#!/usr/bin/env node // Embed a generation prompt into an image so the intent travels with the file, // across harnesses and machines. Read it back with --read. // // node embed-prompt.mjs --prompt "the prompt text" // node embed-prompt.mjs --prompt-file prompt.txt // node embed-prompt.mjs --read // node embed-prompt.mjs --scan # list rasters missing a prompt; exit 3 when any // // Formats: PNG (tEXt chunk, keyword "impeccable:prompt"), JPEG (COM segment). // WebP and anything else fall back to a `.json` sidecar; --read checks // the sidecar for every format, so the fallback stays recoverable. Embedding // rewrites a few MB at most: latency is milliseconds, generation is minutes. // Caveat worth knowing: image optimizers in build pipelines often strip // metadata from their OUTPUT files; the intent lives on the source asset, // which is the one a builder reads. import fs from 'node:fs'; import zlib from 'node:zlib'; const KEYWORD = 'impeccable:prompt'; const args = process.argv.slice(2); const file = args.find(a => !a.startsWith('--')); const argOf = (name) => { const i = args.indexOf(name); return i !== -1 ? args[i + 1] : null; }; function imageType(buffer) { if (buffer.length > 8 && buffer.readUInt32BE(0) === 0x89504e47) return 'png'; if (buffer.length > 3 && buffer[0] === 0xff && buffer[1] === 0xd8) return 'jpeg'; return null; } function readPrompt(imagePath, buffer = fs.readFileSync(imagePath)) { const type = imageType(buffer); let prompt = type === 'png' ? parsePng(buffer).prompt : type === 'jpeg' ? readJpegCom(buffer) : null; if (prompt == null && fs.existsSync(`${imagePath}.json`)) { try { prompt = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(`${imagePath}.json`, 'utf8')).prompt ?? null; } catch { /* stays null */ } } return prompt; } if (args.includes('--scan')) { const targets = args.filter(a => !a.startsWith('--')); if (targets.length === 0) { console.error('embed-prompt: --scan needs at least one directory'); process.exit(1); } const RASTER = /\.(png|jpe?g|webp)$/i; const rasters = []; const walk = (p, isRoot) => { const stat = fs.statSync(p); if (stat.isDirectory()) { const base = p.replace(/\/+$/, '').split('/').pop(); // Skip installed deps and hidden dirs found during the walk, but honor a // hidden dir the caller passed explicitly (e.g. .impeccable/mocks). if (!isRoot && (base === 'node_modules' || base.startsWith('.'))) return; for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(p)) walk(`${p.replace(/\/+$/, '')}/${entry}`, false); } else if (RASTER.test(p)) { rasters.push(p); } }; for (const target of targets) { if (!fs.existsSync(target)) { console.error(`embed-prompt: no such path ${target}`); process.exit(1); } walk(target, true); } let missing = 0; for (const raster of rasters) { if (readPrompt(raster) == null) { console.log(`MISSING: ${raster}`); missing++; } } console.log(`SCAN: ${rasters.length} raster${rasters.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}, ${missing} missing`); process.exit(missing > 0 ? 3 : 0); } if (!file || !fs.existsSync(file)) { console.error('embed-prompt: image file required'); process.exit(1); } const buf = fs.readFileSync(file); const type = imageType(buf); const crcTable = (() => { const t = new Uint32Array(256); for (let n = 0; n < 256; n++) { let c = n; for (let k = 0; k < 8; k++) c = c & 1 ? 0xedb88320 ^ (c >>> 1) : c >>> 1; t[n] = c >>> 0; } return t; })(); const crc32 = (data) => { let c = 0xffffffff; for (const b of data) c = crcTable[(c ^ b) & 0xff] ^ (c >>> 8); return (c ^ 0xffffffff) >>> 0; }; function pngChunk(type, data) { const out = Buffer.alloc(12 + data.length); out.writeUInt32BE(data.length, 0); out.write(type, 4, 'ascii'); data.copy(out, 8); out.writeUInt32BE(crc32(Buffer.concat([Buffer.from(type, 'ascii'), data])), 8 + data.length); return out; } function parsePng(buffer) { const chunks = []; let prompt = null; let offset = 8; while (offset + 12 <= buffer.length) { const length = buffer.readUInt32BE(offset); const type = buffer.toString('ascii', offset + 4, offset + 8); const data = buffer.subarray(offset + 8, offset + 8 + length); const nul = data.indexOf(0); const promptChunk = (type === 'tEXt' || type === 'zTXt') && nul !== -1 && data.toString('latin1', 0, nul) === KEYWORD; if (prompt == null && promptChunk) { prompt = type === 'tEXt' ? data.toString('utf8', nul + 1) : zlib.inflateSync(data.subarray(nul + 2)).toString('utf8'); } chunks.push({ offset, type, promptChunk, bytes: buffer.subarray(offset, offset + 12 + length) }); offset += 12 + length; } return { chunks, prompt }; } function readJpegCom(b) { let off = 2; while (off + 4 <= b.length && b[off] === 0xff) { const marker = b[off + 1]; if (marker === 0xda) break; // start of scan: no more segments const len = b.readUInt16BE(off + 2); if (marker === 0xfe) { const text = b.toString('utf8', off + 4, off + 2 + len); if (text.startsWith(KEYWORD + '\0')) return text.slice(KEYWORD.length + 1); } off += 2 + len; } return null; } const sidecar = `${file}.json`; if (args.includes('--read')) { const prompt = readPrompt(file, buf); if (prompt == null) { console.error('embed-prompt: no embedded prompt found'); process.exit(2); } console.log(prompt); process.exit(0); } const promptFile = argOf('--prompt-file'); const prompt = argOf('--prompt') ?? (promptFile ? fs.readFileSync(promptFile, 'utf8') : null); if (!prompt) { console.error('embed-prompt: --prompt or --prompt-file required'); process.exit(1); } if (type === 'png') { // Insert (or replace) our tEXt chunk immediately before IEND. const { chunks, prompt: existingPrompt } = parsePng(buf); const iend = chunks.find((chunk) => chunk.type === 'IEND')?.offset ?? -1; if (iend < 8) { console.error('embed-prompt: malformed PNG'); process.exit(1); } // Drop any existing chunk with our keyword to keep embedding idempotent. const replacing = existingPrompt != null; const body = replacing ? Buffer.concat(chunks .filter((chunk) => chunk.offset < iend && !chunk.promptChunk) .map((chunk) => chunk.bytes)) : buf.subarray(8, iend); const promptChunk = pngChunk('tEXt', Buffer.concat([Buffer.from(KEYWORD, 'latin1'), Buffer.from([0]), Buffer.from(prompt, 'utf8')])); const end = replacing ? pngChunk('IEND', Buffer.alloc(0)) : buf.subarray(iend); fs.writeFileSync(file, Buffer.concat([buf.subarray(0, 8), body, promptChunk, end])); console.log(`EMBEDDED: ${file} (png tEXt, ${prompt.length} chars)`); } else if (type === 'jpeg') { const seg = Buffer.from(`${KEYWORD}\0${prompt}`, 'utf8'); if (seg.length + 2 > 0xffff) { console.error('embed-prompt: prompt too long for a JPEG segment'); process.exit(1); } const com = Buffer.alloc(4 + seg.length); com[0] = 0xff; com[1] = 0xfe; com.writeUInt16BE(seg.length + 2, 2); seg.copy(com, 4); fs.writeFileSync(file, Buffer.concat([buf.subarray(0, 2), com, buf.subarray(2)])); console.log(`EMBEDDED: ${file} (jpeg COM, ${prompt.length} chars)`); } else { fs.writeFileSync(sidecar, JSON.stringify({ prompt, createdAt: new Date().toISOString() }, null, 2)); console.log(`EMBEDDED: ${sidecar} (sidecar fallback for this format)`); }