Digital Product Builder

Digital Product Builder

Build and ship digital products for Gumroad, itch.io, and DriveThruRPG without spending money on image generators or expensive AI models.

Stack: Python Pillow for images ($0) + Groq for copy (~$0.01/product) + Claude main session for orchestration only.

Quick Start

# Check Pillow
python3 -c "from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont; print('Pillow ready')" 2>/dev/null || echo "Not installed"
Install if missing (try each until one works)
pip3 install Pillow
or: pip install Pillow
or: python3 -m pip install Pillow

Image Generation — Pillow

Never use the browser tool for image generation. Pillow is faster, crash-free, and requires no login or external service.

Find available fonts (run this first)

import os
font_dirs = [
    '/usr/share/fonts',                          # Linux
    '/System/Library/Fonts',                     # macOS
    'C:/Windows/Fonts',                          # Windows
    os.path.expanduser('~/.fonts'),
]
fonts = []
for d in font_dirs:
    if os.path.exists(d):
        for root, _, files in os.walk(d):
            for f in files:
                if f.endswith(('.ttf', '.otf')):
                    fonts.append(os.path.join(root, f))
print('\n'.join(fonts[:20]))

Common font paths (Ubuntu/Debian)

/usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationSerif-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationSans-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf

Common font paths (macOS)

/System/Library/Fonts/Helvetica.ttc
/System/Library/Fonts/Georgia.ttf
/Library/Fonts/Arial.ttf

Safe fallback (always works, no font file needed)

font = ImageFont.load_default()  # basic but guaranteed

Platform cover sizes

Cover image boilerplate

from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
import os
W, H = 630, 500
SERIF_BOLD = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationSerif-Bold.ttf"
img  = Image.new("RGB", (W, H), (20, 20, 40))
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
font = ImageFont.truetype(SERIF_BOLD, 36)
gold = (201, 168, 76)
Border
draw.rectangle([10,10,W-10,H-10], outline=gold, width=4)
Centered title
b = draw.textbbox((0,0), "Your Title", font=font)
draw.text(((W-(b[2]-b[0]))//2, (H-(b[3]-b[1]))//2), "Your Title",
          fill=gold, font=font)
img.save("/path/to/output.png", "PNG", optimize=True)
print(f"Saved ({os.path.getsize('/path/to/output.png')//1024}KB)")

Radial gradient (dark-to-light effect)

def lerp(a, b, t):
    return tuple(int(a[i] + (b[i]-a[i])*t) for i in range(3))
center = (230, 180, 80)   # bright centre
edge   = (60,  30,  10)   # dark edge
for step in range(30, 0, -1):
    t  = step / 30
    c  = lerp(center, edge, t)
    r  = int(radius * step / 30)
    draw.ellipse([cx-r, cy-r, cx+r, cy+r], fill=c)

RGBA transparency (for compositing)

img  = Image.new("RGBA", (W, H), (20, 20, 40, 255))
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img, "RGBA")
... draw with alpha ...
Flatten to RGB before saving PNG
bg = Image.new("RGB", (W, H), (20, 20, 40))
bg.paste(img, mask=img.split()[3])
bg.save(out_path, "PNG")

ZIP bundle

import zipfile
with zipfile.ZipFile("product.zip", "w", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as z:
    z.writestr("README.txt", readme_text)
    for fp in file_list:
        z.write(fp, f"subfolder/{os.path.basename(fp)}")

Copy Generation — Groq

API key location: Store your Groq API key in ~/.openclaw/workspace/dashboard/.env as GROQ_API_KEY=your_key_here

Node.js call pattern

const https = require('https');
const GROQ_KEY = process.env.GROQ_API_KEY;
const body = JSON.stringify({
  model: "llama-3.3-70b-versatile",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: YOUR_PROMPT }],
  max_tokens: 600,
  temperature: 0.7
});
const req = https.request({
  hostname: 'api.groq.com',
  path: '/openai/v1/chat/completions',
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': Bearer ${GROQ_KEY},
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(body)
  }
}, res => {
  let d = '';
  res.on('data', c => d += c);
  res.on('end', () => console.log(JSON.parse(d).choices[0].message.content));
});
req.write(body);
req.end();

Listing copy prompt template

Write a product listing for [PLATFORM]. Plain language. No em dashes.
No filler phrases ("elevate," "perfect for," "streamline your workflow").
Product: [NAME]
What it is: [DESCRIPTION]
Price: [PRICE]
Format: [FILE FORMAT]
Write: title (under 60 chars), tagline (1 sentence), description
(3 short paragraphs), what's included (5 items max), 5 search tags.

De-AI-ify checklist (always run before saving copy)

Platform Playbooks

itch.io

Gumroad

DriveThruRPG

Common Blockers & Fixes

| Blocker | Fix | |---------|-----| | Bing Image Creator requires MS account | Use Pillow — no external services needed | | ideogram.ai / external generators blocked by Cloudflare | Use Pillow | | Browser crashes during canvas rendering | Don't use browser for images. Pillow only. | | Can't save canvas to file from browser JS | Pillow writes directly to disk | | file:// URLs blocked in browser tool | Serve via python3 -m http.server PORT | | Gumroad editor blocks automation | Paste listing copy manually | | require is not defined in browser evaluate | Use exec + node script instead | | itch.io "invalid token" on email verify | Safe to ignore if account is already live |

Cost Per Product

| Item | Tool | Cost | |------|------|------| | Cover image | Pillow | $0 | | Asset sheets / bundles | Pillow | $0 | | Product listing copy | Groq llama-3.3-70b | ~$0.01 | | Orchestration | Claude main session | minimal | | Total per product | | < $0.05 |

No sub-agents needed. Do everything inline in the main session.

Example Products Built With This Skill

# Check Pillow
python3 -c "from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont; print('Pillow ready')" 2>/dev/null || echo "Not installed"
Install if missing (try each until one works)
pip3 install Pillow
or: pip install Pillow
or: python3 -m pip install Pillow