What is the difference between CC0 and CC BY?

CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) requires no credit to the author, while CC BY requires you to provide attribution to the original creator as a condition of use.

Can I use this for commercial projects?

Yes, the skill explicitly identifies CC0 sources like Unsplash, Pexels, and Pixabay which are safe for commercial use, often without requiring attribution.

How does this skill help with Wikimedia Commons?

It provides specialized Python scripts and manual workflows to extract unpredictable direct image URLs from File: pages while ensuring proper attribution formatting.

Why is URL verification important for images?

Verification ensures that the remote image URL is active (HTTP 200) and returns the correct content-type before you embed it, preventing broken images in production.

Professional Image Sourcing & Licensing

Name: Professional Image Sourcing & Licensing
Author: WarrenZhu050413

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Learning & Documentation

Finds, fetches, and legally integrates high-quality images from Wikimedia Commons and CC0 sources into digital projects.

About

This skill provides a comprehensive framework for sourcing images legally and technically for web development, documentation, and creative projects. It includes specialized guidance on navigating various license types (CC0, CC BY-SA, Fair Use), offers programmatic scripts for extracting direct URLs from Wikimedia Commons, and establishes best practices for attribution and implementation. By following these workflows, users can avoid common pitfalls like hotlinking or copyright infringement while ensuring images are responsive, lazy-loaded, and properly verified before deployment.

Key Features

Detailed licensing comparison for CC0, CC BY, and Public Domain
Step-by-step Fair Use evaluation framework for U.S. copyright law
5 GitHub stars
Comprehensive directory of CC0 and attribution-required image sources
Technical implementation patterns for responsive and lazy-loaded HTML images
Automated Wikimedia Commons image extraction and verification scripts

Use Cases

Automating the retrieval of verified Wikimedia assets via CLI
Sourcing legal, high-quality images for HTML templates and documentation
Ensuring proper attribution and copyright compliance for commercial websites

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add warrenzhu050413/warren-claude-code-plugin-marketplace fetching-images

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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