
Coloring Book Maker — Local Kit (Download)
Coloring Book Maker
What you're buying: a download package (skill instructions + a Python script) that runs on your own computer inside your own AI agent — it is not a cloud service.
You need: an AI agent that supports skills (e.g. Claude Code or Codex) — its subscription or API costs are yours; Python 3.9+ withpillowandnumpy; internet connection.
Third-party services: Pollinations.ai line-art images (free tier: about 1 image per 45 s; optional paid key for speed and quality). Only the English page descriptions are sent — no personal data.
Name a theme, get a print-ready coloring book. For Amazon KDP low-content books, Etsy printables, or printing at home for your kids.
What you get
- 📕 Interior PDF: 300 DPI pure black-and-white — title page → (blank back) → "This book belongs to" page → each coloring page followed by a blank back → closing page; total pages padded to an even number
- 📐 Sizes: US Letter 8.5×11 in (most common on KDP) or A4; optional KDP bleed (8.625×11.25 in); changing size needs no new images
- 🖼️ Preview sheet to check every page at a glance
- 🧾 KDP and printable-shop notes: page count, bleed, separate cover, AI-content disclosure
Example
Dino Friends, a 4-page kids' book (ages 3–6), US Letter, single-sided: a 14-page PDF with title page, "belongs to" page, 4 coloring pages each with a caption ("Lunch time!") and page number, and a "Great job, little artist!" ending. Line coverage per page was measured at 15.9% / 4.8% / 9.0% / 16.4% (kids' target 3–22%). One draft page came out too busy, was flagged "too dark" automatically, and only that page was regenerated. A4 and bleed versions were rebuilt in seconds without new images.
The 4 coloring pages:
The whole interior PDF — title, "belongs to" page, coloring pages with captions, ending page:
Try it — copy a prompt
- "Make a 20-page ocean-animals coloring book for ages 4–6, US Letter, with KDP bleed."
- "Create a 12-page adult mandala coloring book in A4 for an Etsy printable."
Why buy it
One payment, as many books as you like — no monthly subscription for a coloring-page generator.
Who it's for
Amazon KDP low-content publishers, Etsy printable sellers, parents, teachers and activity-book makers.
Features
- Line-art clean-up: AI images often contain grey shading that prints as solid black. Adaptive thresholding turns shading into colourable outlines, removes specks and hollows out solid black blobs
- Automatic quality check per page: measures line coverage; pages that are too dark, too empty or touch the edge are regenerated (up to 3 tries, best one kept)
- Two modes: kids (thick lines, big shapes, age-tuned) and adult relaxation (mandalas, zentangle patterns)
- Caching: change the title, captions or size and the PDF rebuilds in seconds; only edited pages are regenerated
How it works
- Tell your agent the theme, age group and page count.
- The agent plans each page for that age (varied compositions, no repeats) for you to approve.
- The script generates, cleans, checks and lays out the PDF.
- The agent reviews every page and redoes any bad ones before delivery.
Requirements
- Python 3.9+
pip install -U pillow numpy- Internet connection
Speed
- Free image tier: about 1 image per 45 s, so a 20-page book takes 15–25 minutes (resumable)
- Faster: get a key at enter.pollinations.ai and set it as the
POLLINATIONS_KEYenvironment variable
Limitations (please read)
- AI-generated content: line art is generated by AI and cleaned by the script. Most pages are usable as-is; some need one regeneration, and odd details (an extra toe, merged lines) can appear.
- On the free tier the image model doesn't always follow "line art" instructions; the clean-up helps, but detail is below hand-drawn quality. A key gives better results.
- Interior pages only — no KDP cover (cover width depends on final page count; use KDP's cover calculator).
- No copyrighted characters (Disney, Pokémon, etc.) and no imitation of their styles.
- KDP requires you to disclose AI-generated content; platform rules change, so check them yourself.
- No guarantee of sales or approval.
Files
SKILL.md— agent workflowscripts/make_coloring_book.py— generation, clean-up, checks, PDF layoutreferences/page-design.md— complexity by age and how to write page descriptionsreferences/kdp-notes.md— KDP and printable-shop notesreferences/themes.md— theme ideasreferences/example_kids_dino.json/example_adult_mandala.json— kids and adult examples


