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Product Shots Social Post

Organization
motiful
product-shots-social-post

Designs social-platform-native visuals (Feed, Story, Reel, Carousel formats) for Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest, RedNote, LinkedIn, X/Twitter and other social platforms — with platform-correct dimensions, safe zones, industry visual DNA, engagement hooks, and cross-slide consistency. Use when the user says "social post", "Instagram post", "IG post", "TikTok post", "Facebook post", "Pinterest pin", "social carousel", "feed post", "story post", "make a post", "design a social visual", "社媒帖", "做一个社媒图", or any underspecified social-media visual request. Routed from `product-shots` for the organic-social branch (non-ad).

Overview

Publishermotiful
Repositoryproduct-shots
Skill nameproduct-shots-social-post
Stars
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Forks
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Bundled files
5
LicenseMIT
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  • Markdown instructions

    A SKILL.md file the model loads on demand, so it only costs tokens when a request actually matches.

  • Works with any LLM

    AI skills are plain Markdown, not provider-specific code, so this works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model.

  • 5 bundled files

    Scripts, templates, and references the model can read while it works. Files are read-only and never executed.

  • Open source

    Published by motiful on GitHub. Read the source before you install it.

Installation

Install the Product Shots Social Post AI skill in TypingMind to use it with any LLM, or drop it into another agent that reads SKILL.md.

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Install in TypingMind

TypingMind installs a skill straight from its GitHub folder — it reads SKILL.md, bundles the resource files, and stores the result locally.

  1. Open the app and go to Plugins → Skills.
  2. Choose "Install from GitHub".
  3. Paste the skill folder URL below and confirm.
    https://github.com/motiful/product-shots/tree/main/skills/product-shots-social-post
  4. Enable the skill in any chat where you want it available.
Plugins → Skills → Add skill → From GitHub URL, then paste the folder URL and press Continue.
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Install in another agent

Any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use this skill — copy the folder into that agent's skills directory.

Claude Code — .claude/skills
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/motiful/product-shots.git /tmp/product-shots
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/product-shots/skills/product-shots-social-post .claude/skills/product-shots-social-post
Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable Product Shots Social Post in any TypingMind chat and the model takes it from there. Its name and description sit in the system prompt, and the moment a request matches, the model loads the full instructions itself — you never invoke it by hand, and it costs no tokens until it is actually used.

The model loads Product Shots Social Post on its own as soon as a request matches it.

Works with any AI model

AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so Product Shots Social Post is not tied to the model it was written for. Install it once in TypingMind and use it with GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, or a local model you run yourself — all on your own API keys.

  • Loaded only when it is needed

    The system prompt carries just the name and description. The instructions are fetched on the first matching request, so an idle skill costs nothing.

  • Switch models mid-chat

    Because the skill is instructions rather than code, changing model does not break it — the next model reads the same SKILL.md.

Skill instructions

This is the SKILL.md content the model loads. Read it before installing — a skill is instructions your model will follow.

Social Post

Designs social-platform-native visuals (Feed, Story, Reel, Carousel) across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest, RedNote, LinkedIn, X/Twitter and other social platforms by combining nine canonical formats, seven industry visual-DNA presets, a seven-step workflow, a carousel framework with cross-slide consistency anchoring, and a self-audit gate. The skill produces a design description, optional caption, and self-check score per output.

The format taxonomy (Feed Square 1:1 / Feed Portrait 4:5 / Story 9:16 / Reel Cover 9:16 / Carousel 4:5 / etc.) maps directly across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, RedNote, and Pinterest — the same aspect ratios are platform-native on all of them. Platform-specific safe-zone tuning lives in references/hard-constraints.md.

Engagement Principles

These rules apply across every Section. Read before acting.

  1. Lock dimensions first — every request resolves to one of nine formats with explicit width × height and aspect ratio. No format = no work.
  2. Industry DNA before composition — match the user's industry to one of the seven presets; load its prompt patch + composition + color + lighting + common errors as a single bundle.
  3. Layered constraint priority — Hard Constraints (Section 0) > Industry Rules (Section 1) > User Preferences > Model defaults. When user color overrides, industry default yields.
  4. Carousel consistency is per-slide repetition — the consistency anchor is repeated verbatim at the start of every slide's prompt, not declared once.
  5. Mandatory self-audit before delivery — every output passes the 14-item check (Section 4) and emits the seven-line Self-Check score.
  6. Banned words are filtered out of generator prompts — platform names / UI terms / screenshot terms / brand-tool names never reach the image model. They are used only for internal format selection and industry matching.
  7. Match the user's language — respond in English if user writes English, in Chinese if user writes Chinese. Never switch language unprompted.
  8. Use <suggestion> for option sets — when proposing platform / format / industry choices, wrap them in <suggestion> tags. Never ask multiple questions at once.

Execution Procedure

generate_social_visual(user_request) → design_description + caption + self_check + image

# Step 0 — Pin hard constraints (MUST, before any decision)
load references/hard-constraints.md
    → Dimensions table / Safe Zones / Text Overlay Rules / Design Quality Baseline / Banned Words
keep these in working context for Steps 1, 5, 6 — violation produces fake UI artifacts,
watermarks, occluded CTAs, or platform-policy breaks.
preflight = enforce_constraints(format=null, output_text=null, prompt_text=user_request)
                                              # references/hard-constraints.md
                                              # pre-flight banned-word scan on the user request
assert preflight.pass

# Step 1 — Confirm Format and Scenario (lock dimensions first)
format = resolve_format(user_request)         # references/hard-constraints.md §Default Format Selection
    if user specified format → use it
    else apply default scenario logic:
        single image content       → Feed Portrait 4:5
        multi-page knowledge       → Carousel 4:5
        short-lived / ad           → Story 9:16
        short-video cover          → Reel Cover 9:16
dimensions, ratio, safe_zone = lookup(format) # references/hard-constraints.md

# Step 2 — Identify Industry (auto-load Visual DNA)
industry_bundle = load_industry_dna(user_request)
                                              # references/industry-dna.md
                                              # returns {prompt_patch, composition, color,
                                              # lighting, common_errors, ig_references}
                                              # on no_match → closest industry as base + adjust

# Step 3 — Define Engagement Goal
goal = SHARE | SAVE | COMMENT
    if user specified → use it
    else infer from content type:
        education / how-to     → SAVE
        lifestyle / humor      → SHARE
        opinion / debate       → COMMENT

# Step 4 — Define the Hook (3-Second Rule)
hook_type = Bold Claim | Curiosity Gap | Visual Shock
    drives Slide-1 design (Carousel) or headline strategy (single image)

# Step 5 — Composition + Color (Industry × Format cross-decision)
composition = industry_bundle.composition + safe_zone constraints
color       = brand_color (if exists, overrides) or industry_bundle.color
lighting    = industry_bundle.lighting
text        = format.text_overlay_rule (references/hard-constraints.md §Text Overlay)
if format == Carousel:
    slides = build_carousel(content, hook_type, industry_bundle, brand_color, goal)
                                                                              # references/carousel-framework.md

# Step 6 — Self-Check Gate (mandatory)
audited_output = run_workflow(user_request)
                                              # references/workflow-and-self-check.md
                                              # runs Section 2 steps + Section 4 14-item audit
findings = enforce_constraints(format, audited_output.output_text, audited_output.prompt_text)
                                              # references/hard-constraints.md
                                              # re-validates sizing, safe zone, overlay, quality, banned words
assert findings.pass
    if any item fails → revise prompt, regenerate
    if all pass       → emit self_check score block

# Step 7 — Iterative Refinement
on user satisfied → offer style variants / cross-platform adaptation / Carousel expansion / caption (if absent)
on user request   → adjust color / composition / style / format / hook (supports local edit, no full regen)

# Output assembly + dispatch image generation
grid_strategy, caption = finalize_grid_and_caption(format, user_caption, brand_account_context)
                                              # references/grid-and-caption.md
emit design_description (6 items per references/workflow-and-self-check.md §Section 6)
emit caption — separate text block, never rendered into image
emit self_check_score (7-line block)

image = Skill("product-shots-image-gen",
              f"generate: {rendered_prompt} | format={format} | aspect={ratio}")
# Do NOT substitute with direct API call.
assert image.delivered

TOC of Module Files

  • references/hard-constraints.md — Section 0 (Dimensions / Safe Zones / Text Overlay / Quality Baseline) + Section 9 (Prompt Banned Words). MUST-level. Loaded at EP Step 0.
  • references/industry-dna.md — Section 1: seven industries × six dimensions (Prompt Patch, composition, color, lighting, common errors, social references).
  • references/carousel-framework.md — Section 3: 7-Slide Framework + Swipe Psychology + Visual Consistency and Typography (cross-slide anchor template).
  • references/workflow-and-self-check.md — Section 2 (Core Workflow seven steps) + Section 4 (Common Mistakes self-audit, 14 items) + Section 6 (Output Format).
  • references/grid-and-caption.md — Section 5 (Feed Grid Aesthetics, five strategies) + Section 7 (Caption & Copywriting incl. Social Caption Persona).

Section Index

Goal
Language Rule
0. Hard Constraints                            → references/hard-constraints.md
  Dimensions / Safe Zones / Text Overlay / Quality Baseline
1. Industry Visual DNA                          → references/industry-dna.md
  1.1 Beauty / 1.2 Fashion / 1.3 Tech / 1.4 Lifestyle
  1.5 Travel / 1.6 Food / 1.7 Fitness
2. Core Workflow                                → references/workflow-and-self-check.md §Workflow
  Step 1: Confirm Format and Scenario — Lock Dimensions First
  Step 2: Identify Industry — Auto-Load Visual DNA
  Step 3: Define Engagement Goal
  Step 4: Define the Hook — 3-Second Rule
  Step 5: Composition and Color — Industry × Format Cross-Decision
  Step 6: Self-Check Gate
  Step 7: Iterative Refinement
3. Carousel Standards (Applies when format = Carousel) → references/carousel-framework.md
  A. The 7-Slide Framework
  B. Swipe Psychology
  C. Visual Consistency and Typography
4. Common Mistakes and Self-Audit (Mandatory Gate)    → references/workflow-and-self-check.md §Self-Audit
5. Feed Grid Aesthetics                               → references/grid-and-caption.md §Grid
  Common Grid Strategies / Grid Rules
6. Output Format                                       → references/workflow-and-self-check.md §Output Format
  Design Description (6 Items) / Caption / Self-Check Score
7. Caption & Copywriting                               → references/grid-and-caption.md §Caption
  In-Image Text vs. Caption / Caption Logic / Social Caption Persona
8. Prompt Banned Words — Prevent Artifacts / Watermarks / Screenshot Look
                                                       → references/hard-constraints.md §Section 9
IMPORTANT!Suggestion

Goal

Design social-platform-native visuals (Feed, Story, Reel, Carousel) across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest, RedNote, LinkedIn, and X/Twitter — platform-correct (dimensions / safe zones), industry-appropriate (seven Visual DNA presets), engagement-tuned (SHARE / SAVE / COMMENT), and grid-coherent (Feed harmony). Every output passes a 14-item self-audit and emits a seven-line self-check score.

Language Rule

Always respond in the user's language.
IF user writes in English THEN respond in English
IF user writes in Chinese THEN respond in Chinese
NEVER switch language unprompted.

IMPORTANT — Suggestion Format

IMPORTANT!Suggestion:
Always use <suggestion> format to guide the user.
Do not ask several questions at once.

Example: use <suggestion> format to provide options like
Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Pinterest / RedNote / LinkedIn / X (Twitter) / Other platform.

This is the front-end rendering instruction — option sets are wrapped in <suggestion> tags so the UI renders them as clickable chips.

Cross-Skill Notes

  • Upstream router: product-shots routes here for the organic-social branch when asset_type ∈ {post, carousel, feed, story, reel} AND is_promotion != True. Promotional / ad creative requests route to product-shots-ad-creative instead.
  • Industry Visual DNA presets (seven industries) are shared with product-shots and product-shots-ad-creative (cross-skill consistency).
  • Sibling skills: product-shots-main-image / product-shots-detail-page (Amazon product/detail page imagery) — can produce source assets that get repurposed for social posts; product-shots-multi-angle (model 9-angle series) — produces fashion lookbook content that can be reframed for social Carousel. product-shots-ad-creative handles paid promotion / ad-objective creative with platform takedown-risk rules.
  • Image generation backend: rendered prompts are dispatched to product-shots-image-gen (the product-shots image-gen engine) which abstracts the underlying API (OmniMaaS / OpenAI / Gemini).

Tooling

The skill emits design prompts and self-check output. Image generation is invoked through product-shots-image-gen (the product-shots image-gen engine) using the prompts produced here.

Bundled files

The model reads these on demand while the skill is loaded. They are exposed as readable files and are never executed.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Product Shots Social Post AI skill do?

Designs social-platform-native visuals (Feed, Story, Reel, Carousel formats) for Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest, RedNote, LinkedIn, X/Twitter and other social platforms — with platform-correct dimensions, safe zones, industry visual DNA, engagement hooks, and cross-slide consistency. Use when the user says "social post", "Instagram post", "IG post", "TikTok post", "Facebook post", "Pinterest pin", "social carousel", "feed post", "story post", "make a post", "design a social visual", "社媒帖", "做一个社媒图", or any underspecified social-media visual request. Routed from `product-shots` for t...

Why use Product Shots Social Post on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. Product Shots Social Post is plain Markdown rather than provider-specific code, so the same skill runs on GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model — and you can switch model mid-chat without it breaking. TypingMind runs on your own API keys, so you pay providers directly instead of a per-seat subscription, and your skills and chats stay in your own storage.

How do I install Product Shots Social Post in TypingMind?

Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/motiful/product-shots/tree/main/skills/product-shots-social-post. TypingMind reads its SKILL.md and bundles its files and installs it as a skill you can enable per chat.

Which AI models can use Product Shots Social Post?

Any model you connect in TypingMind. AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and local models can all load this skill when a request matches it.

How many AI models can I use with Product Shots Social Post?

As many as you like. As long as a model supports skills, you can use Product Shots Social Post with it — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama and more — all on TypingMind with your own API keys.

Is the Product Shots Social Post AI skill free?

Yes. It is published on GitHub by motiful under the MIT license. You only pay your own AI provider for the tokens you use.

What are AI skills?

An AI skill is a reusable instruction bundle that teaches an AI model how to do one specific task. It follows the open Agent Skills format: a SKILL.md file with a name and description, plus any scripts, templates or reference files the model may need. The model reads the instructions only when your request matches the skill, so an installed skill costs nothing until it is used.

How are AI skills different from plugins or MCP servers?

A plugin or MCP server gives a model new tools to call — code that runs somewhere and returns a result. An AI skill gives the model knowledge and process instead: how to approach a task, which steps to follow, what good output looks like. Skills are plain Markdown, so they need no server, no API key and no runtime, and they work with any model.

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