| name | kie-seedance-image |
| description | Generate images with ByteDance Seedream via Kie.ai — text-to-image and multi-image edit. Fast, cheap, high quality at 2K/4K. Triggers on: kie seedance image, seedream, seedance image, generate an image, text to image, edit this image, ai image from text. |
Generate images with ByteDance Seedream through the Kie.ai jobs API. (Seedream is ByteDance's image model — the still-image sibling of Seedance video.)
Setup: needs KIE_API_KEY in ~/.claude/.env.
Models
| Key | Model id | Mode | Notes |
|---|
4.5 (default) | seedream/4.5-text-to-image | text-to-image | 2K or 4K |
4.5-edit | seedream/4.5-edit | image edit | Up to 14 input images; auto-selected when you pass --image |
5-lite | seedream/5-lite-text-to-image | text-to-image | Lighter/cheaper |
Flow
- Parse
$ARGUMENTS for the concept. If the user gives image(s) to edit/combine → edit mode.
- Settings (ask, or defaults on "just do it"):
- Aspect ratio:
16:9 (default), 1:1, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4, 2:3, 3:2, 21:9.
- Quality:
basic (2K, default) or high (4K).
- Variants: default 3.
- Craft the prompt (≤3000 chars). Show it before generating.
- Generate:
python3 ~/.claude/skills/kie-seedance-image/generate.py "<prompt>" \
--model 4.5 --aspect-ratio 16:9 --quality basic --count 3 \
[--image <url-or-path> ...] # any --image switches to seedream/4.5-edit
--slug <slug>
- Present: output →
~/images/seedream/<date>-<slug>/. Offer more variants, 4K, a different ratio, or an edit pass on a favorite.
Notes
- Passing
--image auto-switches to the edit model (combine/restyle up to 14 images).
- Local files are auto-uploaded; URLs pass through.
- For YouTube thumbnails specifically,
/yt-thumbnail is still the tuned tool; this skill is the general-purpose Seedream image generator.
