Canvas Design Skill
One-prompt poster generation with editorial typography, layered composition, and color systems baked in.
Source: github.com
Install
npx degit anthropics/skills/skills/canvas-design ~/.claude/skills/canvas-design
canvas-design is one of Anthropic’s first-party skills for static visual
design. It ships with a small library of editorial layouts, a typography
system tuned for posters, and color tokens that won’t fight with each other.
What it’s good at
- Posters for events, talks, releases — single-frame compositions
- Social cards at common ratios (1:1, 4:5, 3:4)
- Editorial layouts with strong hierarchy and breathing room
What it’s not for
- Decks (use a slides skill)
- Long-form documents (use the PDF skill)
- Animation (canvas-design is static-only)
Notes from curation
The default output skews toward “magazine-cover” energy. Push it with
explicit color constraints if you want something more clinical or playful.
Pair with frontend-design if you need the same poster as a web hero.
Example prompt
Use canvas-design to make a 1080x1350 poster announcing a design conference
in Hangzhou, May 2026. Editorial style, warm cream background, single bold
serif headline, two photo frames, generous negative space.
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