canvas-design
Create beautiful visual art in PNG and PDF documents using design philosophy and aesthetic principles for posters, illustrations, and static pieces.
Install / Use
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill canvas-designInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
DesignSupported Platforms
Our assessment of canvas-design
canvas-design scores 84/100 on our quality scale, 182nd of 274 Design skills we index.
Its SKILL.md is 1.3 KB long, split into 5 sections with 1 code example: moderately detailed.
With 97,896 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated about 2 months ago, so canvas-design is actively maintained.
- Our last check on 2026-11-05 found the source still online.
- It is released under the Apache-2.0 license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
Safety scan
No issues foundOur scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful.
AI review by kimi-k2.7-code on 2026-09-25. Automated pattern scan on 2026-09-25. It catches known dangerous patterns, not every risk — read a skill before letting an agent act on it.
canvas-design compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than canvas-design; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| canvas-design (this skill)by nexu-io | 84 | 97.9k | 45d ago | SKILL.md |
| taste-skillby Leonxlnx | 100 | 112.0k | 1d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| Agent-Reachby Panniantong | 100 | 110.3k | 1d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| LocalAIby mudler | 100 | 50.3k | today | MCP Server |
| algorithmic-artby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 47d ago | SKILL.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install canvas-design?
- Run
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill canvas-design. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does canvas-design work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is canvas-design safe to use?
- Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful. It is Apache-2.0-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is canvas-design still maintained?
- The repository was last updated about 2 months ago, so canvas-design is actively maintained.
Skill content
View source on GitHubname: 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 OpenDesign 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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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.