# illo skill

> Agent skill for turning articles, posts, and abstract ideas into original editorial illustrations with recurring characters.

- Site: https://illo-skill.com/
- Skill repo: https://github.com/tmchow/illo-skill
- Character packs: https://github.com/tmchow/illo-characters
- Agent reference: https://illo-skill.com/llms.txt
- When to use / how to call: https://illo-skill.com/agent-instructions.md
- Developer resources: https://illo-skill.com/developers
- Guide: https://illo-skill.com/guide.html
- Examples: https://illo-skill.com/examples.html
- Characters: https://illo-skill.com/characters.html
- Characters JSON: https://illo-skill.com/characters.json
- OpenAPI: https://illo-skill.com/openapi.json
- Catalog MCP: https://illo-skill.com/mcp

illo skill is an Agent Skills-format skill. It is not a hosted HTTP image API. Install it into a coding agent, then ask that agent to run it. The site catalog and MCP list character packs only.

## Registers

- **Editorial scenes** (default) — one caught moment; the mascot performs the idea
- **Mini-comics** — 2–4 panels in a single image when the idea is a story beat (fail→fix, before→after)
- **Explainer diagrams** — one register for labeled stages, flow, fan-out, timeline, loop, stack, or system slice when the structure is the point
- **Character cutouts** — transparent PNG of the mascot alone for overlay (pose only, no scene or text)
- **Surprise / random** — invent-and-render when the user has no thesis yet

## Install

Use the host's native plugin or skill manager (Claude Code, Codex, Grok CLI, Grok Bot, Gemini CLI, Copilot/`gh skill`, Hermes, OpenClaw, Cursor). Full table: https://illo-skill.com/llms.txt — `npx skills add` is last resort.

Then invoke it:

```text
/illo you are the bottleneck
/illo https://yourblog.com/shipping-discipline hero + 3 images
/illo surprise me
/illo using Blip, make a flowchart of how a newsletter issue ships
```

Full install commands for Claude Code, Codex, Grok CLI, Grok Bot, Gemini, Copilot, Hermes, and OpenClaw: https://illo-skill.com/llms.txt

## Trust and contact

- [About illo skill](https://illo-skill.com/about)
- [Contact](https://illo-skill.com/contact)
- [Privacy](https://illo-skill.com/privacy)