AI Agent Skills Guide: Creative, Marketing, Design, Research, and Viral Workflows
Updated on August 13, 2026
An AI creative agent turns an idea into usable assets in one conversation. It is built for people who need more than a single answer: creators, marketers, designers, ecommerce teams, researchers, freelancers, and small teams that want copy, images, videos, presentations, web pages, and analysis to stay connected.
The important idea is simple: instead of switching between many tools, you start a task, choose a skill when needed, attach assets, and let the agent help plan, generate, revise, and organize the output. This guide explains what An AI creative agent can do, how Skills work, and which practical workflows are worth trying first.
Quick answer: use New Task when you want to describe a goal from scratch, use Skills when you want a more structured workflow, use Assets when you need the agent to work with files or references, and use Design/Inspiration when you want to start from examples. The best prompts include the goal, audience, format, references, constraints, and final deliverable.
What an AI Creative Agent Can Create
A strong AI creative agent is useful for creative production, design, and marketing work. It can help turn a rough idea into social copy, visuals, marketing videos, presentations, web pages, product design directions, ecommerce assets, research summaries, and structured analysis.
| Need | What an AI creative agent Helps With | Example Output |
| Social content | Plan hooks, captions, post ideas, visuals, and short video concepts. | An X post with comics, Instagram carousel, TikTok script. |
| Brand marketing | Turn a campaign brief into angles, copy, visuals, and landing page sections. | Ad concepts, headlines, CTA options, campaign kit. |
| Design work | Explore visual styles, product design ideas, UI directions, and web page structures. | Design moodboard, UI copy, product page outline. |
| Video creation | Use cinematic or structured skills to plan short films, ads, and shot lists. | Jewelry advertising vlog, Wong Kar-wai-style short, Zhang Yimou-inspired cinema. |
| Research | Search, organize, verify, visualize, or review academic and business information. | Paper lookup, chart, manuscript review, scientific figure. |
| Viral analysis | Break down hooks, emotions, narrative structures, and copy formulas. | Headline patterns, reusable story template, viral content diagnosis. |
New Task: Start from a Goal
New Task is the fastest way to use an AI creative agent. You describe what you want, and the agent helps turn it into a plan and output. This works best when your request includes context. A short prompt like "make a campaign" is too broad. A better prompt explains who the audience is, what you are promoting, where it will be published, and what final assets you need.
Prompt template: "I want to create [asset type] for [audience] about [topic/product]. The goal is [conversion or communication goal]. Use [tone/style]. Deliver [exact format], and include [constraints or references]."
For example, if you want to promote a product, ask for the angle, image direction, ad copy, landing page section, and test variations in one task. If you want content, ask for hooks, a first draft, visual ideas, and platform-specific versions.
Skills: Use a Structured Workflow
Skills are useful when you do not want to design the workflow yourself. A skill gives the agent a more specific role, method, or output structure. On an AI creative agent, skills cover creative video, design, research, scientific visuals, viral analysis, copy formulas, narrative templates, and more.
| Skill Type | Use It When | What to Give It |
| Creative video skills | You need a cinematic short, product ad, visual story, or shot list. | Story idea, duration, style, aspect ratio, product or reference. |
| Design skills | You need visual concepts, web page ideas, UI direction, or product design inspiration. | Brand, target user, style references, output format. |
| Research skills | You need to search, verify, organize, or review information. | Question, source type, inclusion rules, expected output. |
| Chart and figure skills | You need data turned into a readable figure or presentation visual. | Data table, chart goal, audience, export requirement. |
| Viral analysis skills | You want to understand why a post, video, or headline worked. | Content link or description, platform, target audience, what you want to reuse. |
| Copy formula skills | You need headlines, hooks, scripts, or repeatable copy patterns. | Example, product, audience, tone, number of variations. |
Skill Examples You Can Try
The Skills area includes examples such as cinematic short-film styles, advertising vlog formats, research helpers, and viral analysis tools. The point is not to memorize every skill name. The point is to match the skill to the task type.
| Visible Skill / Case | Best For | How to Use It |
| Wong Kar-wai-Style Short | Mood-driven short films, cinematic storytelling, emotional video concepts. | Give a story moment, location, emotion, duration, and visual constraints. |
| Jewelry Advertising Vlog | Luxury product videos, product detail shots, structured ad sequences. | Give product reference, brand tone, shot count, aspect ratio, and details to preserve. |
| Zhang Yimou-Inspired Cinema | Chinese-inspired cinematic scenes, bold color, ceremonial composition. | Give story setting, visual palette, movement, and scene scale. |
| Chart Creator | Turning data into charts for reports or papers. | Give the data, chart purpose, labels, and export needs. |
| Academic Search | Building a research corpus or finding gaps. | Give the topic, inclusion rules, date range, and output format. |
| Paper Lookup | Resolving incomplete citations and metadata. | Give partial citation clues and ask it to preserve uncertainty. |
| Manuscript Review | Improving argument flow and academic clarity. | Give the section, target journal style, and claim boundaries. |
| Scientific Data Visualization | Publication-ready figures with statistics. | Give raw data, comparison goal, and visual constraints. |
| Emotion Trigger Analyzer | Understanding why content makes people react. | Give a post or video and ask for the strongest emotional triggers. |
| Copy Formula Analyzer | Extracting headline or hook patterns. | Give an example headline and your own product or topic. |
| Narrative Template Extractor | Turning a viral story into a reusable structure. | Give the case and ask for a repeatable story template. |
| Hook Analyzer | Improving titles, openings, and click intent. | Give a headline or opening and ask what makes it clickable. |
Assets: Give the Agent Better Context
Assets are important when the task depends on real files or references. You can use assets such as product images, brand examples, source documents, screenshots, datasets, style references, or drafts. The more concrete the asset, the less the agent has to guess.
For product and design tasks, attach a reference image and say what should stay unchanged. For research tasks, attach the paper, notes, or table. For marketing tasks, attach the brand brief, current page, or old ad examples. Then ask the agent to work from those materials instead of inventing from scratch.
Asset prompt: "Use the attached assets as the source of truth. Keep factual details accurate. Do not invent product features. If something is unclear, mark it as an assumption before writing the final output."
Design and Inspiration: Start from Examples
The Design or Inspiration area is useful when you know the type of result you want but do not yet know how to prompt it. Browse examples, choose a style or workflow, then adapt the default prompt to your own product, audience, or story.
A strong way to use examples is to keep the structure but replace the subject. For example, a jewelry advertising vlog structure can become a skincare product launch video if you keep the shot logic: unboxing, texture close-up, use scene, detail shot, lifestyle moment, final product hero.
Practical Workflows
| Workflow | Steps | Useful Skills |
| Social post with visuals | Start with audience and topic, ask for hook, copy, visual direction, and platform versions. | Copy Formula Analyzer, Hook Analyzer, Design examples. |
| Product campaign kit | Give product brief, ask for angles, ad copy, image direction, landing section, and test variants. | Creative agent workflow, product/design skills. |
| Short product video | Give product, style, duration, aspect ratio, and required scenes. | Jewelry Advertising Vlog, cinematic video skills. |
| Research-to-content | Ask the agent to collect or organize sources, summarize findings, then turn them into a post or article. | Academic Search, Paper Lookup, Manuscript Review. |
| Data-to-visual | Attach data, define the story, ask for chart and caption. | Chart Creator, Scientific Data Visualization. |
| Viral breakdown | Give a viral case, ask for hook, emotion, structure, and reusable patterns. | Emotion Trigger Analyzer, Narrative Template Extractor, Viral Content Analysis Expert. |
Prompting Tips for Better Results
- Define the deliverable: article, landing page, chart, storyboard, video script, carousel, prompt pack, or campaign plan.
- Name the audience: a beginner, ecommerce seller, designer, marketer, researcher, investor, or social creator.
- Add constraints: length, language, tone, aspect ratio, brand rules, file format, or what must not be changed.
- Ask for stages: plan first, draft second, revise third. This helps prevent messy output.
- Use assets: product images, screenshots, links, briefs, datasets, and examples reduce generic answers.
- Request variants: ask for controlled variations instead of random options.
Common Mistakes
The first mistake is asking for everything at once without saying what the final output should be. The second is choosing a skill only because it looks interesting, rather than because it matches the task. The third is not giving references, which forces the agent to guess. The fourth is accepting the first answer instead of asking for revision, format cleanup, or stronger examples.
A better workflow is to start narrow: one goal, one audience, one format, and one standard for success. Then use Skills and Assets to make the output more specific.
How to Use This with iMini Agent
If you want to try this workflow in one place, use iMini Agent to start a task, choose Skills, attach Assets, and turn the result into copy, visuals, videos, pages, or research outputs.
FAQ
What is an AI creative agent?
an AI creative agent is an AI creative and design agent that helps create copy, images, videos, presentations, web pages, research outputs, and marketing assets in one conversation.
What are AI Agent Skills?
Skills are structured workflows or expert modes for specific tasks, such as creative video, chart creation, academic search, manuscript review, hook analysis, and viral content analysis.
When should I use New Task instead of a Skill?
Use New Task when your goal is unique or broad. Use a Skill when the task matches a known workflow and you want a more structured result.
Can an AI creative agent work with files or references?
Yes. Use Assets when the task depends on product images, documents, screenshots, datasets, drafts, or brand references.
Who is an AI creative agent for?
It is useful for creators, marketers, designers, ecommerce teams, freelancers, researchers, and small teams that need finished creative assets, not just isolated answers.