nanobanana-prompting

nanobanana-prompting is a skill for Claude Code from u2n4/gemini-media-mcp. It costs 85 tokens per session (6,341 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide for writing detailed prompts for NanoBanana Pro, an image-generation system based on Google’s Gemini Imagen technology.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan prompts for images such as maps, icons, portraits, artistic scenes, product visuals, architectural views, and multi-subject compositions.
Why use it?
It helps turn a vague image idea into a prompt with the right level of detail for the scene’s complexity.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the nanobanana-prompting plugin — 1 skill shipped together

Good fit Use it to plan prompts for images such as maps, icons, portraits, artistic scenes, product visuals, architectural views, and multi-subject compositions.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/u2n4/gemini-media-mcp/nanobanana-prompting
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add u2n4/gemini-media-mcp --skill nanobanana-prompting
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/u2n4/gemini-media-mcp

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install nanobanana-prompting, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 1 skill.

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Per session 85 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 6,341 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00085 $0.06341
Opus 5 $0.00043 $0.03171
Sonnet 5 $0.00017 $0.01268
Haiku 4.5 $0.00009 $0.00634

Measured 12d ago against content hash 92a75658a1b7, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

nanobanana-prompting scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 12d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/nanobanana-prompting/skills/nanobanana-prompting/SKILL.md · 604 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 604 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

NanoBanana Pro Prompting Mastery

When to Use This Skill

Activate this skill EVERY TIME before calling nanobanana:generate_image. Read and apply these techniques to transform any image request into a professional-grade prompt.


Prompt Format Selection (DECIDE FIRST)

Before writing any prompt, choose the right format based on scene complexity. There are 4 proven formats — each excels at different tasks:

Format Decision Matrix

Complexity Format Best For Example
⭐ Simple Plain Text Single subject, one style, clear idea Maps, icons, simple portraits, logos
⭐⭐ Medium Descriptive Narrative Creative/artistic scenes with mood and atmosphere Surreal art, vintage documents, fantasy scenes
⭐⭐⭐ Complex Structured Markdown Technical realism with precise camera/lighting specs Mirror selfies, phone-style photos, architectural
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Advanced JSON Multiple subjects, fashion editorial, reusable templates Multi-person scenes, product + model, infographics

Golden Rule: More complex scene → Stronger structure needed.

Format 1: Plain Text (Simple & Fast)

Use for single-subject images with one clear style. No structure needed.

Generate a map of Germany in watercolor style, on which all 
federal states are labeled in ballpoint pen.

Why it works: One subject + one style + one detail = the model gets it instantly with no confusion. Adding structure here would be overkill.

Use when: Maps, simple portraits, icons, single objects, quick concepts.

Format 2: Descriptive Narrative (Sensory Storytelling)

Use for creative/artistic scenes that need mood and atmosphere. Write like a film director describing a shot.

A vintage patent document for INVENTION, styled after late 1800s 
United States Patent Office filings. The page features precise 
technical drawings with numbered callouts (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3) 
showing front, side, and exploded views. Handwritten annotations 
in fountain-pen ink describe mechanisms. The paper is aged ivory 
with foxing stains and soft fold creases. An official embossed seal 
and red wax stamp appear in the corner. The entire image feels 
like a recovered archival document—authoritative, historic, and 
slightly mysterious.

Read the full file on GitHub · 604 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 12d ago First seen · 604 lines · 85 tokens per session scan A 92a75658a1b7

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nanobanana-prompting is a skill published in the GitHub repository u2n4/gemini-media-mcp (1 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 85 tokens to every session and 6,341 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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