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Image, PDF and video generation from Orshot templates, through the hosted MCP server (OAuth, no API key) or the REST API. Covers connecting, finding a template and its parameter keys, render options (formats, sizes, Smart Resize, batch, async), dynamic image URLs, utility templates (tweet and website screenshots, charts, mockups), posting a render to connected social accounts, wiring it into n8n, Make, Zapier or cron, and the gotchas that break renders (parameterId keys, page1@ prefixes, public image URLs). Use when: "render my Orshot template", "connect Orshot to Claude", "call the Orshot API", "my modification is ignored", "automate this render in n8n", "screenshot this tweet", "move from Bannerbear to Orshot". One job end to end: load its skill (orshot-blog-images, orshot-pdf-generator, orshot-video-generator, orshot-ad-creative, orshot-carousel, orshot-youtube-thumbnail, orshot-social-media-content or orshot-social-media-scheduler). NOT for template design craft (use orshot-design).

Static ad creative generator with Orshot: Facebook and Instagram ad creatives, Meta story ads, catalog ads and display banners rendered from one template with real headlines, offers, prices, logos and product photos, so every test variation is on brand and spelled right. Smart Resize makes every placement size in one call, a batch render makes hook and angle variants, catalog ads render one image per product from a sheet, a CSV or the Orshot Shopify app, plus short GIF or MP4 banners. Use when: "static ad creatives for Meta", "ad variations to test", "our ads have creative fatigue", "15 ad variants from this product photo", "facebook ad maker", "catalog ads for my store", "banner ads in every size", "AI ad generator". NOT for organic social posts (use orshot-social-media-content), carousels (use orshot-carousel), video ads with footage or voiceover (use orshot-video-generator), YouTube thumbnails (use orshot-youtube-thumbnail) or posting and scheduling (use orshot-social-media-scheduler).

Featured image and OG image generator for blog posts with Orshot: an on-brand cover for every post (WordPress featured image, Open Graph image) plus 3 to 6 in-article images, rendered from templates with the post's real title, logos and numbers. Works with WordPress (the Orshot plugin sets the featured image on publish), Webflow, Ghost, Next.js, Astro and MDX blogs. Sets a cover on each new post through n8n, Make, Zapier or a webhook, fills old posts that have no featured image, gives each page an og:image URL, and resizes the cover for LinkedIn, X and Instagram. Use when: "make a featured image for this post", "generate OG images for my blog", "auto-generate featured images in WordPress", "add featured images to my old posts", "OG image for every page", "blog cover image", "images for my article". NOT for carousels (use orshot-carousel), ad creatives (use orshot-ad-creative), YouTube thumbnails (use orshot-youtube-thumbnail) or a one-off illustration or photo (use an image model).

TikTok slideshow and carousel generator with Orshot: faceless TikTok photo-mode slideshows, Instagram carousels and LinkedIn carousels from a template, hook on slide one and CTA on the last, brand fonts and colors set once and text sized to fit, rendered in one call. Turns a blog post, a sheet row or a list of hooks into slides, posts them as drafts through Orshot (with TikTok's recommended music) or hands them to Postiz, and learns from views. Use when: "make a tiktok slideshow about this", "automate tiktok slideshows", "faceless tiktok carousel", "instagram carousel from this blog post", "turn this post into slides", "carousel generator", "linkedin carousel". NOT for single posts (use orshot-social-media-content) or video reels and MP4 slideshows with a song (use orshot-video-generator).

Design craft for Orshot studio templates: one focal point, a 2-font type system, 60-30-10 color, copy that still fits when the data changes, restrained motion, the brand kit when the design should be on-brand, layouts that do not repeat, and a create-then-critique loop over the hosted Orshot MCP server. The shared craft base that every Orshot use-case skill loads when it creates or refines a template (posts, stories, carousels, ads, banners, thumbnails, video). Use when: "design a template for this", "make this template look less generic", "refine this design", "build an on-brand post template", "why does this look AI-made". NOT for rendering, batches or posting (use orshot) or for a whole job end to end (use its use-case skill, for example orshot-blog-images or orshot-ad-creative).

Invoice and certificate PDF generator with the Orshot API: design an invoice, receipt, quote, certificate, report, proposal, ticket or offer letter once, then render one designed PDF per row or event from Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion, HubSpot, Stripe or a webhook, through n8n, Make, Zapier, REST or an Orshot Workflow, and pass the PDF URL to Gmail, Google Drive or the CRM. Selectable text, line items, page numbers on long documents and clickable pay links. Use when: "generate invoice PDFs automatically", "make certificates for this list of names", "bulk certificates from a spreadsheet", "turn each row into a PDF", "send a PDF receipt when someone pays", "PDF from a template via API". NOT for pulling data out of invoices or PDFs (use an OCR or parsing tool), editing, merging or filling a PDF you already have, or a one-off document (use a local pdf or docx skill). Blog images, ads and social posts: orshot-blog-images, orshot-ad-creative, orshot-social-media-content.

Social media post generator with Orshot: on-brand Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, X, Pinterest and TikTok posts and stories (events, launches, hiring, stats, quotes, menus, listings, deals, match scores) from a template you design once, then render with new copy for every post. Built on formats brands post every week. A Canva alternative agents drive by API: brand kit fonts, colors and logo, rotating layouts so posts don't all look the same, every platform size from one design. Imports existing Canva designs. Runs over the Orshot MCP server or REST, from a chat or a sheet. Use when: "make an instagram post for this", "social media post generator", "turn this sheet into posts", "on-brand posts for this week", "announcement post", "quote post", "linkedin post image". NOT for carousels or TikTok slideshows (use orshot-carousel), ads (use orshot-ad-creative), blog covers (use orshot-blog-images), thumbnails (use orshot-youtube-thumbnail) or posting and scheduling (use orshot-social-media-scheduler).

Social media scheduler and auto-poster with Orshot: schedule posts or auto-post to Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky, Reddit, Telegram, Snapchat and Google Business, with the image, carousel or video rendered from a template in the same call, so the queue never runs empty. Plans a week of posts as drafts you approve once, cross-posts, schedules at the best time and reads post analytics, from Claude, Codex or any MCP client over the hosted Orshot MCP server (OAuth, no key), or REST for n8n, Make and cron jobs. Use when: "schedule this week's posts", "auto-post to instagram and tiktok", "schedule posts from claude", "cross-post to every platform", "let me approve before it posts", "social media scheduler", "best time to post". NOT for designing the image or video itself (use orshot-social-media-content, orshot-carousel or orshot-video-generator).

Faceless video and YouTube Shorts maker with Orshot: product and promo reels, real estate listing reels, tips and listicle reels, launch teasers, animated chart and stat explainers, testimonial and brand films, rendered to one MP4 from a film template (scenes, transitions, motion, drawn SVG charts and icons that animate part by part, stock footage, music), by hand or on a schedule from n8n, Make, Zapier or cron. Also voiceover shorts and talking-head clips with word-by-word captions. Use when: "automate my faceless YouTube channel", "make a reel for this product", "turn this listing into a reel", "animate this chart", "make a launch video for my app", "make a 15 second video ad", "n8n video automation". Pairs with orshot-social-media-content, orshot-carousel and orshot-ad-creative for video versions of their work. NOT for photo carousels posted as slides (use orshot-carousel), YouTube thumbnails (use orshot-youtube-thumbnail), static ads or 3 to 6 second animated banners (use orshot-ad-creative).

YouTube thumbnail maker with Orshot: thumbnails built from a frame of the video, the host's face cutout and the hook words, rendered from one template per channel style so every video in a series matches. No generated faces or scenes, and the words are real text, sharp and spelled right. 2 to 3 A/B variants for YouTube Test & Compare render in one batch, a back catalogue gets new thumbnails from a sheet, and an n8n, Make or Zapier job renders one for every new upload. Use when: "make a YouTube thumbnail", "youtube thumbnail maker", "thumbnail template for my channel", "match my thumbnail style", "A/B test my thumbnails", "automate a thumbnail for every upload", "redo thumbnails on my old videos", "AI thumbnail maker". NOT for the video itself (use orshot-video-generator), blog covers (use orshot-blog-images), ad creatives (use orshot-ad-creative) or social posts (use orshot-social-media-content).