Canvas Design
Original posters and visual art as PNG or PDF, guided by a design philosophy.
Official Anthropicby AnthropicChecked October 18, 2026
An Anthropic example skill for static visual pieces such as posters, covers and art prints. Claude first writes a short design philosophy, then renders an original composition that follows it, avoiding copies of existing artists' work.
Who it is for
- Marketers
- Event organizers
- Creators
- Teachers
Prompts to try
Once the skill is installed, ask for the result in plain words. Claude picks the skill up on its own.
Design a poster for our neighborhood jazz nightCreate a minimalist art print inspired by ocean tidesMake a cover image for my workshop handout as a PDFHow to install it
In Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills/plugin install example-skills@anthropic-agent-skills
In Claude.ai
Turn it on among Anthropic's example skills under Customize > Skills (code execution required), or upload its folder from anthropics/skills as a zip.
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How we checked it
Confirmed SKILL.md at skills/canvas-design/SKILL.md in anthropics/skills via the GitHub API; skill folder last changed 2026-04-20, repo has 181,779 stars and was pushed 2026-10-09.
Source: github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/canvas-design