A prompt now produces a full sign: the LLM writes the design AND image prompts,
the server generates the images and composites them with the crisp text layer.
- lib/image-gen.js: text-to-image with 3 BYO/self-hostable backends, all behind
the SSRF guard: 'sdcpp' (local stable-diffusion.cpp OpenAI-compatible server,
exact small sizes that fit VRAM), 'openai' (cloud / OpenAI-compatible, snapped
sizes), 'comfyui' (prompt/history/view API).
- ai.js: prompt asks for a background_prompt (preferred — full-bleed atmosphere)
and an optional foreground image element; after the design is normalized, the
bg + fg images are generated best-effort (a failed image never fails the sign)
and returned as data URLs. New image_* settings (provider/base_url/model),
image_provider whitelist, schema column + migration.
- designer.js: AI-images section in settings; generate applies the background
image; publish bakes the background image into the HTML so it survives.
- server.js: raise JSON body limit to 12mb for embedded image data URLs.
Verified end-to-end on local Vulkan SDXL (RTX 5090): prompt -> bg+fg images on
the canvas -> publish creates a widget with the images embedded. 63/63.
Note: prod (not self-hosted) requires a PUBLIC image endpoint (e.g. OpenAI); the
SSRF guard blocks localhost there. Follow-up: upload generated images to the
content store and reference by URL to avoid multi-MB widget configs.