# Qwen Image 2 — model skill for images & thumbnails

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Generate and edit images with Alibaba Qwen-Image 2.0: the fast model, or Pro for cleaner text rendering.

- **Type:** [Model](https://skills.varg.ai/models.md) · [Images & thumbnails](https://skills.varg.ai/browse/skills/image.md)
- **Slug:** `inference-sh-qwen-image-2`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** inference.sh (vendor, verified)
- **License:** MIT
- **Source:** https://github.com/inference-sh/skills/tree/main/tools/image/qwen-image-2
- **Works in:** Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI
- **Requires:** inference.sh account, belt CLI (`belt login`)
- **Cost:** Billed by inference.sh
- **Adoption:** 6 installs, 781 GitHub stars (skills.sh, 2026-10-26)

## What it does

Runs Alibaba's Qwen-Image 2.0 models through inference.sh for text-to-image and multi-image editing. It covers the fast base model and Qwen-Image 2.0 Pro for professional text rendering.

## Use when

- Images with readable text
- Multi-image edits with Qwen

## Install

- Claude Code: `npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill qwen-image-2 -a claude-code`
- Codex: `npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill qwen-image-2 -a codex`
- Cursor: `npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill qwen-image-2 -a cursor`
- Gemini CLI: `npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill qwen-image-2 -a gemini-cli`

**Models it drives:** qwen-image-2.0, qwen-image-2.0-pro

## Example output

https://skills.varg.ai/previews/inference-sh-qwen-image-2.webp — Official Qwen-Image-2.0 sample (Qwen's CDN, shown in inference.sh's Qwen-Image-2.0 guide): a photoreal street scene with shop signs and banners rendered as legible Chinese text (credit: Alibaba Qwen (Qwen-Image-2.0 launch sample), https://inference.sh/blog/guides/qwen-image-2-generation)

## More images & thumbnails skills

- [Higgsfield YouTube Thumbnail](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/higgsfield-youtube-thumbnail.md): Design truthful, high-CTR YouTube thumbnails and vertical covers with up to three consistent faces.
- [Slack GIF Creator](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/anthropic-slack-gif-creator.md): Make animated GIFs that pass Slack's limits: 128×128 emoji or 480×480 message GIFs, validated on export.
- [PixiJS GIFs](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/pixijs-gif.md): Load, play and control animated GIFs inside a PixiJS v8 scene.
- [AI Image Generation](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/inference-sh-ai-image-generation.md): Generate images with 50+ models from one CLI: GPT Image 2.5, FLUX, Gemini, Grok, Seedream, Reve and more.
- [Background Removal](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/inference-sh-background-removal.md): Cut subjects out of photos into clean transparent PNGs with BiRefNet.
- [FLUX Image](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/inference-sh-flux-image.md): Generate and restyle images with FLUX Dev LoRA and FLUX.2 Klein, including custom LoRA styles.

## Run the generation on varg

varg is one API key for the models these skills drive — Seedance 2.5, Kling 4, Veo 3.1, Wan 3, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, ElevenLabs v4 and 200+ more — billed in credits, with a cost estimate before anything runs.

- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg` (skill + hosted MCP)
- Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a <agent> -y`
- Claude.ai, ChatGPT, any MCP client: connect `https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp`
- API key: https://varg.ai/dashboard/api · Model specs: https://varg.ai/models/llms.txt