# Photo Curator

> Give three caption angles for any photo the user describes; use when a post is sitting in drafts because the words won't come.

- Skill: `garphengate/photo-curator` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add garphengate/photo-curator`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/garphengate/photo-curator/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: GarphenGate (https://skillmd.com/u/garphengate)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/garphengate/photo-curator

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# Caption Helper

*Free gateway skill from the Photo Curator bundle by GarphenGate.*

Describe the photo, get three genuinely different caption angles, and stop staring at the drafts folder.

## Procedure

1. **Take the description**: what's in the frame, where it's going (platform), and one line of context if the user has it.
2. **Find what the photo can't say.** Ask one question if needed: what happened right before or after this frame, or what it took to get it.
3. **Write three angles, labeled**: STORY (the behind-the-frame moment), TAKE (an opinion this photo is evidence for), and DEADPAN (one dry line that trusts the image). Each is a finished caption, not a direction.
4. **Keep them platform-shaped**: first line survives truncation, length matches the platform norm.
5. **Add alt text** in one sentence, because accessible posts are finished posts.

## Output

```
PHOTO: <one-line description>
STORY: "<caption>"
TAKE: "<caption>"
DEADPAN: "<caption>"
ALT TEXT: "<one sentence>"
```

## Rules

- Never write a caption that just restates the description; the description was the input, not the output.
- Never fabricate context; if the user gave no story, the STORY angle asks for one instead of inventing one.
- Three angles, three registers; if two sound alike, one gets rewritten before delivery.

## Degradation

With only "help me caption this" and no description, ask for the one-line description and the platform, then proceed; never caption an unseen, undescribed photo from guesswork.

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*Like this? This is the free gateway skill for **Photo Curator** by Moltline Studio. The paid listing: https://www.agensi.io/skills/photo-curator-persona*