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ImageMagick: Automate Image Editing

Name: ImageMagick: Automate Image Editing
Author: ImageMagick

Founders get easy image conversion and editing with ImageMagick, a free tool, ideal for startups needing image processing.

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17,489 stars1,659 forksCGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Jun 1Updated 9/21/2026100% free · open source

What it is

Add text, effects, and watermarks to images with custom commands.

Real use case example

"A founder wants to update their product catalog's social media images. They use ImageMagick to bulk-resize the images and add a watermark with their logo. After 10 minutes of setup, they have a streamlined image processing workflow, free from tedious tasks."

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When to use it

•When you need to resize a large number of images for your website
•When you want to convert images from one format to another (e.g. PNG to JPEG)
•When you need to automate image processing tasks, such as adding watermarks or cropping

Ready-to-paste prompt

convert input.jpg -resize 800x600 output.jpg

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/imagemagick && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/imagemagick/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/imagemagick/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How ImageMagick: Automate Image Editing works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

ImageMagick: Automate Image Editing is a very large C project (~395k lines across 704 code files, plus 29 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, Other license, has a test suite.

Size

Very large codebase

~395k lines · 704 code files · days to read — use, don't read

Setup

Developer setup

A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.

Runs on

No API keys detected

C 71%HTML 14%Makefile 5%C++ 3%XS 2%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it

What's in each folder

www/Frontend / UI200 files

PerlMagick/Folder567 files

coders/Folder299 files

MagickCore/Folder266 files

MagickWand/Folder85 files

Magick++/Folder77 files

config/Configuration46 files

m4/Folder30 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksOther licenseUpdated this month

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/imagemagick && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/imagemagick/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/imagemagick/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

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