Gpt image

Skill philgoodvibe/aiai-mastermind-tools-and-skills/skills/gpt-image

AiAi Mastermind Tools & Skills — shareable agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini & friends. First skill: wiki-llm (build a compounding Obsidian knowledge wiki from your documents).

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npx -y skills add philgoodvibe/aiai-mastermind-tools-and-skills --skill gpt-image

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Use when asked to generate, create, make, render, draw, or mock up an image, photo, picture, hero image, illustration, icon, texture, sprite, or visual asset from Claude Code, and no usable OPENAI_API_KEY is set but Codex CLI is installed and signed in to ChatGPT (OAuth). Also triggered by /gpt-image. Routes image generation through Codex's built-in tool, never the OpenAI API.

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gpt-image

Overview

Generate images from Claude Code using a ChatGPT subscription (no paid API key) by delegating to Codex CLI's built-in image_gen tool, which runs through the user's ChatGPT OAuth session.

Core rule: a ChatGPT OAuth login is NOT an API key. Do not call the OpenAI Images API — the OAuth token lacks image scope and returns 401 missing scopes: api.model.images.request. Codex's built-in image_gen tool needs no key. Always route through Codex.

When to use

Any request to generate / create / make / render / draw an image, photo, mockup, hero, banner, illustration, icon, sprite, or texture from Claude Code.
The machine has Codex CLI plus a ChatGPT login, and there is no usable OPENAI_API_KEY.

Do NOT use when: a real OPENAI_API_KEY is available and direct API control is wanted, or the asset is better authored as code/SVG.

Prerequisites

codex --version succeeds (Codex CLI installed).
Codex is signed in to ChatGPT (authenticated via OAuth).
Do not read the key out of ~/.codex/auth.json — Claude Code's credential safety layer blocks it, and there is no usable image key there anyway. If image generation fails, report the error; do not hunt for a key.

Workflow

Write a brief (plain text): shared style + per-image subject/composition + aspect ratio + ABSOLUTE destination path + constraints ("only write these files, no git, don't edit the repo").

Run Codex headless:

codex exec --sandbox workspace-write \
  -c sandbox_workspace_write.network_access=true \
  --skip-git-repo-check "$(< /abs/path/to/brief.txt)"

Run it in the background for batches; then read the output file.

Force the built-in tool in the brief: tell Codex to use its built-in image_gen tool (one call per image). Explicitly forbid the OpenAI Images API and one-off SDK scripts — that path 401s on OAuth.
Single location — MOVE, don't copy. The built-in tool always writes to ~/.codex/generated_images/<session>/ first. Instruct Codex to mv (never cp) each file to the absolute destination, then rmdir the emptied session folder. Never touch other session folders (the user's prior work).
Verify: open the saved images, confirm subject/quality/brand, confirm the destination holds the files and the cache session is gone.

Brief template (copy, fill the brackets)

GENERATE <N> images using your BUILT-IN image_gen tool (one call each).
Do NOT call the OpenAI Images API and do NOT write an SDK script.
After each image, MOVE it (mv, not cp) to the ABSOLUTE path given, then
rmdir the now-empty ~/.codex/generated_images/<session> folder.
Do not run git or modify any other file.

SHARED STYLE: <style / palette / mood — optional>
AVOID: <negatives, e.g. text, logos, extra fingers>

1) <landscape|square|portrait> -> <subject + composition> -> /abs/path/name1.png
2) ...
When done, print each saved ABSOLUTE path.

Aspect ratios

Built-in output comes in buckets: landscape ~1672×941, square ~1254×1254, portrait 1024×1536. Exact pixel dimensions need a post-crop/resize step (e.g. sips).

Common mistakes

Mistake	Fix
Calling the OpenAI Images API with the OAuth token	401 missing scope. Use the built-in `image_gen` tool.
`cp` instead of `mv`	Leaves a 1:1 duplicate in `~/.codex/generated_images` (wasted disk). Always `mv`, then `rmdir` the empty session dir.
Relative output path	Resolves to Codex's cwd (often repo root), not your folder. Use ABSOLUTE paths.
`n>1` for different scenes	`n` = variants of ONE prompt. Distinct images need distinct `image_gen` calls.
Sandbox blocks the network call	Add `-c sandbox_workspace_write.network_access=true`.
Trusting "done"	The tool reports success even when composition drifts. Open the files and check.
Reading `~/.codex/auth.json` for a key	Blocked and pointless. Let Codex use its own session.

Portability

This skill is machine-local. To use it on another computer, that machine needs: Claude Code, Codex CLI installed, and Codex signed in to ChatGPT. Copy this gpt-image/ folder into that machine's ~/.claude/skills/.