Ship a WeChat article (Chinese-language)

WeChat 公众号 has its own content economy — different aesthetic norms, different pacing, different “cover image is critical” instinct than Western Substack. This pipeline targets that ecosystem specifically.

Step 1: Draft in a chosen voice

wechat-article-writer by 小帅同学 (xstongxue) ships with 9 writing styles: default, viral, listicle, resource roundup, hands-on review, contrarian, identity transformation, story/emotional, and deep essay. Pick one that matches your post.

Use wechat-article-writer to draft an article on "Why AI skills beat
AI prompts in 2026." Style: viral / high-flow. Target ~3500 chars.
Generate a cover and 4 body illustrations.

Step 2: Pre-render any diagrams

WeChat editor doesn’t render Mermaid. If your draft has architecture diagrams or flow charts, run mermaid-tools to turn them into PNGs that the WeChat editor will accept. 2x density matters here — phone screens are dense.

Step 3: Add per-section illustrations

document-illustrator, also by op7418, turns long-form into a series of illustrated cards. For WeChat, request 3:4 vertical format and the gradient-glass style — it photographs well in the WeChat preview thumbnail.

Use document-illustrator on my draft. Generate 5 cards plus a cover,
3:4 vertical, gradient-glass style.

Step 4: Strip AI tells with humanizer-zh

Chinese readers can spot AI text in three sentences: 首先 / 其次 / 综上所述, over-explained transitions, missing mid-sentence reversals, no personal hesitation. humanizer-zh by op7418 rewrites without losing meaning — varying sentence rhythm, swapping clichés, restoring voice.

This is the most important step for credibility. Skip it and your readership will subconsciously discount everything you wrote.

Use humanizer-zh on the article. Break up "首先...其次..." patterns.
Vary sentence rhythm. Add hesitation, mid-sentence pivots. Don't
change facts.

Variations

Listicle / 清单文 — step 1 with style “清单体 / 方法论”.
Resource roundup — step 1 with style “资源盘点”, longer (3000-6000 chars).
Personal essay — step 1 with style “深度随笔”, drop step 3.

What this pipeline doesn’t do

Video / shorts — use youtube-clipper for video-format adaptations.
Cover image only — if you only need the cover, use canvas-design directly, skip the article writer.

The full 4-skill stack ships an article that reads native-Chinese, has the diagrams baked in, has 5 cover-quality illustrations, and doesn’t trigger the AI-detection reflex in your reader.