swyxio Latent Space Thumbnail Director
Direct and QA Latent Space and FDE thumbnails. Use $imagegen for raster generation or editing. When the user selects $artifact-template-latent-space-fde-thumbnail, use that template as the visual starting point and this skill as the learned editorial and production layer.
Load the relevant guidance
- Read references/preferences.md for every creation, revision, or review.
- Read references/resource-index.md when locating logos, identity references, source pages, or font assets.
- Read references/example-index.md when choosing an art direction, producing variants, or comparing a result with approved work.
Workflow
- Ground the episode from the user's brief and supplied sources. Extract specific tensions, decisions, consequences, or counterintuitive claims; do not invent episode facts.
- Choose one curiosity hook, normally two to six words. Use one headline and at most one supporting visual metaphor.
- Build an explicit coverage list before generation: every requested person exactly once, every participating company exactly once, and no unrequested host.
- Use the official Latent Space logo asset and supplied identity or company references. Do not recreate an unavailable identity or wordmark from memory.
- Generate a 16:9 master with one dominant idea, one hero region, and strong mobile hierarchy. Multiple directions must vary the hook and composition, not merely color.
- Inspect the result at full size and at approximately 320 x 180. Verify headline spelling, count people and companies, check facial fidelity, wardrobe separation, LS x FDE branding, and the bottom-right duration-overlay exclusion zone.
- Repair material defects before delivery. Export a high-resolution master and an upload-ready 1280 x 720 JPG.
Non-negotiables
- Keep the bottom-right duration-overlay zone free of essential content. DAILY belongs before that zone, not at the extreme right edge.
- Do not let several dark shirts merge into the near-black background. Relight or recolor clothing while preserving faces and identity.
- Keep the official LS hex compact in the upper-right with
FDE; prefer Tachyon only when an actual Tachyon font file is available. - Preserve complete guest and company coverage. A sparse composition is not permission to drop people or logos.
- Avoid biographies, dates, paragraph copy, ornamental UI, screenshots, duplicate faces, and tiny badges unless the user specifically requests them.