Story Generator

This skill generates complete graphic novel narratives about key contributors to science, mathematics, and technology — and fictional case-study stories — for intelligent textbooks built with MkDocs Material. The default story length is 12 panels plus a cover (13 images total), but the panel count is configurable: simpler stories can be told in 6–8 panels, and synthesis stories can run to 16. Each panel includes a narrative paragraph below it and a detailed image-generation prompt in a collapsible <details> block.

As of the 2026-04 skill update, the skill can also automatically generate every panel image (1 cover + N panels) natively at 16:9 (1344×768) via multiple text-to-image APIs including Google Gemini and OpenAI gpt-image-1. Current cost for high-quality images with accurate text placement is approximately $0.039 per image (so ~$0.51 for a default 13-image story, or ~$0.27 for a 6-panel story). See "Step 3.5: Generate Images" below.

The --panels N Argument

The skill accepts an optional --panels N argument that controls how many numbered panels the story has. The cover image is always produced separately, so a story has N + 1 total images.

• Default: --panels 12 (the classic graphic-novel arc)
• Recommended range: 4 to 16
• Below 4: the arc has no room to develop; consider whether you want a story at all
• Above 16: the reader is paying attention to a lot of pictures; split into two stories

How to choose N: