# Art Direction (agent skill)

> Art Direction is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from rampstackco/claude-skills. Direct visual and creative work for campaigns, photography, illustration, video, and branded experiences. It works with Claude Code and Codex and has 935 GitHub stars. Install it by copying the skill folder into your agent's skills directory.

Direct visual and creative work for campaigns, photography, illustration, video, and branded experiences. Use this skill whenever the user wants to brief a photographer, direct illustrators, plan a creative campaign, develop visual concepts, or evaluate creative work for fit. Triggers on art direction, photo brief, photography brief, illustration brief, campaign concept, creative concept, visual direction, mood board, look and feel, visual treatment, video direction.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/rampstackco/claude-skills |
| Skill path | skills/art-direction/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | art-direction |
| GitHub stars | 935 |
| Installs on skills.sh | not listed |
| License | MIT |
| Skills in repo | 1 |
| Plugin marketplace | rampstack |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code, Codex |
| Category | Design & frontend |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |

## When it triggers

- Use this skill whenever the user wants to brief a photographer, direct illustrators, plan a creative campaign, develop visual concepts, or evaluate creative work for fit.
- Triggers on art direction, photo brief, photography brief, illustration brief, campaign concept, creative concept, visual direction, mood board, look and feel, visual treatment, video direction.
- triggers when the user has approved brand identity but needs to extend it into specific creative deliverables.

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
/plugin marketplace add rampstackco/claude-skills
/plugin   # browse rampstack and install the plugin that contains art-direction
```

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

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rampstackco/claude-skills.git
cp -r claude-skills/skills/art-direction .agents/skills/art-direction   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rampstackco/claude-skills.git
cp -r claude-skills/skills/art-direction .cursor/skills/art-direction   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

---

Canonical page: https://appsgit.com/skills/rampstackco-art-direction
Source: appsgit (https://appsgit.com), the app store for github. Data from the GitHub API, refreshed nightly.
Machine access: JSON API https://appsgit.com/api/v1/apps (OpenAPI: https://appsgit.com/openapi.json), MCP server https://mcp.appsgit.com/mcp, full index https://appsgit.com/llms-full.txt.