canvas-design
nexu-io/open-design
Create beautiful visual art in PNG and PDF using design principles for posters and illustrations.
What is canvas-design?
This skill enables agents to generate visual art in PNG and PDF formats using design philosophy and aesthetic principles. Use it when you need to create posters, illustrations, and other static visual pieces with professional design quality.
- Generate PNG and PDF visual art files
- Apply design philosophy and aesthetic principles
- Create posters and illustrations
- Produce static visual pieces with professional quality
How to install canvas-design
npx skills add https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design --skill canvas-designHow to use canvas-design
- 1.Install the skill using the provided npm command
- 2.Invoke the skill by name 'canvas-design' or use trigger phrases like 'canvas design', 'visual art', 'poster design', or 'illustration'
- 3.Describe the visual art you want to create, including style, composition, and aesthetic preferences
- 4.The agent will generate PNG or PDF output based on your specifications
Use cases
- Design marketing posters with visual impact
- Create illustrated artwork for publications
- Generate promotional graphics in PDF format
- Produce artistic illustrations for presentations
- Design visual assets for branding materials
- Designers and creative professionals
- Marketing and communications teams
- Content creators and illustrators
- Product teams needing visual assets
- Anyone creating visual marketing materials
canvas-design FAQ
The skill generates visual art in PNG and PDF document formats.
You can create posters, illustrations, and other static visual pieces using design philosophy and aesthetic principles.
Invoke it by name 'canvas-design' or use trigger phrases like 'canvas design', 'visual art', 'poster design', 'create poster', or 'illustration'.
Yes, this skill is curated from Anthropic's official skills repository.
Full instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from nexu-io/open-design.
name: canvas-design description: | Create beautiful visual art in PNG and PDF documents using design philosophy and aesthetic principles for posters, illustrations, and static pieces. triggers:
- "canvas design"
- "visual art"
- "poster design"
- "create poster"
- "illustration"
- "海报"
- "插画" od: mode: image category: image-generation upstream: "https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/canvas-design"
canvas-design
Curated from Anthropic's official skills repository.
What it does
Create beautiful visual art in PNG and PDF documents using design philosophy and aesthetic principles for posters, illustrations, and static pieces.
Source
- Upstream: https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/canvas-design
- Category:
image-generation
How to use
This catalogue entry advertises the skill in Open Design so the agent discovers it during planning. To run the full upstream workflow with its original assets, scripts, and references, install the upstream bundle into your active agent's skills directory:
# Inspect the upstream README for exact paths
open https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/canvas-design
Then ask the agent to invoke this skill by name (canvas-design) or with
one of the trigger phrases listed in this skill's frontmatter.
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