# Generative Media Prompting

> The shared brief-to-prompt convention behind the media point tasks — parse the brief, select the model or tool, construct the prompt, then QA the output against the brief. Use when prompting for image, video, speech, or music generation or editing.

- Skill: `a5c-ai/generative-media-prompting` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add a5c-ai/generative-media-prompting`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/a5c-ai/generative-media-prompting/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: a5c-ai (https://skillmd.com/u/a5c-ai)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/a5c-ai/generative-media-prompting

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# Generative Media Prompting

All six media point tasks open with the same four-step shape, visible verbatim in their
`@description` headers. Writing it down once removes six copies of the same tacit
convention.

## The four steps

1. **Parse the brief.** Extract what the request actually asks for — the creative intent
   for a generation task, or the source asset plus the requested operation for an editing
   task.
2. **Select the model or tool.** Choose the model (generation) or tool (editing) that fits
   the parsed brief. Each point task names the candidates it selects among; the selection
   is part of the task, not a caller input.
3. **Construct the prompt.** Turn the parsed brief into the prompt (and, where the task
   supports them, the structured parameters that accompany it).
4. **QA the output against the brief.** Validate the result before returning it. Every
   point task ends in a validation step, and what it validates is modality-specific.

## Per-modality notes

Limited to what the existing files already state:

- `image-generation.js` — generates variants in parallel; validates technical **and**
  creative quality; organises outputs with metadata.
- `image-editing.js` — selects among named editing tools; validates edge quality, color
  consistency, and artifact absence.
- `video-generation.js` — the parsed brief includes the request mode (text-to-video,
  image-to-video, video-to-video); prompt construction carries camera, lighting, and
  composition parameters; a low-quality output is retried with a fallback model.
- `video-editing.js` — selects among named editing tools and runs a per-operation
  pipeline; validates frame consistency and audio sync.
- `speech-generation.js` — the brief includes language, style, emotion, and SSML;
  validates naturalness, pronunciation, and audio specs.
- `music-generation.js` — the brief includes genre, mood, duration, and instruments;
  mastering and stem separation are applied only if requested; validates musical coherence
  and technical audio.

## Scope

This skill describes **prompt construction only**. Publication, review, and licensing
decisions are out of scope and belong to
[`../../media-production-pipeline.js`](../../media-production-pipeline.js). No model lists
or vendor guidance beyond what the point-task files themselves name.