Snippets

Snippets is where reusable prompt language and visual templates live. Write a piece of prompt text once — a lighting setup, a color palette, a camera look — and drop it into any generation with an @ token instead of retyping it. Snippets also covers extracting that kind of language directly from an existing image or video.

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What you can save

Snippets are organized by category for @ search in Create and Gallery:

• General — reusable prompt text, notes, negative fragments
• Style — art direction, rendering, brand treatment
• Lighting — setups, mood, time of day
• Camera — lens, body, depth of field
• Framing — composition, crop, angle
• Colors — palettes and color language
• Template — structured visual prompt builders with fields
• Plus other categories the product exposes (characters, expression, pose, environment, products, outfit, motion, FX, …)

Snippets can include a title, body text, thumbnail / source media, project, author, and versions. Cards can show linked media, key-asset status, and video scrub previews.

Extract from media

From Snippets you can generate snippet content from an image or video (prompt-style text, style notes, color palettes, and related focuses). Extract, edit, categorize, version, and reuse everything via @ tokens in Create and Gallery search.

Using Snippets in Create

Anywhere the prompt editor supports tokens, type @ to search your snippets. Choose a snippet and Hylope inserts a friendly colored token instead of forcing you to paste the full text manually.

When you generate, Hylope resolves those tokens into the final prompt and keeps the snippet reference in the asset metadata. This makes prompts easier to scan while keeping the full source reusable.

Gallery search also supports snippet tokens. Type @ in Gallery search to filter for assets that used a saved snippet or visual template.

Snippet versions

When a snippet’s text changes over time, Hylope keeps each version so older prompt systems remain understandable. You can review previous versions and make an older one active again.

Visual templates

Template snippets are reusable JSON prompt builders. A template defines:

• Title and description — what the template is for
• Author/source — optional attribution fields
• Blocks — editable fields such as text, images, select menus, colors, palettes, toggles, and numbers
• Prompt template — the final prompt with @field_id placeholders
• Poster image — an optional preview image for the template browser and lightbox

Templates are best for repeatable creative formats, such as poster systems, product shot formulas, editorial layouts, or campaign-specific image directions.

Create a template

1. Open Snippets and start a template

   Click New snippet, then choose the Template category.

2. Add the basics

   Add a title, description, author, and optional source link.

3. Add fields

   Add fields in the builder, or switch to JSON and paste a Hylope template JSON file. Drag a field by its handle to reorder the list, or focus the handle and use the arrow keys.

4. Write the prompt template

   Use field tokens like @subject, @location, or @accent_color.

5. Save

   Save the snippet.

Field types

Use field types to make templates easier to fill:

In an Options field, type a choice and press Enter to turn it into a chip; Backspace in the empty input takes the last chip back for editing, and pasting a comma- or line-separated list adds one chip per value. A Snippet field scoped to Colors accepts a color snippet, so its solid color, palette, or gradient resolves into the prompt like any other snippet.

Tip: if a text field already contains comma-separated options, changing it to Options can turn those values into choices automatically.

Template posters

Template posters are previews, not free background generation jobs.

For a new template, use Generate image from the empty poster area to open Image Gen with the template pre-applied. After you create a good representative image, open it in the lightbox and use it as the template poster. You can also upload a custom poster from the template editor.

When you edit an existing template, save a new version if the prompt structure changes meaningfully. That keeps generated previews, poster choices, and older projects easier to trace.

Use a template in Image Gen

1. Open Create and select Image Gen

   Open Create, then select Image Gen.

2. Turn on Template

   Turn on Template in the right settings panel, then choose a saved template.

3. Fill the fields

   Click the template-controlled prompt bar to open the template prompt editor, and fill the fields — use @snippet tokens where useful.

4. Apply and generate

   Click Apply Prompt, then generate.

The prompt bar shows a shortened rendered prompt while the template is active. The original prompt text area is locked because the template fields are controlling the final prompt.

Good template practices

• Do not add aspect ratio as a template field. Use the Image Gen aspect-ratio setting instead.
• Keep field IDs short and readable, such as subject, main_text, or accent_palette.
• Use select fields for repeatable choices and text fields for user-specific details.
• Use color and palette fields instead of asking people to type hex values manually.
• Keep attribution when adapting a public template, and check the original license before sharing it in a workspace.