Image Compressor

SkillFiles & storage

Lets your agent shrink image files by converting them to WebP or PNG formats.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Image Compressor skill

About this capability

Compresses images to WebP (default) or PNG with automatic tool selection. Use when user asks to "compress image", "optimize image", "convert to webp", or reduce image file size.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by jimliu/baoyu-skills in skills/baoyu-compress-image/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Compresses images using best available tool (sips → cwebp → ImageMagick → Sharp).

Script Directory

Scripts in scripts/ subdirectory. {baseDir} = this SKILL.md's directory path. Resolve ${BUN_X} runtime: if bun installed → bun; if npx available → npx -y bun; else suggest installing bun. Replace {baseDir} and ${BUN_X} with actual values.

ScriptPurpose
scripts/main.tsImage compression CLI

Preferences (EXTEND.md)

Check EXTEND.md in priority order — the first one found wins:

PriorityPathScope
1.baoyu-skills/baoyu-compress-image/EXTEND.mdProject
2${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/baoyu-skills/baoyu-compress-image/EXTEND.mdXDG
3$HOME/.baoyu-skills/baoyu-compress-image/EXTEND.mdUser home

If none found, use defaults.

EXTEND.md supports: Default format, default quality, keep-original preference.

Usage

${BUN_X} {baseDir}/scripts/main.ts <input> [options]

Options

OptionShortDescriptionDefault
<input>File or directoryRequired
--output-oOutput pathSame path, new ext
--format-fwebp, png, jpegwebp
--quality-qQuality 0-10080
--keep-kKeep originalfalse
--recursive-rProcess subdirsfalse
--jsonJSON outputfalse

Examples

# Single file → WebP (replaces original)
${BUN_X} {baseDir}/scripts/main.ts image.png

# Keep PNG format
${BUN_X} {baseDir}/scripts/main.ts image.png -f png --keep

# Directory recursive
${BUN_X} {baseDir}/scripts/main.ts ./images/ -r -q 75

# JSON output
${BUN_X} {baseDir}/scripts/main.ts image.png --json

Output:

image.png → image.webp (245KB → 89KB, 64% reduction)

Extension Support

Custom configurations via EXTEND.md. See Preferences section for paths and supported options.

Signals

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Sep 2026
Advanced
Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
baoyu-compress-image-jimliu
Source
github.com/jimliu/baoyu-skills