Baoyu Comic
Structure long-form source material into audience, narrative, and panel-ready beats before an agent drafts a comic.
Overview
Baoyu Comic is an agent skill most often used in Validate (also Build docs, Launch and Grow content) that analyzes source material into audience, narrative, and panel-ready storytelling plans before comic production.
Install
npx skills add https://github.com/jimliu/baoyu-skills --skill baoyu-comicWhat is this skill?
- Multi-dimension analysis: core message, key concepts, structure, and evidence-to-panel mapping
- Context layer: source origin, cultural setting, assumptions, and bias checks
- Audience and value framing so visuals deliver a single takeaway
- Narrative arc extraction: climax, turning points, and character-arc planning
- Show-don’t-tell pass: which examples become panels vs. captions
Adoption & trust: 22.2k installs on skills.sh; 20.9k GitHub stars; 2/3 security scanners passed (skills.sh audits).
What problem does it solve?
You have dense source content but no clear audience, single takeaway, or scene-level plan for a comic.
Who is it for?
Indie creators and solo builders turning blog posts, tutorials, or product stories into comic-led content with an agent doing the upfront editorial work.
Skip if: Teams that already have an approved comic script and storyboard and only need pixel-perfect rendering with no reframing.
When should I use this skill?
Before creating a comic from source content—when audience, value, narrative arc, or panel-worthy examples are not yet defined.
What do I get? / Deliverables
You leave with a structured analysis—message, arc, visualizable examples, and context notes—ready to brief art, scripting, or generative comic workflows.
- Structured content analysis across message, concepts, structure, and evidence
- Audience and value brief with narrative arc and key visual moments
Recommended Skills
Journey fit
Spans multiple journey phases - primary shelf plus alternate fits below.
Canonical shelf is Validate because the skill runs before production—locking message, arc, and visual hooks while the comic format is still being scoped. Subphase scope fits pre-build decisions: what to cut, who it’s for, and how chapters map to scenes rather than drawing panels yet.
Where it fits
Decide whether a tutorial series should become a three-chapter comic and which concepts get simplified panels.
Turn internal product docs into an onboarding comic by extracting one-sentence takeaways per section.
Refresh evergreen SEO content into a comic serial by mapping evidence and examples to recurring characters.
How it compares
Use as a pre-production editorial framework instead of jumping straight from a blog URL into image generation prompts.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is baoyu-comic for?
Solo builders, marketers, and creators using Claude Code, Cursor, or similar agents to plan visual stories from existing text or docs.
When should I use baoyu-comic?
Use it while validating scope for a comic idea, when planning docs or explainer content in Build, when shaping launch narratives, or when refreshing growth content that needs a clearer visual arc.
Is baoyu-comic safe to install?
Review the Security Audits panel on this Prism page and the upstream baoyu-skills repo before enabling the skill in production agent workflows.
SKILL.md
READMESKILL.md - Baoyu Comic
# Comic Content Analysis Framework Deep analysis framework for transforming source content into effective visual storytelling. ## Purpose Before creating a comic, thoroughly analyze the source material to: - Identify the target audience and their needs - Determine what value the comic will deliver - Extract narrative potential for visual storytelling - Plan character arcs and key moments ## Analysis Dimensions ### 1. Core Content (Understanding "What") **Central Message** - What is the single most important idea readers should take away? - Can you express it in one sentence? **Key Concepts** - What are the essential concepts readers must understand? - How should these concepts be visualized? - Which concepts need simplified explanations? **Content Structure** - How is the source material organized? - What is the natural narrative arc? - Where are the climax and turning points? **Evidence & Examples** - What concrete examples, data, or stories support the main ideas? - Which examples translate well to visual panels? - What can be shown rather than told? ### 2. Context & Background (Understanding "Why") **Source Origin** - Who created this content? What is their perspective? - What was the original purpose? - Is there bias to be aware of? **Historical/Cultural Context** - When and where does the story take place? - What background knowledge do readers need? - What period-specific visual elements are required? **Underlying Assumptions** - What does the source assume readers already know? - What implicit beliefs or values are present? - Should the comic challenge or reinforce these? ### 3. Audience Analysis **Primary Audience** - Who will read this comic? - What is their existing knowledge level? - What are their interests and motivations? **Secondary Audiences** - Who else might benefit from this comic? - How might their needs differ? **Reader Questions** - What questions will readers have? - What misconceptions might they bring? - What "aha moments" can we create? ### 4. Value Proposition **Knowledge Value** - What will readers learn? - What new perspectives will they gain? - How will this change their understanding? **Emotional Value** - What emotions should readers feel? - What connections will they make with characters? - What will make this memorable? **Practical Value** - Can readers apply what they learn? - What actions might this inspire? - What conversations might it spark? ### 5. Narrative Potential **Story Arc Candidates** - What natural narratives exist in the content? - Where is the conflict or tension? - What transformations occur? **Character Potential** - Who are the key figures? - What are their motivations and obstacles? - How do they change throughout? **Visual Opportunities** - What scenes have strong visual potential? - Where can abstract concepts become concrete images? - What metaphors can be visualized? **Dramatic Moments** - What are the breakthrough/revelation moments? - Where are the emotional peaks? - What creates tension and release? ### 6. Adaptation Considerations **What to Keep** - Essential facts and ideas - Key quotes or moments - Core emotional beats **What to Simplify** - Complex explanations - Dense technical details - Lengthy descriptions **What to Expand** - Brief mentions that deserve more attention - Implied emotions or relationships - Visual details not in source **What to Omit** - Tangential information - Redundant examples - Content that doesn't serve the narrative ## Output Format Analysis results should be saved to `analysis.md` with: 1. **YAML Front Matter**: Metadata (title, topic, time_span, source_language, user_language, aspect_ratio, recommended_page_count, recommended_art, recommended_tone, recommended_layout) 2. **Target Audience**: Primary, secondary, tertiary audiences with their needs 3. **Value Proposition**: What readers will gain (knowledge, emotional, practical) 4. **Core Themes**: Table with theme, narrative potential, visual opportuni