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generate-youtube-thumbnail
krusemediallc/arcads-claude-codeSkill
Generate high-CTR YouTube thumbnails using Nano Banana 2 via the Arcads external API. Handles reference image upload, character likeness alignment, proven CTR-tested prompt formulas, and parallel batch generation. Use when the user asks to create a YouTube thumbnail, video thumbnail, A/B test thumbnail variations, or refers to thumbnail design with their face, brand assets, or product photos.
Why this score
This repo hosts 8 skills, so its 1,611 stars are split between them (about 201 each) for scoring.
Popularity score: 73/100 from public GitHub signals only. It shows how widely used and maintained this is, not how well it works. Not included yet: the fake-star check. The security scan is shown separately and doesn't change the score. How we rank
Security
Scanned Oct 21, 2026 at commit 6dcf1100851b, with Cisco's open-source skill-scanner.
What its code does:
- Reads environment variables and sends network requests with them API clients do this to send your key to the service. Check which service it talks to.scripts/generate-batch.sh:167
- Runs shell commands Common for dev tools. Read the commands it runs.scripts/generate-batch.sh:168 and 2 more
Web addresses in its code:
- external-api.arcads.aiscripts/generate-batch.sh:30
These are the sites named in the code, so it's where your data could go. It isn't a complete list: code can build addresses while it runs, and a few of these may be links rather than calls. Whatever you send also goes to the AI model you use.
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| youtube-marketing sergebulaev/youtube-skills · Skill Same job: images | 58 | ★ 64 | ≈119 always | 20d ago |
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| youtube-transcript badlogic/pi-skills · Skill Both about youtube and tube | 64 | ★ 2.6k | ≈22 always | 5mo ago |