/product-image-processor

What it does

Type /as:product-image-processor in Claude Code and it reads the image URLs already in your project’s product library. The skill downloads every image, resizes to a consistent max dimension, and, when you ask, removes backgrounds — saving clean, transparent PNGs ready for spec books, presentations, or procurement documents.

Three output folders, one per stage: originals/, resized/, nobg/.

Install

Claude Desktop:

1. Open Customize → Browse plugins
2. Click + → Add marketplace from GitHub
3. Enter AlpacaLabsLLC/skills-for-architects
4. Install Architecture Studio

Claude Code (terminal):

claude plugin marketplace add AlpacaLabsLLC/skills-for-architects
claude plugin install as@skills-for-architects

Or symlink just this skill:

git clone https://github.com/AlpacaLabsLLC/skills-for-architects.git
ln -s $(pwd)/skills-for-architects/skills/product-image-processor ~/.claude/skills/product-image-processor

Dependencies

Nothing to install. The skill uses the image tools your host already has; if background removal isn’t available there, it reports that stage as a gap instead of installing anything.

Usage

/as:product-image-processor

No arguments needed. The skill finds your project’s product-library.csv, validates it, and reads the Image URL and Product Name fields by name. It asks only for an output location if it can’t infer one, suggesting ./product-images-YYYY-MM-DD/. The library itself is never modified.

/as:product-image-processor

Library: ./product-library.csv
Fields: Image URL, Product Name
Output: ~/Documents/Work-Docs/product-images-2026-03-04/

Processing pipeline

Stage	What happens	Tool
Download	curl -L each URL, preserve original format	curl
Resize	Scale to max 2000px longest edge (LANCZOS), convert to PNG, skip upscaling	Host image tools
BG Remove	Only when requested — background removal, output transparent PNG	Host image capability

Files are named sequentially with slugified product names: 001-eames-lcw.png, 002-vardagen-vaso.png, etc.

How it handles failures

The skill never stops a batch on a single failure:

• Download failures (404, timeouts) — logged and skipped, batch continues
• Resize failures (corrupt files) — logged and skipped in subsequent stages
• Background-removal failures (vectors, icons) — logged, original kept in resized/
• Library validation errors — stops before reading and reports the header or row error, leaving the file untouched

After every batch: success/failure counts per stage with reasons.

Pairs with

Use /as:product-spec-bulk-fetch to extract product specs and image URLs from vendor pages into the product library, then run /as:product-image-processor against it. Fetch specs → process images → spec-ready assets.