Overview
hive.image-generation is an open-source design skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by aden-hive. Its author describes it as: “Required before calling image_generate. Create and edit images from a prompt — generate an image, make a picture / logo / illustration / icon / banner / poster / thumbnail / hero image / mockup / product shot / social…”. The project has 11k stars on GitHub and is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/image-generation`.
What hive.image-generation does
`image_generate` turns a text prompt into an image (and can edit existing images). It routes through the Hive image service to OpenAI's **gpt-image-2**; the cost is billed to the user's Hive credits exactly like an LLM call, so there is **no API key to configure**. Each generated image is also saved to disk.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for hive.image-generation is organised into these sections:
- The call
- Writing the prompt
- Reference-image editing
- How it runs — start, then collect (it's asynchronous)
- Show the user
- Failure modes
- End-to-end example
Installation
Add hive.image-generation to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/image-generationReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
Neither the skill nor its repository names a specific agent. It uses the SKILL.md format, which several agents can load — check the repository for any agent-specific requirements.
License
hive.image-generation is published under the Apache-2.0 license.
Strengths
- Clear Apache-2.0 license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in aden-hive/hive, an established project with 10,923 GitHub stars
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does hive.image-generation do?
- Required before calling image_generate. Create and edit images from a prompt — generate an image, make a picture / logo / illustration / icon / banner / poster / thumbnail / hero image / mockup / product shot / social graphic, or edit / restyle / combine existing images from reference images. Uses OpenAI gpt-image-2 through the Hive image service, billed to the user's Hive credits like an LLM call (no API key needed). Teaches the exact call shape, the quality/cost tradeoff (quality="low" is the default and cheapest), reference-image editing, how to show the result to the user with attach_file, and the failure modes (out of credits, model unavailable, moderation).
- How do I install hive.image-generation?
- Run git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/image-generation in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/aden-hive/hive before installing.
- Is hive.image-generation free to use?
- Yes. hive.image-generation is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Where does hive.image-generation come from?
- hive.image-generation ships inside aden-hive/hive, a repository that contains 25 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 10,923 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
