name: infographic
description: Generate professional infographics with 20 layout types and 17 visual styles. Analyzes content, recommends layout×style combinations, and generates publication-ready infographics. Use when user asks to create "infographic", "信息图", or "visual summary".

Infographic Generator

Generate professional infographics with two dimensions: layout (information structure) and style (visual aesthetics).

Usage

# Auto-recommend combinations based on content
/infographic path/to/content.md

# Specify layout
/infographic path/to/content.md --layout hierarchical-layers

# Specify style (default: craft-handmade)
/infographic path/to/content.md --style technical-schematic

# Specify both
/infographic path/to/content.md --layout funnel --style corporate-memphis

# With aspect ratio
/infographic path/to/content.md --aspect portrait

# Direct content input
/infographic
[paste content]

# Direct input with options
/infographic --layout linear-progression --style aged-academia
[paste content]

Options

Two Dimensions

Layout × Style can be freely combined. Example: --layout hierarchical-layers --style craft-handmade creates a hierarchy with playful hand-drawn aesthetics.

Layout Gallery

Detailed layout definitions: references/layouts/<layout>.md

Style Gallery

Detailed style definitions: references/styles/<style>.md

Recommended Combinations

Based on content analysis, system recommends 3-5 layout×style combinations:

Default combination: bento-grid + craft-handmade

File Structure

Each session creates an independent directory:

infographic/{topic-slug}/
├── source-{slug}.{ext}             # Source files
├── analysis.md                     # Deep content analysis
├── structured-content.md           # Instructional content structure
├── prompts/
│   └── infographic.md              # Generated prompt
└── infographic.png                 # Output image

Slug Generation:
1. Extract main topic from content (2-4 words, kebab-case)
2. Example: "Machine Learning Basics" → ml-basics

Conflict Resolution:
If infographic/{topic-slug}/ already exists:
- Append timestamp: {topic-slug}-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS
- Example: ml-basics exists → ml-basics-20260120-103052

Instructional Design Approach

This skill applies a world-class instructional designer mindset to infographic creation:

1. Deep Understanding: Read and comprehend the source material thoroughly
2. Learning Objectives: Identify what the viewer should understand after seeing the infographic
3. Information Architecture: Structure content for maximum clarity and retention
4. Visual Storytelling: Use visuals to communicate complex ideas accessibly
5. Verbatim Data: Preserve all source data exactly as written—no summarization or rephrasing of facts

Workflow

Step 1: Analyze Content → analysis.md

Read source content and perform deep instructional analysis.

Actions:
1. Save source content (if not already a file):
- If user provides a file path: use as-is
- If user pastes content: save to source.md in target directory

1. Deep reading:
2. Read the entire document thoroughly
3. Develop deep understanding before proceeding

4. Identify core message and purpose

5. Content analysis:
   | Aspect | Questions to Answer |
   |--------|---------------------|
   | Main Topic | What is this content fundamentally about? |
   | Data Type | Timeline? Hierarchy? Comparison? Process? Relationships? |
   | Complexity | Simple (3-5 points) or complex (6-10+ points)? |
   | Tone | Technical, educational, playful, serious, persuasive? |
   | Audience | Who is the intended viewer? What do they already know? |

6. Language detection:

7. Detect source language from content
8. Detect user language from conversation

9. Note if source_language ≠ user_language (will ask in Step 4)

10. Extract design instructions from user input:

11. Style preferences (colors, mood, aesthetic)
12. Layout preferences (structure, organization)
13. Any specific visual requirements

14. Separate these from content—they go in the Design Instructions section

15. Save to analysis.md

Analysis Output Format:

---
title: "[Main topic title]"
topic: "[Category: educational/technical/business/etc.]"
data_type: "[timeline/hierarchy/comparison/process/etc.]"
complexity: "[simple/moderate/complex]"
source_language: "[detected language]"
user_language: "[user's language]"
---

## Main Topic
[1-2 sentence summary of what this content is about]

## Learning Objectives
After viewing this infographic, the viewer should understand:
1. [Primary objective]
2. [Secondary objective]
3. [Tertiary objective if applicable]

## Target Audience
- **Knowledge Level**: [Beginner/Intermediate/Expert]
- **Context**: [Why they're viewing this]
- **Expectations**: [What they hope to learn]

## Content Type Analysis
- **Data Structure**: [How information relates to itself]
- **Key Relationships**: [What connects to what]
- **Visual Opportunities**: [What can be shown rather than told]

## Design Instructions (from user input)
[Any style, color, layout, or visual preferences extracted from user's steering prompt]

Step 2: Generate Structured Content → structured-content.md

Transform analyzed content into a structured format for the infographic designer.

Instructional Design Process:

1. Create high-level outline:
2. Title that captures the essence
3. List all main learning objectives

4. Identify the logical flow

5. Flesh out each section:

6. For each learning objective, create a section
7. Mix conceptual explanations with practical elements

8. Preserve all source data verbatim—do not summarize or rephrase

9. Structure for visual communication:

10. Identify what becomes a headline
11. Identify what becomes supporting text
12. Identify what becomes a visual element
13. Identify data points, statistics, or quotes

Critical Rules:
| Rule | Requirement |
|------|-------------|
| Output format | Markdown only |
| Tone | Expert trainer: knowledgeable, clear, encouraging |
| No new information | Do not add anything not in the source |
| Verbatim data | All statistics, quotes, and facts copied exactly |

Structured Content Format:

# [Infographic Title]

## Overview
[Brief description of what this infographic conveys]

## Learning Objectives
The viewer will understand:
1. [Objective 1]
2. [Objective 2]
3. [Objective 3]

---

## Section 1: [Section Title]

**Key Concept**: [One-sentence summary]

**Content**:
- [Point 1 - verbatim from source]
- [Point 2 - verbatim from source]
- [Point 3 - verbatim from source]

**Visual Element**: [What to show visually]

**Text Labels**:
- Headline: "[Exact text for headline]"
- Subhead: "[Exact text for subhead]"
- Labels: "[Label 1]", "[Label 2]", ...

---

## Section 2: [Section Title]
[Continue pattern...]

---

## Data Points (Verbatim)
[All statistics, numbers, quotes exactly as they appear in source]
- "[Exact quote or statistic 1]"
- "[Exact quote or statistic 2]"

---

## Design Instructions
[Extracted from user's steering prompt]
- Style: [preferences]
- Colors: [preferences]
- Layout: [preferences]
- Other: [any other visual requirements]

Step 3: Generate Layout×Style Recommendations

Based on analysis and structured content, recommend 3-5 combinations.

Selection Criteria:
| Factor | How to Match |
|--------|--------------|
| Data structure | Timeline→linear-progression, Hierarchy→hierarchical-layers, etc. |
| Content tone | Technical→technical-schematic, Playful→kawaii, etc. |
| Audience | Business→corporate-memphis, Educational→chalkboard, etc. |
| Complexity | Simple→sparse layouts, Complex→dense layouts |
| User preferences | Honor any design instructions from Step 1 |

Format each recommendation:

[Layout] + [Style]: [Brief rationale based on content analysis]

Step 4: Confirm Options

IMPORTANT: Present ALL options in a single confirmation step using AskUserQuestion.

Questions to ask:

AskUserQuestion format:

Question 1 (Combination) - always:
- Option A (Recommended): [layout] + [style] - [brief rationale]
- Option B: [layout] + [style] - [brief rationale]
- Option C: [layout] + [style] - [brief rationale]
- Custom: Specify your own layout and/or style

Question 2 (Aspect) - always:
- landscape (16:9, Recommended) - standard presentation
- portrait (9:16) - mobile/social media
- square (1:1) - social media posts

Question 3 (Language) - only if source ≠ user language:
- [Source language] (matches content)
- [User language] (your preference)

Language handling:
- If source language = user language: Just inform user
- If different: Ask which language to use for all text

Step 5: Generate Prompt → prompts/infographic.md

Create an image generation prompt.

Process:
1. Read layout definition from references/layouts/<layout>.md
2. Read style definition from references/styles/<style>.md
3. Read base prompt template from references/base-prompt.md
4. Combine with structured content from Step 2
5. All text in prompt uses confirmed language

Prompt Structure:

Topic: [main topic from analysis]
Layout: [selected layout]
Style: [selected style]
Aspect: [confirmed ratio]
Language: [confirmed language]

## Layout Guidelines
[From layout definition file]

## Style Guidelines
[From style definition file]

## Content to Visualize

### Learning Objectives
[From structured-content.md]

### Sections
[From structured-content.md - each section with its visual elements]

### Data Points (Verbatim)
[All exact statistics, quotes, and facts from source]

## Text Labels (in [language])
[All text that appears in the infographic, organized by section]

## Design Instructions
[Any specific visual requirements from user's steering prompt]

Step 6: Generate Image

Image Generation Skill Selection:
1. Check available image generation skills
2. If multiple skills available, ask user to choose

Generation:
Call selected image generation skill with:
- Prompt file path: prompts/infographic.md
- Output path: infographic.png
- Aspect ratio parameter if supported

Error handling:
- On failure, auto-retry once before reporting error
- If retry fails, inform user with error details

Step 7: Output Summary

Infographic Generated!

Topic: [topic from analysis]
Layout: [layout name]
Style: [style name]
Aspect: [aspect ratio]
Language: [confirmed language]
Location: [output directory path]

Learning Objectives Covered:
1. [Objective 1] ✓
2. [Objective 2] ✓
3. [Objective 3] ✓

Files:
✓ analysis.md
✓ structured-content.md
✓ prompts/infographic.md
✓ infographic.png

Preview to image to verify it matches your expectations.

Quality Checklist

Before generating final image, verify:

• [ ] All source data preserved verbatim (no summarization)
• [ ] Learning objectives clearly represented
• [ ] Layout matches information structure
• [ ] Style matches content tone and audience
• [ ] All text labels in correct language
• [ ] Design instructions from user honored
• [ ] Visual hierarchy supports comprehension

References

Detailed templates and guidelines in references/ directory:
- analysis-framework.md - Instructional design analysis methodology
- structured-content-template.md - Structured content format and examples
- base-prompt.md - Base prompt template for image generation
- layouts/<layout>.md - Detailed layout definitions (20 files)
- styles/<style>.md - Detailed style definitions (17 files)

Notes

• Layout determines information architecture; style determines visual treatment
• Default style craft-handmade works well with most layouts
• Technical content benefits from technical-schematic or ui-wireframe
• Educational content works well with chalkboard, storybook-watercolor
• Business content pairs with corporate-memphis, dashboard
• All text in the infographic uses the confirmed language
• Never add information not present in the source document
• Statistics and quotes must be copied exactly—no paraphrasing

Extension Support

Custom styles and configurations via EXTEND.md.

Check paths (priority order):
1. .content-gen-skills/infographic/EXTEND.md (project)
2. ~/.content-gen-skills/infographic/EXTEND.md (user)

If found, load before Step 1. Extension content overrides defaults.