hero-image-art-direction
Art-direct website hero imagery. Use for landing pages, homepages, product pages, portfolios, venue sites, editorial pages, and premium first viewports that need real or generated media, text-safe composition, responsive focal points, visual hierarchy, contrast, aspect ratios, and anti-generic image selection.
npx skills add TheGoat395/Codex-Skills --skill hero-image-art-direction --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.
# Hero Image Art Direction Use this skill to make the first viewport immediately specific, inspectable, and composed. ## Workflow 1. Inspect the project, media assets, framework image/video APIs, responsive breakpoints, accessibility requirements, and verification commands. 2. Read [Hero Image Art Direction Guide](references/hero-image-art-direction-guide.md) for detailed direction before changing visuals or code. 3. Define the media's job: proof, desire, navigation, instruction, atmosphere, conversion, or accessibility. 4. Implement with stable dimensions, responsive crops, useful fallbacks, and real content hierarchy. 5. Inspect rendered desktop and mobile states, then refine crop, contrast, loading, labels, captions, and polish. ## Always Protect - Inspect before coding: framework, image/video components, asset folders, CMS or source content, styling system, responsive breakpoints, performance checks, accessibility checks, and available browser QA commands. - Treat images and video as content strategy, not decoration: every asset should reveal the real product, person, venue, object, interface, proof, or mood needed by the page. - Avoid generic stock-like visuals, dark blurred f
- Workflow
- Always Protect
What does the hero-image-art-direction skill do?
Art-direct website hero imagery. Use for landing pages, homepages, product pages, portfolios, venue sites, editorial pages, and premium first viewports that need real or generated media, text-safe composition, responsive focal points, visual hierarchy, contrast, aspect ratios, and anti-generic image selection.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add TheGoat395/Codex-Skills --skill hero-image-art-direction --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 TheGoat395/Codex-Skills, a repository with 115 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.