Image Compressor
SkillFiles & storageLets your agent shrink image files by converting them to WebP or PNG formats.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
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.
| Script | Purpose |
|---|---|
scripts/main.ts | Image compression CLI |
Preferences (EXTEND.md)
Check EXTEND.md in priority order — the first one found wins:
| Priority | Path | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | .baoyu-skills/baoyu-compress-image/EXTEND.md | Project |
| 2 | ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/baoyu-skills/baoyu-compress-image/EXTEND.md | XDG |
| 3 | $HOME/.baoyu-skills/baoyu-compress-image/EXTEND.md | User 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
| Option | Short | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
<input> | File or directory | Required | |
--output | -o | Output path | Same path, new ext |
--format | -f | webp, png, jpeg | webp |
--quality | -q | Quality 0-100 | 80 |
--keep | -k | Keep original | false |
--recursive | -r | Process subdirs | false |
--json | JSON output | false |
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
- GitHub stars
- 26k
- Forks
- 3k
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
Advanced
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- skill
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baoyu-compress-image-jimliu- Source
- github.com/jimliu/baoyu-skills