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# Ideogram (image prompt craft) Write prompts that get **design-grade images with correct text and deliberate layout** out of **Ideogram** (**Ideogram 4.0**). This is the **prompt-craft** layer of a three-layer setup, and the **typography/layout sibling to `nano-banana`** under the **image-prompt** router. - **Connection/API** (per-image pricing, MCP, the *generate → upload to WoopSocial Media → attach* flow) → `tools/integrations/ideogram.md`. - **Prompt craft** (this skill) → how to direct the right asset well. - **Router** → `image-prompt` picks the tool for the job. > This skill covers **both lanes**: *generation* prompt-craft (below) and the Ideogram > **app-editor workflow** (Canvas, Magic Fill, Extend, Style References, Magic Prompt, Layerize) — > for in-editor work, see `references/app-editor-and-canvas.md`. Re-verify model/specs quarterly. ## Reach for Ideogram when… (match the job) Its real strengths: **in-image text rendering** (the standout — legible, correct typography), **deterministic layout** (bounding-box placement), **brand-accurate color** (hex palettes), **native 2K**, and **transparency** (Background Remover). Reach **elsewhere** for **conversational edits / pure photoreal scenes** (→ `nano-banana`) or specific **art house looks** (→ the photoreal branch). Don't default it to every image. (Details: `references/when-and-how-to-prompt.md`.) ## Step 0 — Read the brand + the job Load `brand-profile.md` (palette as hex, type feel, do/don't). Identify th