Image Compressor

SkillFiles & storage

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.

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

Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.

Then ask your AI: use the Image Compressor skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by freestylefly/canghe-skills in skills/canghe-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. Replace ${SKILL_DIR} with this SKILL.md's directory path.

ScriptPurpose
scripts/main.tsImage compression CLI

Preferences (EXTEND.md)

Use Bash to check EXTEND.md existence (priority order):

# Check project-level first
test -f .canghe-skills/canghe-compress-image/EXTEND.md && echo "project"

# Then user-level (cross-platform: $HOME works on macOS/Linux/WSL)
test -f "$HOME/.canghe-skills/canghe-compress-image/EXTEND.md" && echo "user"

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────┐ │ Path │ Location │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┤ │ .canghe-skills/canghe-compress-image/EXTEND.md │ Project directory │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┤ │ $HOME/.canghe-skills/canghe-compress-image/EXTEND.md │ User home │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────┘

┌───────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Result │ Action │ ├───────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Found │ Read, parse, apply settings │ ├───────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Not found │ Use defaults │ └───────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

EXTEND.md Supports: Default format | Default quality | Keep original preference

Usage

npx -y bun ${SKILL_DIR}/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)
npx -y bun ${SKILL_DIR}/scripts/main.ts image.png

# Keep PNG format
npx -y bun ${SKILL_DIR}/scripts/main.ts image.png -f png --keep

# Directory recursive
npx -y bun ${SKILL_DIR}/scripts/main.ts ./images/ -r -q 75

# JSON output
npx -y bun ${SKILL_DIR}/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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Item type
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Key
canghe-compress-image
Source
github.com/freestylefly/canghe-skills