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Canvas Design
by Anthropic 161k GitHub stars
Create visual art and designs as PNG and PDF output — posters, graphics, and print-ready visual compositions.
#design#png#pdf#graphics
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Overview
Canvas Design is Anthropic's skill for producing visual art and design compositions rendered to PNG and PDF. It's used for posters, graphics, and print-ready layouts where the output is an image or document rather than a live web page.
What it is good for
- Designing a poster or flyer
- Producing print-ready PDF graphics
- Creating branded visual compositions
- Exporting designs as PNG
Install
Install in Claude Code
# Add the marketplace, then install the skill in Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
/plugin install canvas-design
# Or install manually into ~/.claude/skills:
git clone https://github.com/anthropics/skills.git
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