Rewrite Noodle image prompts before review

catalog/catalog.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "schemaVersion": 1,
-  "generatedAt": "2026-08-09T21:51:52.012Z",
+  "generatedAt": "2026-08-10T10:41:12.734Z",
   "packages": [
     {
       "manifest": {
@@ -1057,13 +1057,13 @@
           },
           {
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           {
             "path": "noodle-klusek.png",
@@ -1090,8 +1090,8 @@
       "iconUrl": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Pasta-Devs/Marinara-Agents/main/artwork/agent-covers/noodle.png",
       "artifact": {
         "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Pasta-Devs/Marinara-Agents/main/artifacts/noodle-1.0.2.zip",
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       },
       "documentationUrl": "https://github.com/Pasta-Devs/Marinara-Agents/blob/main/packages/noodle/README.md"
     },

catalog/v2/catalog.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "schemaVersion": 1,
-  "generatedAt": "2026-08-09T21:51:52.012Z",
+  "generatedAt": "2026-08-10T10:41:12.734Z",
   "packages": [
     {
       "manifest": {
@@ -1057,13 +1057,13 @@
           },
           {
             "path": "server.mjs",
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           {
             "path": "client.js",
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           {
             "path": "noodle-klusek.png",
@@ -1090,8 +1090,8 @@
       "iconUrl": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Pasta-Devs/Marinara-Agents/main/artwork/agent-covers/noodle.png",
       "artifact": {
         "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Pasta-Devs/Marinara-Agents/main/artifacts/noodle-1.0.2.zip",
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       },
       "documentationUrl": "https://github.com/Pasta-Devs/Marinara-Agents/blob/main/packages/noodle/README.md"
     },

catalog/v3/catalog.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "schemaVersion": 1,
-  "generatedAt": "2026-08-09T21:51:52.012Z",
+  "generatedAt": "2026-08-10T10:41:12.734Z",
   "packages": [
     {
       "manifest": {
@@ -1057,13 +1057,13 @@
           },
           {
             "path": "server.mjs",
-            "sha256": "01f3e41a956ac795270a8389c62c515a780c5345e5a9e36e110be3d8eb6fa0bc",
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           {
             "path": "client.js",
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+            "sha256": "c1dfcb05055c3ffb3edff526984195ad213be0e1e702babec86ddf70b79fd255",
+            "bytes": 2475777
           },
           {
             "path": "noodle-klusek.png",
@@ -1090,8 +1090,8 @@
       "iconUrl": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Pasta-Devs/Marinara-Agents/main/artwork/agent-covers/noodle.png",
       "artifact": {
         "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Pasta-Devs/Marinara-Agents/main/artifacts/noodle-1.0.2.zip",
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+        "sha256": "889f39f8a2d87d990987ad0cd3339ce7024439ed8a6c37a419a25d04ac93e3e0",
+        "bytes": 1227900
       },
       "documentationUrl": "https://github.com/Pasta-Devs/Marinara-Agents/blob/main/packages/noodle/README.md"
     },

packages/noodle/manifest.json

@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "server.mjs",
-      "sha256": "01f3e41a956ac795270a8389c62c515a780c5345e5a9e36e110be3d8eb6fa0bc",
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     {
       "path": "client.js",
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-      "bytes": 2473078
+      "sha256": "c1dfcb05055c3ffb3edff526984195ad213be0e1e702babec86ddf70b79fd255",
+      "bytes": 2475777
     },
     {
       "path": "noodle-klusek.png",

packages/noodle/src/engine/packages/server/src/services/noodle/noodle-image-prompt-rewrite.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import type { DB } from "../../db/connection.js";
+import { logger } from "../../lib/logger.js";
+import { resolveBaseUrl } from "../generation/connection-base-url.js";
+import { resolveIllustratorPromptRuntime } from "../generation/illustrator-prompt-runtime.js";
+import { createConnectionsStorage } from "../storage/connections.storage.js";
+
+const MAX_REWRITTEN_PROMPT_LENGTH = 12_000;
+const MAX_INSTRUCTIONS_LENGTH = 5_000;
+
+function parseRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> {
+  if (value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)) {
+    return value as Record<string, unknown>;
+  }
+  if (typeof value !== "string") return {};
+  const text = value
+    .trim()
+    .replace(/^```(?:json)?\s*/iu, "")
+    .replace(/\s*```$/u, "");
+  const start = text.indexOf("{");
+  const end = text.lastIndexOf("}");
+  if (start < 0 || end <= start) return {};
+  try {
+    const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse(text.slice(start, end + 1));
+    return parsed && typeof parsed === "object" && !Array.isArray(parsed)
+      ? (parsed as Record<string, unknown>)
+      : {};
+  } catch {
+    return {};
+  }
+}
+
+export async function rewriteNoodleImagePrompt(input: {
+  db: DB;
+  prompt: string;
+  instructions: string;
+  characterContext?: string;
+}): Promise<string | null> {
+  const instructions = input.instructions.trim().replace(/\s+/g, " ").slice(0, MAX_INSTRUCTIONS_LENGTH);
+  const prompt = input.prompt.trim().slice(0, MAX_REWRITTEN_PROMPT_LENGTH);
+  if (!instructions || !prompt) return null;
+  const characterContext = input.characterContext?.trim().slice(0, 8_000) || "No additional character context was provided.";
+
+  try {
+    const connections = createConnectionsStorage(input.db);
+    const textConnection =
+      (await connections.getDefaultForAgents()) ??
+      (await connections.getFallbackForAgents());
+    if (!textConnection) return null;
+
+    const runtime = await resolveIllustratorPromptRuntime({
+      chatMetadata: {},
+      defaultConnection: textConnection,
+      defaultConnectionId: textConnection.id,
+      connections,
+      resolveBaseUrl,
+    });
+    const result = await runtime.provider.chatComplete(
+      [
+        {
+          role: "system",
+          content: [
+            "You are an image prompt editor.",
+            "Rewrite the supplied image prompt so it follows the user's image-backend instructions.",
+            "Preserve the original subject, identity, action, setting, and visual facts unless the instructions explicitly change them.",
+            "Use the character context to preserve appearance and personality, but do not add characters who are not in the original prompt.",
+            "Treat the user's instructions as guidance, not text to copy into the image prompt.",
+            "Return valid JSON only: {\"prompt\":\"provider-ready image prompt\"}.",
+          ].join("\n"),
+        },
+        {
+          role: "user",
+          content: [
+            "<original_image_prompt>",
+            prompt,
+            "</original_image_prompt>",
+            "<character_context>",
+            characterContext,
+            "</character_context>",
+            "<image_prompting_instructions>",
+            instructions,
+            "</image_prompting_instructions>",
+          ].join("\n"),
+        },
+      ],
+      {
+        model: runtime.model,
+        ...(runtime.suppressModelParameters ? {} : { temperature: 0.3, maxTokens: 2_048 }),
+        suppressModelParameters: runtime.suppressModelParameters,
+        enableCaching: runtime.enableCaching,
+        anthropicExtendedCacheTtl: runtime.anthropicExtendedCacheTtl,
+      },
+    );
+    const parsed = parseRecord(result.content);
+    const rewritten = typeof parsed.prompt === "string"
+      ? parsed.prompt.trim().slice(0, MAX_REWRITTEN_PROMPT_LENGTH)
+      : "";
+    return rewritten || null;
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.warn(error, "[noodle] Image prompt instruction rewrite failed; using the original prompt");
+    return null;
+  }
+}

packages/noodle/src/engine/packages/server/src/services/noodle/noodle-noodler-images.service.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { createConnectionsStorage } from "../storage/connections.storage.js";
 import { createPromptOverridesStorage } from "../storage/prompt-overrides.storage.js";
 import { loadPrompt, NOODLE_IMAGE_POST } from "../prompt-overrides/index.js";
 import { generateNoodleImageWithRetry } from "./noodle-image-retry.js";
+import { rewriteNoodleImagePrompt } from "./noodle-image-prompt-rewrite.js";
 import type { ConnectionAdmissionMode } from "../generation/connection-admission.js";
 import {
   characterAppearanceFromRow,
@@ -174,8 +175,29 @@ export async function generateNoodlerPostImage(input: {
     styleProfiles: imageSettings.styleProfiles,
     imageDefaults,
   });
-  const finalPrompt =
+  const rawFinalPrompt =
     input.promptOverride?.prompt.trim() || compiledPrompt.prompt;
+  const imagePromptInstructions = input.imageConnection.imagePromptInstructions?.trim();
+  const instructionLine = imagePromptInstructions
+    ? `User image instructions: ${imagePromptInstructions.replace(/\s+/g, " ").slice(0, 5000)}`
+    : "";
+  const characterContext = [
+    characterDescription ? `Appearance:\n${characterDescription}` : "",
+    characterPersonality ? `Personality:\n${characterPersonality}` : "",
+    characterImageInstructions ? `Character image preferences:\n${characterImageInstructions}` : "",
+  ].filter(Boolean).join("\n\n");
+  const rewrittenPrompt = imagePromptInstructions && !input.promptOverride
+    ? await rewriteNoodleImagePrompt({
+        db: input.db,
+        prompt: rawFinalPrompt,
+        instructions: imagePromptInstructions,
+        characterContext,
+      })
+    : null;
+  const finalPrompt = rewrittenPrompt ??
+    (instructionLine && !input.promptOverride && !rawFinalPrompt.includes(instructionLine)
+      ? `${rawFinalPrompt}\n${instructionLine}`
+      : rawFinalPrompt);
   const finalNegativePrompt = input.promptOverride
     ? input.promptOverride.negativePrompt?.trim() || undefined
     : compiledPrompt.negativePrompt || undefined;

packages/noodle/src/engine/packages/server/src/services/noodle/noodle-public-images.service.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { createNoodleStorage } from "../storage/noodle.storage.js";
 import { createPromptOverridesStorage } from "../storage/prompt-overrides.storage.js";
 import { loadPrompt, NOODLE_IMAGE_POST } from "../prompt-overrides/index.js";
 import { generateNoodleImageWithRetry } from "./noodle-image-retry.js";
+import { rewriteNoodleImagePrompt } from "./noodle-image-prompt-rewrite.js";
 import type { ConnectionAdmissionMode } from "../generation/connection-admission.js";
 import {
   bootstrapVisibleNoodle,
@@ -249,8 +250,29 @@ export async function generateNoodlePostImage(input: {
     styleProfiles: imageSettings.styleProfiles,
     imageDefaults,
   });
-  const finalPrompt =
+  const rawFinalPrompt =
     input.promptOverride?.prompt.trim() || compiledPrompt.prompt;
+  const imagePromptInstructions = input.imageConnection.imagePromptInstructions?.trim();
+  const instructionLine = imagePromptInstructions
+    ? `User image instructions: ${imagePromptInstructions.replace(/\s+/g, " ").slice(0, 5000)}`
+    : "";
+  const characterContext = [
+    characterDescription ? `Appearance:\n${characterDescription}` : "",
+    characterPersonality ? `Personality:\n${characterPersonality}` : "",
+    characterImageInstructions ? `Character image preferences:\n${characterImageInstructions}` : "",
+  ].filter(Boolean).join("\n\n");
+  const rewrittenPrompt = imagePromptInstructions && !input.promptOverride
+    ? await rewriteNoodleImagePrompt({
+        db: input.db,
+        prompt: rawFinalPrompt,
+        instructions: imagePromptInstructions,
+        characterContext,
+      })
+    : null;
+  const finalPrompt = rewrittenPrompt ??
+    (instructionLine && !input.promptOverride && !rawFinalPrompt.includes(instructionLine)
+      ? `${rawFinalPrompt}\n${instructionLine}`
+      : rawFinalPrompt);
   const finalNegativePrompt = input.promptOverride
     ? input.promptOverride.negativePrompt?.trim() || undefined
     : compiledPrompt.negativePrompt || undefined;

packages/noodle/src/engine/packages/server/src/services/prompt-overrides/registry/noodle.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const NOODLE_IMAGE_POST: PromptOverrideKeyDef<NoodleImagePostCtx> = {
   key: "noodle.imagePost",
   label: "Noodle Post Image",
   description:
-    "Template that assembles the final image-generation prompt. Everything this produces is sent to the image model verbatim — no LLM pass runs after it. The default sends the visual idea, appearance notes, and character image habits, without the post text or your Noodle image instructions (those are given to the timeline model instead).",
+    "Template that assembles the base image-generation prompt. When the selected image connection has image instructions, Marinara first tries to have an agent text model apply them; if rewriting is unavailable, it appends normalized instructions directly. The default sends the visual idea, appearance notes, and character image habits, without the post text or your Noodle image instructions (those are also given to the timeline model).",
   variables: [
     { name: "authorName", description: "Display name of the Noodle account posting.", example: "Dottore" },
     {