Baidu Wenku AI Picture Book — workflow skill for stories & short dramas
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Turns a story text into a static or animated picture-book video through Baidu Wenku
- Type: Workflow · Stories & short dramas
- Slug:
ai-picture-book - Status: beta
- Publisher: ide-rea (community)
- License: unknown
- Source: https://clawhub.ai/ide-rea/skills/ai-picture-book
- Works in: OpenClaw
- Requires: Baidu API key (BAIDU_API_KEY), Python 3
- Cost: Billed by Baidu (your own API key)
- Adoption: 333 installs, 11 ClawHub stars (ClawHub, 2026-10-27)
What it does
Sends a story or description to Baidu Wenku's AI picture book service and returns a video URL. You pick static (type 9) or animated (type 10); the skill asks if you do not say. Python scripts create the task, then poll every 5–10 s until it finishes (about 2–3 minutes). There is no control over style, characters or length beyond the text you send.
Use when
- You want a picture-book video from a story without drawing
- You need a quick illustrated video for kids' education or a brand story
- You want to visualise history, science or folklore as a picture book
Install
- OpenClaw:
npx clawhub@latest install ai-picture-book
More stories & short dramas skills
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- Shuohao Short-Drama Skills: Seven chained skills from novel to AI short drama: characters, outline, art bible, script, staging, storyboard.
- Drama Skills (ZenStory): Short-drama skills that beat a no-skill control in blind tests: script, assets, storyboard, keyframe and video prompts.
- Screenwriting Skills: 26 screenwriting and dramaturgy skills, from story structure to writing in the style of Ozu, Chekhov or Succession.
- Emma Short-Drama Writing Skills: Short-drama writing kit (hooks, outlines, dialogue, trims, US localization) that beat a no-skill control in blind tests.
- AI Short Drama Studio: Greenlight score, series bible, episode compiler and production pack for serialized AI short dramas and manju.
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