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Yao Image skill

yao-imageYaoApp/yaotools/skills/yao-image/SKILL.md

Image expert. ALWAYS invoke this skill when you need to read, analyze, describe, or generate images. Use for screenshots, photos, charts, diagrams, AI-generated images, or any visual content.

8.2k

always on

44 tokname + description

once used

1,712 tokSKILL.md body

bundled files

0

repo stars

8.2kGitHub

Install the Yao Image skill

Skills CLI (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others)

npx skills add https://github.com/YaoApp/yao --skill yao-image

Claude Code, by hand (all projects)

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/YaoApp/yao.git /tmp/yao
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/yao/tools/skills/yao-image ~/.claude/skills/yao-image

For one project only, copy the folder into .claude/skills/ in that project instead. The agent picks it up when a task matches its description.

What it costs your context

Agent Skills load in three steps. Tokens counted with the o200k tokenizer; your model's count will differ a little.

WhenWhat loadsCost
Every sessionName and description44 tok
When the agent uses itThe SKILL.md instructions1,712 tok
Only if openedNo bundled files—

Until it is used, yao-image costs about 31× less than the median MCP server we measured (1,362 tokens on every turn). Installing all 15 skills from YaoApp/yao would load 642 tokens of descriptions. Skills vs MCP study

Checks

Our checks found nothing to flag: it follows the Agent Skills specification's naming and size guidelines and doesn't pipe downloads into a shell.

Checked 2026-10-22 · method

What's inside

The headings of its SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub.

  • Image Tools
  • imageread
  • Local file (most common):
  • URL:
  • With a specific vision provider:
  • imagegenerate
  • Basic usage (always specify output):
  • With specific provider, model and size:
  • Transparent background (for icons, stickers, product shots):
  • WebP output with quality control:
  • imageedit
  • Basic usage:
  • With URL image:
  • With specific provider and model:
  • With mask (edit only the masked region):
  • Transparent background edit:
  • imageproviders
  • List image generation providers (default):
  • List image editing providers:
  • List vision (image reading) providers:
  • Constraints

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  3. yao-boardYaoApp/yao

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    Background job management — start, monitor, wait, stop long-running commands. ALWAYS invoke this skill when the user asks to run background tasks, check job status, read job output, or manage long-running commands.

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  8. yao-ocrYaoApp/yao

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