dark-mode-image

name	dark-mode-image
description	Create dark-mode variants of raster images for dark UI contexts.

Dark Mode Image

Use this when the user wants to adapt a standalone source image into a dark-mode-suitable version.

Activation

Use For

• creating a dark-mode version of an image, illustration, screenshot, photo, product mockup, decorative background, or texture
• adapting an existing raster image so it presents correctly on a dark background
• generating a dark-mode image variant for use in a dark-mode UI

Do Not Use For

• adding dark mode to a page, section, component, or site
• SVG-only assets
• general image styling in a UI without dark-mode conversion

When the add-dark-mode skill identifies raster images that need dark-mode variants, use this skill for that image-generation work. This skill is the required handoff point between dark-mode UI work and raster image generation.

Load First

• Before image generation or editing, load and follow the imagegen skill.

Progress Updates

Keep the user informed so longer runs do not look stuck.

• One-line status update before each major phase.
• Concrete and lightweight: what you are doing now, not verbose logs.

Workflow

1. Load imagegen.
2. Inspect the source image and the dark-mode UI context.
3. Generate or edit a dark-mode version with the same dimensions as the original.
4. Save the dark-mode image with a -dark suffix alongside the original.
5. Return the saved project path for the caller to wire into the UI.

Rules

• Before doing any image generation or editing, you MUST load and follow the imagegen skill
• The imagegen skill invocation is not optional: do not skip it, do not replace it with an ad hoc image-generation workflow, and do not call image tooling directly without first applying imagegen
• Let imagegen choose and run the correct image workflow; for normal dark-mode image variants, that will usually mean its default built-in image_gen tool mode
• If the source image is a local file, follow imagegen's local-image guidance before editing so the image is visible in the conversation context
• Follow imagegen's save-path policy: move or copy project-bound generated outputs into the workspace, and never leave a project-referenced dark-mode asset only under $CODEX_HOME/*
• When generating a dark-mode image, choose a background color that feels like an appropriate inversion of the original background color: black or dark gray for white, dark gray for off-white, or the specific dark color provided by the user; if the original image's background matched the site background, match the dark-mode site background instead
• Preserve the same contrast characteristics as the original image; light sections should become darker while relative separation and readability stay intact
• Preserve blurs and softness; never sharpen anything that was blurry in the original image
• Preserve the foreground color palette hues, adjusting saturation and lightness only as needed so the image presents correctly on a dark background
• Preserve the original vibe as much as possible: bright and intense images should stay bright and intense, while subtle and muted images should stay subtle and muted
• Pay attention to areas that fade out and preserve those fades in the dark-mode version
• The generated dark-mode image must be exactly the same dimensions as the original image
• Save dark-mode images with a -dark suffix, for example bg.jpg and bg-dark.jpg

Verify

• Confirm the generated image dimensions match the original exactly.
• Confirm the dark-mode image preserves the original composition, softness, fades, and foreground palette.