forgecad-image-prompt
Write builder-honest AI image prompts from a concrete ForgeCAD model, build brief, HLD, or LLD without hiding how the artifact is built.
npx skills add ForgeCAD/forgecad-public-kit --skill forgecad-image-prompt --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Image Prompt ## Scope Only for artifacts already concrete enough to visualize (a specific `.forge.js` model, build brief, or HLD); route vague briefs to `forgecad-design-spec` first. Read minimum context — entry `.forge.js`, one key helper if it delegates geometry, brief/HLD — and capture what must survive the image model: artifact type and scale, major subassemblies, actuation style, visible mechanisms, material and color cues. ## Core Rule Image prompts, not concept art: show the final artifact clearly, preserve build and subsystem truth, and keep visible the seams, modules, hardware, and mechanical hierarchy that matter. Negatives (the only negatives list — reuse it, never restate variants): - no fake sleek consumer shell, no hidden mechanics - no over-smoothed geometry, no sci-fi styling - no CAD-drawing, blueprint, or dimension-arrow pretense - no cutaway, sectioned, or exploded teaching view unless the user explicitly asks - no text, labels, or humans ## Prompt Skeleton Block order: identity → mechanism truth → materials/color truth → pose/state → shot/camera/lighting → negatives. Fill in, don't copy: ```text A [artifact identity and scale], designed as a real buildable CAD
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What does the forgecad-image-prompt skill do?
Write builder-honest AI image prompts from a concrete ForgeCAD model, build brief, HLD, or LLD without hiding how the artifact is built.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add ForgeCAD/forgecad-public-kit --skill forgecad-image-prompt --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From ForgeCAD/forgecad-public-kit, a repository with 915 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.