version: "1.0.0" name: blog-image-prompts description: "Generate AI image prompts and placement points for a blog post."

Blog Post Image Prompt Generator

Workflow Checklist

Copy and track progress:

Image Prompt Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: Analyze blog post (type, tone, themes)
- [ ] Step 2: Identify placement points
- [ ] Step 3: Determine visual style
- [ ] Step 4: Generate prompts
- [ ] Step 5: Validate prompts
- [ ] Step 6: Write output file

Process

Step 1: Analyze the Blog Post

Identify:

• Content type: Technical, personal essay, business, opinion, how-to
• Key themes: Concepts, metaphors, or ideas that could be visualized
• Structure: Sections and natural break points

Step 2: Identify Placement Points

Quantity (flexible guidelines):

• Short posts: 1-2 images
• Medium posts: 2-4 images
• Long posts: 3-6 images

Not every section needs an image.

Step 3: Determine Visual Style

Step 4: Generate Prompts

Each prompt must include these six elements:

1. Subject - Main focus
2. Style - Illustration, photograph, diagram, etc.
3. Mood - Lighting, color palette, emotional tone
4. Composition - Framing, perspective, negative space
5. Details - Specific elements from the blog content
6. Alt text - Descriptive alt text for the generated image (for accessibility and SEO)

For concrete examples, see references/prompt-examples.md.

Step 5: Validate Prompts

Before presenting, verify each prompt:

• [ ] References specific content/metaphors from the post
• [ ] Style is consistent across all prompts
• [ ] Aspect ratio specified (16:9 for headers, 1:1 or 4:3 for inline)
• [ ] Explicitly excludes common AI clichés (lightbulbs for ideas, handshakes for business, etc.)
• [ ] No text rendering requested (AI struggles with text)
• [ ] Alt text is descriptive and contextual (not just restating the prompt)

Revise any prompt that fails these checks.

Step 6: Write Output File

Write the prompts to a markdown file for collaborative editing.

File naming: Save alongside the blog post as [blog-post-name]-image-prompts.md

Example: If the blog post is draft-the-performance-treadmill.md, create draft-the-performance-treadmill-image-prompts.md in the same directory.

File format:

# Image Prompts for "[Blog Post Title]"
 
**Content analysis**: [1-2 sentence summary]
**Recommended image count**: [N] images
**Visual style direction**: [Overall style]
 
---
 
## Image 1: [Title]
**Placement**: [Location in post]
**Purpose**: [What it accomplishes]
**Prompt**: [Full prompt text]
**Alt text**: [Descriptive alt text for accessibility]
**Style notes**: [Aspect ratio, what to avoid]
 
---
 
## Image 2: [Title]
...

After writing the file, confirm the file path to the user so they can open it for review and editing.

Flexibility Guide

• High freedom: Image count, exact placement, style interpretation
• Medium freedom: Output format structure (maintain organization, adapt sections)
• Low freedom: Six prompt elements (always include all six), validation checks