Fal Upscale
Install fal-upscale when draft or exported images and videos need AI super-resolution on fal.ai before you ship or publish high-resolution assets.
Overview
fal-upscale is an agent skill most often used in Ship (also Build, Launch) that enhances image and video resolution with fal.ai super-resolution models before publish-ready delivery.
Install
npx skills add https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design --skill fal-upscaleWhat is this skill?
- Upscale and enhance image and video resolution via fal.ai super-resolution models
- Triggers cover fal upscale, upscale image, super resolution, 4k upscale, and enhance resolution
- Open Design image-mode entry pointing to fal-ai-community upstream skills
- Complements realtime draft generation workflows after creative direction is set
- Category: image-generation on fal.ai hosted models
Adoption & trust: 782 installs on skills.sh; 61.4k GitHub stars; 2/3 security scanners passed (skills.sh audits).
What problem does it solve?
Your chosen creative assets look right compositionally but lack the resolution and sharpness required for production launch surfaces.
Who is it for?
Indie builders finalizing heroes, thumbnails, and short video clips after fal or other gen-AI drafts are approved.
Skip if: Early moodboard exploration (use streaming generation first), pure shader/WebGL pipelines, or offline upscale-only desktop tools with no fal.ai integration.
When should I use this skill?
User mentions fal upscale, upscale image, super resolution, 4k upscale, or enhance resolution.
What do I get? / Deliverables
Your agent can run the upstream fal upscale workflow so images and videos meet higher resolution targets for shipping and distribution.
- Higher-resolution images or enhanced video outputs
- Agent-guided fal upscale execution plan
Recommended Skills
Journey fit
Spans multiple journey phases - primary shelf plus alternate fits below.
Upscaling is a finishing step before release—turning workable drafts into publish-grade resolution—so Ship is the canonical shelf even when you upscale during launch prep. Launch subphase under Ship covers pre-release asset hardening (hero images, promos, video frames) rather than core feature coding.
Where it fits
Upscale approved hero artwork before embedding it in the production landing page.
Run super-resolution on screenshots and promo stills in the pre-release checklist.
Deliver sharper ad and social crops from the same master generations.
How it compares
Finishing step after realtime or batch image gen—integration to fal super-resolution, not a general GLSL or design-system skill.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is fal-upscale for?
Solo builders preparing launch-ready raster images or video frames who already use or plan to use fal.ai and want agent-guided upscale workflows from the community bundle.
When should I use fal-upscale?
Use it in Ship while preparing launch assets, in Launch when polishing distribution creatives, and in Build when locking hi-res marketing imagery—when triggers like 4k upscale, super resolution, or enhance resolution apply.
Is fal-upscale safe to install?
It calls third-party fal.ai APIs and upstream scripts; review the Security Audits panel on this Prism page and audit fal-ai-community/skills before storing API keys in your agent environment.
SKILL.md
READMESKILL.md - Fal Upscale
# fal-upscale > Curated from the fal.ai community team. ## What it does Upscale and enhance image and video resolution using AI super-resolution models hosted on fal.ai. ## Source - Upstream: https://github.com/fal-ai-community/skills - Category: `image-generation` ## How to use This catalogue entry advertises the skill in Open Design so the agent discovers it during planning. To run the full upstream workflow with its original assets, scripts, and references, install the upstream bundle into your active agent's skills directory: ```bash # Inspect the upstream README for exact paths open https://github.com/fal-ai-community/skills ``` Then ask the agent to invoke this skill by name (`fal-upscale`) or with one of the trigger phrases listed in this skill's frontmatter.