex diagrams only (>8 nodes, multi-layer architecture, multi-actor sequence diagrams)
  • Simple concepts, comparisons, and basic flows now default to Excalidraw

Article Illustration Constraints

  • Default aspect ratio changed from 3:4 to 16:9 for inline article images
  • 3:4 and 1:1 prohibited for article illustrations (3:4 reserved for vertical platforms like Xiaohongshu)
  • Whitespace ≥ 40%, single metaphor per image, visual echo with cover

Cover Safe Zone

  • Core visuals must stay within center 71% height for 16:9 → 5:2 cross-platform compatibility
  • Supports Newsletter, WeChat (16:9) and X Article (5:2 crop) from a single image

Dependencies (optional)

cd ~/.claude/skills/smart-illustrator/scripts && npm install && npx playwright install firefox
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v1.3.0 - Mermaid Visual Enhancement

10 Feb 03:27
@axtonliu axtonliu
v1.3.0
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v1.3.0 - Mermaid Visual Enhancement

What's New

Mermaid Semantic Color Palette

  • 7-color semantic palette with fixed meaning: input (green), process (purple), decision (red), action (orange), output (cyan), storage (yellow), meta (blue)
  • classDef + class syntax examples for easy adoption
  • Arrow differentiation: --> primary / -.-> optional / ==> emphasis
  • Layout rules: subgraph grouping, node limits (≤15 per diagram)

Cover Image Quality

  • Ban decorative quotes (「」, 《》) around text in AI-generated covers

Documentation

  • Dual-engine architecture diagram in README
  • Background section with Make workflow video
  • Improved SKILL.md with clipboard output and Mermaid rules

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v1.0.0...v1.3.0

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v1.0.0 - Initial Public Release

01 Feb 16:50
@axtonliu axtonliu
v1.0.0
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v1.0.0 - Initial Public Release

🎉 Initial Public Release

Smart Illustrator - AI-powered article illustrations with intelligent position detection and cover learning system.

✨ Core Features

  • Dual-Engine System: Auto-selects Mermaid (structured diagrams) or Gemini (creative visuals)
  • Smart Position Detection: Analyzes article structure to identify optimal illustration points
  • Cover Learning System: Learn from high-performing YouTube thumbnails
  • Multi-Platform Support: YouTube, WeChat, Twitter, Xiaohongshu presets
  • Extensible Styles: Light, Dark, Minimal, Cover, and custom styles

📦 What's Included

  • Article illustration mode with auto position detection
  • YouTube cover generation with best practices
  • PPT/Slides batch generation
  • Cover learning system (Gemini Vision analysis)
  • Prompt management system (externalized prompts in prompts/)
  • Comprehensive testing suite (11 test cases)

🚀 Quick Start

# Install
git clone https://github.com/axtonliu/smart-illustrator.git ~/.claude/skills/smart-illustrator

# Use
/smart-illustrator path/to/article.md

📚 Documentation

⚠️ Status

Experimental - Best-effort maintenance. This is a public prototype that works for demos but may not cover all edge cases. PRs welcome!

🙏 Credits

Cover design best practices based on research of top YouTubers (Fireship, Theo, MKBHD). See references/cover-best-practices.md for details.

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