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Canvas Design

Canvas Design is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from anthropics/skills. Create beautiful visual art in .png and .pdf documents using design philosophy. It works with Claude Code and has 183,836 GitHub stars across a repository of 9 listed skills.

github.com/anthropics/skills/skills/canvas-design (opens in a new tab)

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Add this skill

Claude

This repository is a Claude Code plugin marketplace. In Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
/plugin   # browse anthropic-agent-skills and install the plugin that contains canvas-design

In the Claude apps, zip the canvas-design folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

ChatGPT / Codex

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/skills.git
cp -r skills/skills/canvas-design .agents/skills/canvas-design   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects

Standalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.

Cursor

Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/skills.git
cp -r skills/skills/canvas-design .cursor/skills/canvas-design   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects

Source (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)

What this skill does

Create beautiful visual art in .png and .pdf documents using design philosophy. You should use this skill when the user asks to create a poster, piece of art, design, or other static piece. Create original visual designs, never copying existing artists' work to avoid copyright violations. These are instructions for creating design philosophies - aesthetic movements that are then EXPRESSED VISUALLY. Output only .md files, .pdf files, and .png files.

When it triggers

  • use this skill when the user asks to create a poster, piece of art, design, or other static piece.

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9 skills are listed from this repository.

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FAQ

Canvas Design FAQ

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How do I install the Canvas Design skill?

In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills, then install its plugin from /plugin. For Codex or Cursor, copy the canvas-design folder into .agents/skills/ or .cursor/skills/.

Is the Canvas Design skill free?

Yes. The repository is open source under the Apache-2.0 license.

Is Canvas Design maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 9, 2026. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.