Product image processor
Skill AlpacaLabsLLC/skills-for-architects/skills/product-image-processor
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Download, resize, and remove backgrounds from product images at scale. Use when the user asks to "process product images", batch-download images from the schedule, strip backgrounds, or standardize product photos.
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/as:product-image-processor — Product Image Processor
Read product image records from the nearest project's product-library.csv, download them, normalize sizing, and remove backgrounds. Saves output at each processing stage without mutating the library.
Read ../../schema/product-schema.md and ../../schema/csv-conventions.md. Resolve the nearest ancestor containing PROJECT.md, strictly validate its product-library.csv, and address fields by the exact names Image URL and Product Name, never by position or letters.
Step 1: Get Input
If no arguments are provided, use the nearest project's product-library.csv and ask only for the output location when it cannot be inferred. Suggest ./product-images-YYYY-MM-DD/.
Step 2: Read URLs from CSV
Run python3 "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/master-schedule/scripts/csv-library.py" validate product --project <project-root> before reading. Parse the entire UTF-8 CSV strictly and select the named Image URL and Product Name fields.
Build a list of { index, url, name } entries. Skip empty rows.
Step 3: Create Output Folders
Create the output directory at the user's chosen path with 3 subfolders:
<output-path>/
├── originals/ # Raw downloads
├── resized/ # Normalized sizing
└── nobg/ # Background removed
If the folder already exists, append a suffix: -2, -3, etc.
Step 4: Download Images
Download each image using curl in Bash:
curl -L -o "<output-path>" "<url>"
IMPORTANT: Use curl, NOT WebFetch. WebFetch processes content through an AI model which corrupts binary image data.
Name files as: 001-product-name.png, 002-product-name.png, etc.
- Slugify the product name: lowercase, replace spaces/special chars with hyphens, strip consecutive hyphens
- If no name column, extract a name from the URL filename (strip extension and query params)
- If the URL gives no usable name, use
001-image.png,002-image.png, etc.
If the downloaded file is not a PNG (check extension or content type), convert it to PNG during the resize step.
Step 5: Resize Images
Run a Python script to resize all images in originals/ → resized/:
from PIL import Image
import os, sys
input_dir = sys.argv[1] # originals/
output_dir = sys.argv[2] # resized/
max_edge = int(sys.argv[3]) if len(sys.argv) > 3 else 2000
for fname in sorted(os.listdir(input_dir)):
if not fname.lower().endswith(('.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.webp', '.gif', '.bmp', '.tiff')):
continue
try:
img = Image.open(os.path.join(input_dir, fname))
img = img.convert("RGBA")
w, h = img.size
longest = max(w, h)
if longest > max_edge:
scale = max_edge / longest
new_w, new_h = int(w * scale), int(h * scale)
img = img.resize((new_w, new_h), Image.LANCZOS)
out_name = os.path.splitext(fname)[0] + ".png"
img.save(os.path.join(output_dir, out_name), "PNG")
print(f"OK: {fname} → {out_name} ({img.size[0]}x{img.size[1]})")
except Exception as e:
print(f"FAIL: {fname} — {e}")
Rules:
- Max 2000px on the longest edge (configurable if user requests)
- Preserve aspect ratio
- Do NOT upscale — if already smaller than max, keep original dimensions
- Convert everything to PNG (RGBA mode for transparency support)
Step 6: Remove Backgrounds
Check if rembg is installed. If not, install it:
pip3 install rembg onnxruntime
Then run background removal on all resized images → nobg/:
from rembg import remove
from PIL import Image
import os, sys, io
input_dir = sys.argv[1] # resized/
output_dir = sys.argv[2] # nobg/
for fname in sorted(os.listdir(input_dir)):
if not fname.lower().endswith('.png'):
continue
try:
input_path = os.path.join(input_dir, fname)
with open(input_path, 'rb') as f:
input_data = f.read()
output_data = remove(input_data)
img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(output_data))
img.save(os.path.join(output_dir, fname), "PNG")
print(f"OK: {fname}")
except Exception as e:
print(f"FAIL: {fname} — {e}")
Note: The first run of rembg downloads the u2net model (~170MB). Warn the user this may take a minute.
Step 7: Report Results
After processing, print a summary:
## Product Image Processing Complete
📁 Output: ./product-images-YYYY-MM-DD/
| Stage | Success | Failed |
|-------------|---------|--------|
| Downloaded | 12 | 1 |
| Resized | 12 | 0 |
| BG Removed | 12 | 0 |
### Failures
- 003-chair-arm.png: Download failed (404 Not Found)
Include the full path to the output folder so the user can open it.
Error Handling
- Download failures: Log and continue. Don't block the pipeline for one bad URL.
- Resize failures: Log and continue. Skip that image in the bg-removal step.
- rembg failures: Log and continue. Some images (vectors, icons) may not process well.
- CSV validation errors: Stop and report. Leave the source byte-for-byte unchanged.
Notes
- Process images sequentially (not parallel) to avoid overwhelming the network or CPU
- For large batches (50+ images), print progress every 10 images
- The rembg model download only happens once — subsequent runs reuse the cached model
What ships with it: 1 file
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- README.md2.3 KB