Algorithmic Art
Official skill for generating art as code — procedural patterns instead of image prompts.
Use it for
Posters, backgrounds, and generative art where output must be repeatable and editable
Skip it if
Photorealistic images or anything where a diffusion model is the right tool
What it is
An official skill that produces visual work through code: procedural patterns, gradients, and generative compositions rendered deterministically. Because the output is a program rather than a bitmap, you can change one parameter and regenerate the whole set. That is the opposite trade-off from prompting an image model.
Install
Clone the repository, then copy the skill folder into your agent's skills directory — ~/.claude/skills/ for Claude Code. Skills are plain files: no build step, no daemon.
npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/skillsHow to judge it
Read the SKILL.md before you install. A good skill states when it applies, what it must not do, and how to verify the result. A skill that only lists adjectives will change the agent's tone without improving its output — skip those.
Other Image & Design skills
- Theme Factory — Official skill for generating consistent visual themes across artifacts.
- Canvas Design — Official skill for generating visual layouts and design compositions as code.
- Brand Guidelines — Official skill that applies a written brand system to generated output.