Show and tell: an open visual finishing layer for Gutenberg publishing

[yoldaolmak]

Hi Gutenberg contributors — I maintain Pictovap, an open-source visual finishing layer extracted from a real publisher workflow.

The pain is the last mile after an article is written: an editor still has to find a rights-appropriate image for each section, write alt text and captions, upload assets to the Media Library, and place Gutenberg blocks by hand. Pictovap turns that loop into a reviewable plan:

heading-aware visual brief → candidate fit score → provenance/license record → CMS placement → editor report

WordPress/Gutenberg is the first-class integration: Pictovap can read Gutenberg HTML, use the heading context to plan image slots, and emit CMS-agnostic placement instructions. The core stays adapter-based so the same workflow can serve other publishing systems.

The demo is credential-free and local:

pip install pictovap
pictovap demo

I would value feedback from people building Gutenberg publishing workflows: where would a reviewable image-placement plan fit best alongside the Media Library and block editor? This is a show-and-tell and a request for implementation feedback, not a request to change Gutenberg.

• Repository: https://github.com/yoldaolmak/Pictovap
• Framework guide: https://github.com/yoldaolmak/Pictovap/blob/main/docs/framework.md