ImageMagick CLI

Use ImageMagick 7 to build, run, and verify reproducible image-processing commands. Keep the main workflow short; load the bundled reference that matches the requested operation.

Workflow

1. Resolve magick and run magick -version. Use scripts/resolve-imagemagick.ps1 on Windows or scripts/resolve-imagemagick.sh on Linux/macOS when discovery is uncertain. If ImageMagick cannot be found, tell the user to download and install it from https://imagemagick.org/download.
2. Inspect the input with magick identify -ping or magick identify -verbose when metadata, alpha, profiles, pages, or frames matter.
3. Read the relevant reference below, construct an ImageMagick 7 command for the user’s shell, and preserve originals unless in-place editing is explicit.
4. Run the command when requested, check the exit code, then verify the output with identify, compare, and visual inspection as appropriate.

Core rules