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Create and upload YouTube thumbnails with Gemini.

Content & Communication#image generation#youtube#content creation#gemini#thumbnails#image compression#youtube studio
Authorswyxio
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

This skill eliminates the tedious manual work of designing, resizing, and uploading custom YouTube thumbnails that meet platform size limits and match consistent channel branding for recurring content series like podcast episodes or paper readings.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • AI Thumbnail Generation: Creates custom 1280x720 YouTube thumbnails using Google Gemini Pro, with tailored prompt templates for different content types including tech demos and academic paper readings.
  • Automatic Compression: Resizes and compresses generated images to stay under YouTube's 2MB upload limit automatically using ImageMagick.
  • Guided Studio Upload: Provides step-by-step instructions for uploading thumbnails to YouTube Studio, including macOS file picker automation to speed up the process.
  • Use Case: For a weekly "AI in Action" demo series, use this skill to generate on-brand thumbnails for each episode, compress them to meet YouTube requirements, and upload them directly to the correct videos without manual design work.

Quick Start

Use the youtube-thumbnails skill to generate a custom, on-brand thumbnail for your latest YouTube tech demo video, compress it to meet YouTube's size requirements, and upload it directly to the video's details page in YouTube Studio.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

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Name: youtube-thumbnails
Download link: https://github.com/swyxio/skills/archive/main.zip#youtube-thumbnails

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