Meme Maker

Create meme drafts from a curated template registry without bundling copyrighted template images.

Quick start

• Search: {baseDir}/scripts/meme.mjs search "bad choice"
• Suggest: {baseDir}/scripts/meme.mjs suggest "slow python image scripts"
• Local SVG: {baseDir}/scripts/meme.mjs render drake --text "Repeated downloads" --text "Cached templates" --out /tmp/meme.svg
• Local PNG: {baseDir}/scripts/meme.mjs render drake --text "Maybe API" --text "Local render" --out /tmp/meme.png
• Imgflip hosted: {baseDir}/scripts/meme.mjs render drake --service imgflip --text "before" --text "after"

Modes

• local is default. It downloads template images from their source URL with a browser-like user agent, caches them under the user cache dir, embeds the image in an SVG, and writes SVG. If --out ends in .png, it renders through an isolated headless browser using OpenClaw's Playwright support. PNG output requires Playwright's Chromium or an installed Google Chrome; SVG output needs no browser.
• imgflip calls Imgflip caption_image and prints the hosted URL. It requires IMGFLIP_USER and IMGFLIP_PASS unless supplied via --username and --password.

Commands

• list [--json]: list the built-in curated templates.
• search <query> [--json]: search template names, aliases, tags, and use cases.
• suggest <topic> [--limit N] [--json]: rank templates for the topic.
• render <template> --text TEXT ... [--out PATH] [--service local|imgflip]: generate a meme.
• refresh [--limit N] [--json]: fetch current Imgflip top templates for research; do not overwrite the curated registry automatically.

Template registry

• Read {baseDir}/references/templates.json for the curated 20-template registry.
• Each entry includes Imgflip metadata, Know Your Meme link, aliases, tags, fields, and local text placement boxes.
• Prefer suggest first when the user describes a joke but does not know the format.

Hygiene

• Do not ship template image files in the skill.
• Do not use shared or hardcoded Imgflip credentials.
• Keep Know Your Meme lookups out of the render hot path; use KYM links for explanation/provenance only.
• If PNG output fails because the browser is unavailable, use --out meme.svg (or another .svg path). Do not npm install packages into the skill directory or the OpenClaw tree to enable PNG.