Build a style kit for a series of generated images
Builds a reusable style kit (style statement, style tokens, prompt template, negative prompts, character sheets, consistency techniques, QA checklist) to keep generated image series consistent.
A series of generated images drifts when each prompt is written from scratch: the palette shifts, the line weight changes, the main character gains a new face every time. Consistency comes from treating the look like a design system: a fixed vocabulary of style tokens reused word for word, a template where only the subject slot changes, references and seeds used deliberately, and a checklist for rejecting off-style results.
Build a style kit for this seriesOnly if [TOOL] is given: in :
- Style statement: 2 to 3 sentences describing the look in plain words, and 3 "not" statements that rule out the nearest wrong looks.
- Style tokens: a fixed set of short phrases to reuse word for word in every prompt, grouped as medium and technique, line and texture, palette (named colours with hex values for reference), lighting, camera or viewpoint, composition rules, and mood. Mark which tokens are mandatory and which are optional.
- Prompt template: a fill-in template with one slot for the subject and action and one for the setting, followed by the fixed style tokens in a fixed order. Keep the variable part at the start so the subject is not drowned out.
- Negative prompt or exclusions: a reusable list for tools that support it, and, for tools that do not, the equivalent positive phrasing to put in the prompt.
- Recurring subjects: for each character, mascot or object that appears in several images, a short sheet: a fixed description phrase (age, build, hair, clothing, colours, distinguishing features), what must never change, and the reference image to make first.
- Consistency techniques for the tool: reference images and style references (for example Midjourney's style and character or object reference parameters, whose names depend on the version), fixed seeds for close variations, image-to-image or IP-Adapter-style references and LoRAs for Stable Diffusion, and, for chat-based image tools, keeping one conversation, re-attaching the reference and restating the full style block each time. Note which techniques are version-dependent and should be checked.
- Sample prompts: 3 complete prompts from the template for different images in the series.
- QA checklist: 6 to 10 yes-or-no checks to accept or reject an image (palette in range, line weight, character features, no stray text or watermarks, anatomy and hands, composition rule).
- If the series description lacks the look or the use (no style hints, no idea where images go), ask up to three questions and stop.
- Describe styles by their qualities, not by naming living artists.
- Keep the style token block short enough that the subject still leads; about 25 to 40 words is a good target.
- Do not claim a technique guarantees identical results. Generative tools vary between runs and versions.
Markdown with the contract's sections as ## headings, in order. Put the template, negative prompt and sample prompts in code blocks so they can be copied.
1 required value still a placeholder; the assistant will ask for it.
details
- kind
- Prompt: a task you run by name to get one finished thing back
- domain
- Creative arts
- category
- Image generation
- level
- Intermediate
- made for
- Artist / musician, Content creator, Product / UX / UI designer, Marketer
- risk
- read-only
- version
- v1.0.0 · incubating
- reviewed
- 2026-10-02
- works in
- Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, OpenCode, Windsurf, Zed, Continue, AGENTS.md, ChatGPT, claude.ai
use in
npx @hermes-hq/hodios install build-image-style-guide --target claude-codenpx skills add hermes-hq/hodios-dist --skill build-image-style-guide -a claude-codeclaude plugin marketplace add hermes-hq/hodios-distclaude plugin install hodios-creative-arts@hodiosThe plugin brings every entry in this domain at once.
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