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# Nib Make original editorial illustrations for written content. **One image explains one idea.** A **recurring avatar** — supplied once by the user — is the subject of every scene and *performs* the idea (pushes, sorts, steers, builds, holds); it is never decoration. The methodology is the constant; the **avatar** and the **look** are the parameters. This is a configurable house style, not a generic image generator. It is intentionally not a photo, not a logo, not a corporate infographic, not a UI mockup. ## Setup (once) 1. **A character.** Either the user's own **avatar image** (a mascot, logo character, anything — save its path), *or* a bundled one via `--avatar-pack <name>` (see `characters/`). The character is the reference on every generation. 2. **A backend** — one of: - **Codex (free)** — a logged-in Codex CLI (`codex login`). Generates on the user's ChatGPT / Codex subscription, no API key. *Default when no key is set.* - **OpenRouter** — an `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` (`sk-or-…`). Exact 16:9, and lets you pick the model with `--model`. ## Workflow 1. **Read the input.** - A **URL** → fetch the page and extract the readable article text first (use your web-fetch / Defuddle capability), then treat it as an article. - A single **idea** → one illustration. - An **article / post** → pick the **load-bearing moments** (a judgment, a flow, a before/after, a trap, a loop), 4–8 of them. Not one image per paragraph — the ones tha