Article Icons (itshover)

Add tasteful icons to an article using the itshover icon set. itshover publishes 263 icons as shadcn registry components; this skill downloads them and converts each into a clean, static, inline SVG that drops straight into Markdown or HTML — no React, no motion, no build step.

Triggers

Use when the user wants to illustrate a document with icons:

• /article-icons <file>
• "给这篇文章配图标", "给文章配图", "add icons to this article", "illustrate with icons"

Inputs

• Target file — the article to illustrate (.md, .html, .mdx, ...). If not given, ask.
• Style preferences (optional) — color, size, where icons go. Otherwise use sensible defaults below.

The Tool

scripts/fetch_icon.py is the only moving part. It fetches an icon and prints static SVG to stdout.

# Get one icon (defaults: size 24, color currentColor, stroke-width 2)
python3 scripts/fetch_icon.py heart-icon

# Customize
python3 scripts/fetch_icon.py rocket-icon --size 32 --color "#d97757" --stroke-width 1.5

# Discover names (do this FIRST — names must match exactly)
python3 scripts/fetch_icon.py --list
python3 scripts/fetch_icon.py --search arrow
python3 scripts/fetch_icon.py --search brand

scripts/icon_names.json is a cached list of all 263 names for offline reference.

Most icon names end in -icon (e.g. heart-icon, rocket-icon, database-icon), and brands use brand-<name>-icon (e.g. brand-anthropic-icon). But the convention is not universal — real names include shield-check, credit-card, down-chevron, apple-brand-logo, skull-emoji. Never guess a name. Always resolve it with --search first — a wrong guess just wastes a 404.

Workflow

1. Read the article. Identify its structure: title, section headings (#/##/<h1>/<h2>), key concepts, list groups, callouts/warnings, and any tech/brand mentions (React, GitHub, AI tools...).
2. Plan the icon map. For each placement, choose a semantically matching icon. Match meaning, not just keywords — a "performance" section → rocket-icon or zap-icon; a "security" section → shield-icon or lock-icon; a warning callout → alert-triangle-icon. Prefer one consistent icon family (all outline, one color) so the article looks designed, not decorated. Resolve every name with --search.
3. Confirm the plan with the user before editing — show the heading→icon mapping. This is cheap and avoids reworking a whole document.
4. Fetch and embed. Run fetch_icon.py for each chosen icon (parallelize independent fetches) and inline the SVG at its placement. See embedding rules below.
5. Verify. Re-read the edited file; for HTML, open it / screenshot to confirm icons render and align. Report the mapping you applied.

Embedding Rules

HTML — inline the SVG directly. Wrap heading icons so they align with text:

<h2 style="display:flex;align-items:center;gap:.5rem;">
  <svg ...>...</svg> Performance
</h2>

Markdown — GitHub-flavored Markdown renders inline HTML, so embed the raw SVG. Keep it on one line and size it small (16–20px) for inline use, 24–28px beside headings:

## <svg ... width="22" height="22" ...>...</svg> Getting Started

If the target renderer strips inline SVG (some strict Markdown engines do), fall back to saving each SVG into an assets/icons/ folder next to the article and referencing it: ![](assets/icons/rocket-icon.svg). Ask which the user prefers if unsure.

Defaults

• Size: 24px beside h1, 20–22px beside h2/h3, 16px inline in text.
• Color: currentColor so icons inherit text color. Override with --color only when the user wants accent colors.
• Density: one icon per heading + a few for genuinely key concepts. Do not icon every bullet or sentence — restraint reads as polish.
• Alignment: always display:flex;align-items:center;gap:.4–.5rem for heading icons in HTML.

Icon Selection Cheatsheet

These names are verified to exist, but the set changes — always reconfirm with --search before fetching.

Edge Cases

Checklist

Before finishing:

• Every icon name was resolved with --search/--list (no guessed names)
• One consistent icon family/color across the article
• Icons placed at headings + genuinely key points, not everywhere
• Heading icons vertically aligned with text (flex + gap)
• Edited file re-read; HTML visually verified to render
• Mapping summary reported to the user