Image Playground

Prefer the macOS 26+ Image Playground Skill path first. If that path is unavailable or fails, fall back to the macOS 15 Image gen path in the same skill.

macOS 26+ primary path

Install the Image Playground Skill shortcut if needed: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/b1370f8002e3410491331b80383af5c6

Requirements:

• Apple Intelligence enabled
• Image Playground available on the Mac
• ChatGPT extension enabled inside Image Playground
• ChatGPT extension logged into a ChatGPT account

Run it with:

scripts/run_image_playground_shortcut.sh --prompt "a cozy orange cat in a sunlit window" --style "ChatGPT" --output-path output/cat.png --output-type public.png

Available styles:

• ChatGPT
• Oil Painting (ChatGPT)
• Watercolor (ChatGPT)
• Vector (ChatGPT)
• Anime (ChatGPT)
• Print (ChatGPT)

Expected input structure:

{
  "prompt": "a cozy orange cat in a sunlit window",
  "style": "ChatGPT",
  "image_path": "/absolute/path/to/source.png"
}

Pass image_path only when doing image-to-image generation, and use an absolute path.

The wrapper script writes that JSON to a temporary file, then runs shortcuts run "Image Playground Skill" -i /absolute/path/to/payload.json.

If you get There was a problem running the shortcut., open the ChatGPT app, confirm you are logged in, and run the shortcut manually once.

macOS 15 fallback path

If you are on macOS 15, or if the Image Playground path is unavailable or fails, use the legacy Image gen shortcut flow bundled in this skill.

Install the Image gen shortcut if needed: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/53b4fdcffbbc4b0d9482710055b471aa

Requirements:

• ChatGPT macOS app installed
• ChatGPT macOS app open and logged in
• ChatGPT macOS app image cache available under ~/Library/Caches/com.openai.chat/com.onevcat.Kingfisher.ImageCache/

Run the generation step with:

scripts/run_image_gen_shortcut.sh --prompt "a cozy orange cat in a sunlit window" --output-path output/cat.png

That runner:

• runs the legacy Image gen shortcut
• snapshots the ChatGPT macOS app image cache before the run
• extracts the newest changed cache entry immediately after the shortcut succeeds
• copies the newest cached image to the path passed with --output-path

To inspect the cache directly without running the shortcut again:

scripts/extract_latest_chatgpt_cache_image.sh --output-path output/latest-cache-image.png