image-forgelisted
Install: claude install-skill tdimino/claude-code-minoan
# Image Forge
Pixel-precise image editing with three-tier routing: deterministic CLI tools for exact operations, AI models for semantic edits, vision models for analysis.
## Routing Decision
**Use AI when the edit requires understanding what is in the image. Use ImageMagick when the edit requires knowing exactly what to do to the pixels.**
### Tier 1: Deterministic (magick, sips, rembg)
Use for operations with exact, numeric parameters:
| Task | Tool | Command |
|------|------|---------|
| Resize to exact dimensions | magick | `magick in.jpg -resize 800x600! out.jpg` |
| Resize fit (preserve aspect) | magick | `magick in.jpg -resize 800x600 out.jpg` |
| Resize fill + crop | magick | `magick in.jpg -resize 800x600^ -gravity center -extent 800x600 out.jpg` |
| Resize shrink only | magick | `magick in.jpg -resize '800x600>' out.jpg` |
| Crop at offset | magick | `magick in.jpg -crop 600x400+100+50 +repage out.jpg` |
| Center crop | magick | `magick in.jpg -gravity center -crop 600x400+0+0 +repage out.jpg` |
| Auto-trim whitespace | magick | `magick in.jpg -fuzz 10% -trim +repage out.jpg` |
| Format convert | magick | `magick in.png -quality 85 out.jpg` |
| Add text | magick | `magick in.jpg -fill white -pointsize 36 -annotate +10+50 'Text' out.jpg` |
| Composite overlay | magick | `magick bg.png fg.png -geometry +50+100 -composite out.png` |
| Watermark | magick | `magick photo.jpg wm.png -gravity SouthEast -geometry +10+10 -compose Dissolve -define compose:args=25 -compos