🎨 Image Prompt — AI Art Prompt Generator & Optimizer

Turn a vague idea into a detailed, production-ready image prompt. Built-in word banks for styles, lighting, composition, and quality modifiers — just provide a subject and go.

Commands

generate <subject>

Build a full image prompt from a subject. Randomly picks style, lighting, composition, and quality tags from the internal word bank to create a ready-to-use prompt.

image-prompt generate "a fox in a forest"

style <subject> <style>

Generate a prompt locked to a specific art style. Supported styles:

• photorealistic — hyperrealistic photography look
• anime — Japanese animation aesthetic
• oil-painting — classical oil on canvas
• watercolor — soft watercolor washes
• pixel-art — retro pixel graphics
• 3d-render — Blender/Octane 3D style
• sketch — pencil/charcoal drawing

image-prompt style "mountain village" watercolor

enhance <prompt>

Take an existing prompt and upgrade it with quality boosters, detail tags, and a matching negative prompt suggestion.

image-prompt enhance "a cat sitting on a windowsill"

negative

Print a curated list of commonly used negative prompt terms, grouped by category (anatomy, quality, style, artifacts).

image-prompt negative

template <type>

Get a fill-in-the-blank prompt template for a specific genre. Available types:

• portrait — character/person focus
• landscape — scenery and environments
• product — commercial product shots
• food — food photography
• architecture — buildings and interiors
• fantasy — fantasy/sci-fi illustration

image-prompt template portrait

random

Roll the dice — generates a completely random creative prompt by combining random subjects, styles, lighting, and composition from the word bank.

image-prompt random

translate <chinese_description>

Convert a Chinese-language description into an English image prompt with appropriate tags.

image-prompt translate "一只猫坐在樱花树下"

save <name> <prompt>

Save a prompt to your local library for later reuse.

image-prompt save hero-shot "a knight standing on a cliff, dramatic lighting, cinematic, 8k"

list

Show all prompts saved in your local library.

image-prompt list

search <keyword>

Search your saved prompts by keyword.

image-prompt search knight

help

Show the help message with all available commands.

version

Print the current version number.

Examples

Basic generation:

$ image-prompt generate "an astronaut"
🎨 Prompt:
an astronaut, digital painting style, volumetric lighting, rule of thirds composition,
intricate details, sharp focus, 8k resolution, trending on artstation

📛 Negative:
blurry, low quality, deformed, watermark, text, signature

Styled output:

$ image-prompt style "cherry blossom garden" anime
🎨 Prompt:
cherry blossom garden, anime style, cel shading, vibrant colors, soft ambient lighting,
wide angle composition, detailed background, studio ghibli inspired, high quality anime art

📛 Negative:
photorealistic, 3d render, blurry, low quality, deformed

Enhancing an existing prompt:

$ image-prompt enhance "a dragon flying over a castle"
🎨 Enhanced Prompt:
a dragon flying over a castle, epic scale, dramatic rim lighting, aerial perspective,
intricate scales and details, sharp focus, 8k resolution, cinematic color grading,
volumetric clouds, masterpiece quality, trending on artstation

📛 Suggested Negative:
blurry, low quality, deformed, watermark, text, bad anatomy, disfigured

Random prompt:

$ image-prompt random
🎨 Random Prompt:
a mechanical owl perched on ancient ruins, steampunk style, golden hour lighting,
centered composition, intricate gears and clockwork, highly detailed, 4k wallpaper,
concept art

📛 Negative:
blurry, low quality, deformed, watermark, text, signature

Configuration

Variable	Default	Description
IMAGE_PROMPT_DIR	$HOME/.image-prompt	Base directory for saved prompts and history

The data directory is created automatically on first run.

Data Storage

All data is kept under $HOME/.image-prompt/ (or the path set via IMAGE_PROMPT_DIR):

~/.image-prompt/
├── prompts.txt      # saved prompts (one per line: name|prompt)
└── history.log      # command usage log

Prompts are stored as plain text — easy to back up, grep, or move between machines.

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