zhongcao-cover-makerlisted
Install: claude install-skill beatra-ai/xiaohongshu-cover-maker-skill
# Zhongcao Cover Maker
Create one scroll-stopping REDnote (Xiaohongshu) cover or post image from a photo,
a topic idea, or an accepted draft. Reuse decisions already present in the
conversation and move by the shortest route that completes the requested cover.
## Choose the route
- **Transform a photo into a cover:** with one photo—food, product, outfit,
selfie, or scene—enhance it into a polished vertical 3:4 Xiaohongshu cover
with clean background, professional lighting, and a text-safe area using
`beatra.images.transform`. This is the default when a source photo exists.
- **Generate a cover concept from a topic:** when no source photo exists, turn
the confirmed topic or note idea into a click-worthy cover visual using
`beatra.images.generate`. Do not enter this route on a style word alone.
- **Refine an accepted cover:** use `beatra.images.edit` with the accepted cover
as `images[0]` to fix color, lighting, background blemishes, or composition
without changing the overall layout.
Follow [cover routing](references/cover-routing.md) for the precise branch and
[cover craft](references/cover-craft.md) when turning the request into a visual
specification that fits Xiaohongshu's platform aesthetic.
## Shape one cover brief
Reuse the user's content topic, target audience, style preference, headline
copy, and any visual references. Ask only when a missing decision materially
changes the result. Without a source photo, the topic is a hard input: do not
invent on