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Canvas Design

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An official Anthropic skill that first authors a design philosophy, then executes it as a museum-grade poster or art piece in PDF/PNG.

Design & UIIntermediate★ 177,650⑂ 21,037AI score 8/10Last updated: Sep 22, 2026

What it does

  • Turns a short prompt into a design-philosophy manifesto saved as a .md file: a 1–2 word movement name plus 4–6 paragraphs on space, color, scale, rhythm, composition and visual hierarchy.
  • Then renders that philosophy as a single-page, highly visual artifact in .pdf or .png, keeping text minimal (~10%) so form, color and negative space carry the message.
  • Embeds the requested subject as a subtle conceptual reference rather than literal illustration — insiders catch it, everyone else sees a strong abstract composition.
  • Runs a mandatory second refinement pass that forbids adding new graphics and only tightens what already exists.
  • On request, extends into multi-page sequences that read like a coffee-table book of variations.

Who it's for

  • Marketers and event organizers needing posters, album covers, or brand mood boards
  • Anyone who wants striking cover/section pages for decks and reports
  • Small teams without a designer who need visual assets fast
  • Fans of abstract art, systematic graphics, and Swiss-style typography

Example uses

  1. "Make a poster for a jazz night" → a 'Chromatic Silence'-style philosophy file plus an A3 poster PDF
  2. "Three mood pages for my ceramics studio" → a 3-page PDF of variations on one visual language
  3. "An art print PNG about fading memory" → a diagram-like abstract piece built from repeated marks and clinical micro-labels

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

Paste this into Claude to use the skill without installing anything.

Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/HEAD/skills/canvas-design/SKILL.md

What I want: (describe your task here)

If Claude can't open the link, open it yourself and paste the contents instead.

↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
↓ Download ZIP
Install in Claude Code

Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code

Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the skills/canvas-design folder from the GitHub repo anthropics/skills into my ~/.claude/skills/canvas-design/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/anthropics/skills.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r skills/skills/canvas-design ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the skills repository: git clone https://github.com/anthropics/skills.git
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy just this skill: cp -r skills/skills/canvas-design ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Verify ~/.claude/skills/canvas-design/SKILL.md exists, along with any bundled folders such as canvas-fonts.
  6. Restart Claude Code and ask something like "Create a poster about ..." — the skill triggers automatically.
  7. Because PDF/PNG rendering requires code execution (e.g. Python), run it from a directory where Claude can write files.
View source on GitHub ↗