Astro Images Skill

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What changed in 3.1 (read if upgrading from 3.0)

• Per-format quality. AVIF and WebP scales are NOT comparable; a single shared quality makes AVIF heavier than WebP. Each format now has its own quality (AVIF lower). Biggest byte win.
• Alpha-aware fallback. Opaque sources → JPG fallback, transparent → PNG. No more PNG fallback for opaque photos.
• Art direction via new ArtPicture — different image/crop per breakpoint, exactly one download. Kills the "two <img> + CSS hide" double-load.
• Preload fixed. Drop fixed-width preloadImage; rely on fetchpriority (set by lcp). Fixed-width image preload is harmful.
• Image SEO rules. Source filename = SEO slug; alt-quality criteria; figure/figcaption; schema coordination; robots must not block /_astro/.
• Real validation. validation now greps for AVIF>WebP bytes, OG format/existence, single-size content images, raw raster <img>.

After upgrading, regenerate any /public/ sets with --force (quality changed): npm run images:force.

Breaking (call sites). quality on <Picture> / ArtPicture is now per-format (quality={{ avif: 45 }}). A bare number still works — it is applied to all formats for v3.0 back-compat — but migrate quality={60} call sites to the object form. Also drop 'jpg' from any formats={[...]}: the JPG/PNG fallback is now automatic and alpha-aware ('jpg'/'png' passed in formats are ignored, not errors).

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