graphic-design
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Raster and vector graphic design with Inkscape 1.4, ImageMagick 7, GIMP 3.2 (+ G'MIC), potrace, scour/resvg and the web-image optimizers (pngquant, oxipng, jpegoptim, cwebp, avifenc, cjxl), all running headlessly in a reproducible container. Use when the user wants to make or edit a logo, banner, social-media post, thumbnail, poster graphic or icon, or wants to batch-export, resize, convert, vectorize or compress images. Also use when they ask which graphic tool to use for a job.
6 other projects use a version of this, 1 of them edited.
Adopted by
Most recently taken up by
- ArnavPuri/designskillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- bookchaowalit/platform-agent-skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 20, 2026
- codeonym-org/codeonym-arch-designedited, first seen Sep 25, 2026
- mrdainami/omni-video-directortheir own version, first seen Jul 9, 2026
- fabioc-aloha/alex-cognitive-architecturetheir own version, first seen Apr 26, 2026
- travisjneuman/.claudetheir own version, first seen Feb 25, 2026
Other versions6 projects use a version of this.
Word for word · 0
None found.
Edited · 1
- codeonym-org/codeonym-arch-design★ 040% same
Wrote their own version · 5
- travisjneuman/.claude★ 106same name
- ArnavPuri/designskills★ 17same name
- mrdainami/omni-video-director★ 16same name
- bookchaowalit/platform-agent-skills★ 0same name
- fabioc-aloha/alex-cognitive-architecture★ 0same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
In this repository11 other files it gives its agents.
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- 3d-modelingSkill
- design-doctorSkill
- design-sandboxSkill
- illustrationSkill
- photo-editingSkill
- print-layoutSkill
- screen-recordingSkill
- typographySkill
- ui-designSkill
- video-editingSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
3 rules. 0 are common, 2 are distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.
0
Common
Most of the 6 edited versions we read keep these.
2
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
1
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 27
Must scale, or has few flat colors (logo, icon, badge, diagram) → Inkscape / SVG.
- Very specific: line 51
Keep an editable master (.svg / .xcf) next to every export.
- Distinctive: line 55
Before delivering, look at the export at 100 % and at the real display size — read the PNG back and check it.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 6 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Graphic design (Inkscape · ImageMagick · GIMP)
Scripts run inside the design-skills container automatically — run them with
bash <skill-dir>/scripts/<name>.sh … from the folder that holds the files (see the design-sandbox skill).
Toolkit
| Tool | Use it for | CLI (in the container) |
| Inkscape 1.4 | Vector: logos, icons, banners, anything that must scale | inkscape file.svg --export-type=png --export-width=1024 |
| ImageMagick 7 | Scripted resize, crop, compose, convert, text | magick |
| GIMP 3.2 (full image) | Raster compositing, retouching, textures | desktop app for hands-on work; gimp-console for batch |
| G'MIC (full image) | 500+ filters: stylize, denoise, sharpen, artistic looks | gmic in.png -fx_… -o out.png |
| potrace | Bitmap → SVG tracing (logos from scans) | potrace |
| scour · resvg | Optimize SVG markup · render SVG exactly and fast | scour -i in.svg -o out.svg · resvg in.svg out.png |
| Optimizers | Shrink exports for the web | pngquant, oxipng, jpegoptim, cwebp, avifenc, cjxl |
Fonts live in the typography skill (drop project fonts in ./fonts); UI assets in ui-design; print PDFs in print-layout.
Pick the right tool
- Must scale, or has few flat colors (logo, icon, badge, diagram) → Inkscape / SVG; keep the source as SVG.
- Built from photos, textures, painting or effects → GIMP (
.xcfsource) on the desktop, or ImageMagick when scriptable. - Hand-drawn look or painting → the
illustrationskill (Krita). - The same edit on many files → ImageMagick / the scripts below, never by hand.
- Writing SVG directly is often the fastest path for an agent: write the SVG, render it with
svg-export.sh, look at the PNG, iterate.
Scripts
| Script | What it does |
check.sh | Verifies the toolkit; prints install commands for anything missing |
svg-export.sh <file.svg> [widths…] | PNGs at several widths (default 512 1024 2048) + text-to-path PDF + plain SVG → export/ |
social-sizes.sh <image> [--fill|--fit] [--bg COLOR] | One master image into 11 social/banner sizes → export/social/ |
optimize.sh <images…> | *.opt.png/jpg + WebP + AVIF next to each input, never overwrites (QUALITY=82) |
vectorize.sh <bitmap> [threshold%] | Traces a black-and-white bitmap (scan, sketch logo) into *.traced.svg |
Guides
references/logo-in-inkscape.md— logo from concept to exported brand kit.references/social-graphics.md— templates, safe zones and the size table used bysocial-sizes.sh.references/gimp-essentials.md— GIMP 3 non-destructive workflow, G'MIC, export settings.
Rules of thumb
- Keep an editable master (
.svg/.xcf) next to every export; exports go inexport/. - Design at the largest size you need and export down — never scale raster up (AI upscalers exist, e.g. Upscayl, but they invent detail).
- Web: PNG only for flat graphics/transparency, otherwise WebP/AVIF with a JPEG fallback. Always run
optimize.sh. - sRGB for screens. CMYK/print is handled in
print-layout. - Before delivering, look at the export at 100 % and at the real display size — read the PNG back and check it.
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