muapi-youtube-thumbnail
Design a high-CTR YouTube thumbnail — striking imagery, bold text placement, and emotional face/subject if needed.
npx skills add SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills --skill muapi-youtube-thumbnail --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.
# YouTube Thumbnail **Design a high-CTR YouTube thumbnail — striking imagery, bold text placement, and emotional face/subject if needed.** ## Inputs | Name | Type | Required | Default | Description | |:---|:---|:---|:---|:---| | `title` | text | yes | — | The video title or topic (e.g. "I tried 7 AI tools in 24 hours — here's what happened"). | | `channel_style` | text | no | bold, high contrast, bright colors, clean design, YouTube tech aesthetic | Channel brand style (e.g. "dark moody gaming", "bright educational", "minimal corporate"). | | `subject_description` | text | no | — | Optional description of the person or subject to feature (e.g. "a surprised young man in a hoodie"). | ## Steps Thumbnails are the #1 factor in YouTube CTR. Generate a single, maximum-impact 16:9 image. ### Phase A — Plan the composition Before generating, briefly reason about the best thumbnail formula for this topic: - **Emotion-first**: shocked/curious face if relevant + bold text = high CTR - **Text overlay**: 3–5 words max, high-contrast (white/yellow on dark, or vice-versa) - **Contrast & saturation**: thumbnails compete in a grid — they must pop ### Phase B — Generate the thumbnail 1. Build the im
- Inputs
- Steps
- Phase A — Plan the composition
- Phase B — Generate the thumbnail
- Phase C — Text overlay guidance
- Notes
- Trigger Keywords
- Notes for the Executing Agent
What does the muapi-youtube-thumbnail skill do?
Design a high-CTR YouTube thumbnail — striking imagery, bold text placement, and emotional face/subject if needed.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills --skill muapi-youtube-thumbnail --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 SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills, a repository with 3,976 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.