Design & Media
Design agent skills guide AI agents through visual and UX work: UI mockups, design systems, image and asset workflows, and design reviews. A skill keeps the agent aligned with your design language instead of improvising a new style each session.
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agents-store Skill Formatting StandardsTypography, font, margin, color, and layout standards for professional business documents. Use this skill when making any formatting decisions — choosing fonts, colors, margins, spacing, or layout patterns for any document type.
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agents-store Skill Design Best PracticesComprehensive library of professional document design best practices sourced from top consulting firms (McKinsey, Deloitte, BCG), tech leaders (Stripe, Apple, Google), and typography/layout research. Use this skill when making design decisions, choosing fonts, colors, layouts, or when the user asks for a "professional" or "corporate" look.
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mkurman Bundle PPTX PostersCreate research posters using HTML/CSS that can be exported to PDF or PPTX. Use this skill ONLY when the user explicitly requests PowerPoint/PPTX poster format. For standard research posters, use latex-posters instead. This skill provides modern web-based poster design with responsive layouts and easy visual integration.
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mkurman Bundle Userinterface WikiUI/UX best practices for web interfaces. Use when reviewing animations, CSS, audio, typography, UX patterns, prefetching, or icon implementations. Covers 11 categories from animation principles to typography. Outputs file:line findings.
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mkurman Bundle Latex PostersCreate professional research posters in LaTeX using beamerposter, tikzposter, or baposter. Support for conference presentations, academic posters, and scientific communication. Includes layout design, color schemes, multi-column formats, figure integration, and poster-specific best practices for visual communication.
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kevinzai Skill Ccc ConnectOpt-in MCP connector setup — click-connect Notion, Slack, GitHub, Supabase, Figma, Linear, Vercel, Neon, Fly.io, Upstash, Sentry, Stripe, Browserbase, Postgres,…
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kunanonj Skill Cursor Plugin Figma Figma Code ConnectCreates and maintains Figma Code Connect template files that map Figma components to code snippets. Use when the user mentions Code Connect, Figma component mapping, design-to-code translation, or asks to create/update .figma.ts or .figma.js files.
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kunanonj Skill Cursor Plugin Canva Get Design FeedbackRead a Canva design and return structured, actionable design feedback — visual hierarchy, copy/messaging, layout & spacing, consistency, readability, and accessibility. Read-only; makes no changes to the design. Use when the user asks to \"review my design\", \"give me feedback on this\", \"critique my deck/poster/flyer\", \"how can I improve this design\", or \"what's wrong with this slide\".
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kunanonj Skill Cursor Plugin Figma Figma Create New File**MANDATORY prerequisite** — you MUST invoke this skill BEFORE every `create_new_file` tool call. NEVER call `create_new_file` directly without loading this skill first. Trigger whenever the user wants a new blank Figma file — a new design, FigJam, or Slides file — or when you need a fresh file before calling `use_figma`. Usage — /figma-create-new-file [editorType] [fileName] (e.g. /figma-create-n
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kunanonj Skill Cursor Plugin Figma Figma Generate DesignUse this skill alongside figma-use when the task involves translating an application page, view, or multi-section layout into Figma. Triggers: 'write to Figma', 'create in Figma from code', 'push page to Figma', 'take this app/page and build it in Figma', 'create a screen', 'build a landing page in Figma', 'update the Figma screen to match code', 'convert this modal/dialog/drawer/panel to Figma'.
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kunanonj Skill Cursor Plugin Figma Figma Generate DiagramMANDATORY prerequisite — load this skill BEFORE every `generate_diagram` tool call. NEVER call `generate_diagram` directly without loading this skill first. Trigger whenever the user asks to create, generate, draw, render, sketch, or build a diagram — flowchart, architecture diagram, sequence diagram, ERD or entity-relationship diagram, state diagram or state machine, gantt chart, or timeline. Als
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kunanonj Skill Cursor Plugin Figma Figma Generate LibraryBuild or update a professional-grade design system in Figma from a codebase. Use when the user wants to create variables/tokens, build component libraries, create individual components with proper variant sets and variable bindings, set up theming (light/dark modes), document foundations, or reconcile gaps between code and Figma. Also use when the user asks to create or generate any component in F
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kunanonj Skill Cursor Plugin Figma Figma Implement MotionTranslates Figma motion and animations into production-ready application code. Use when implementing animation/motion from a Figma design — user mentions \"implement this motion\", \"add animation from Figma\", \"animate this component\", provides a Figma URL whose node is animated, or when `get_design_context` returns motion data or instructs you to call `get_motion_context`.
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fridrichmethod Bundle Bio Reporting Figure ExportExports publication-ready figures in various formats with proper resolution, sizing, and typography. Use when preparing figures for journal submission, creating vector graphics for presentations, or ensuring consistent figure styling across analyses.
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kevinzai Skill TypesetImprove typography by fixing font choices, hierarchy, sizing, weight consistency, and readability. Makes text feel intentional and polished.
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kevinzai Skill NormalizeNormalize design to match your design system and ensure consistency
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kevinzai Skill Partner Logo StandardStandards and process for creating, cleaning, and maintaining vendor/partner SVG logos across GuestNetworks projects
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kunanonj Skill Cursor Plugin Figma Figma Use**MANDATORY prerequisite** — you MUST invoke this skill BEFORE every `use_figma` tool call. NEVER call `use_figma` directly without loading this skill first. Skipping it causes common, hard-to-debug failures. Trigger whenever the user wants to perform a write action or a unique read action that requires JavaScript execution in the Figma file context — e.g. create/edit/delete nodes, set up variable
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kunanonj Skill Cursor Plugin Canva Brand CheckCheck a Canva design against a brand kit and report where it diverges — off-palette colors, non-brand fonts, logo misuse, and off-tone copy. Read-only; makes no changes. Use when the user asks \"is this on brand\", \"check this against our brand kit\", \"do a brand review\", \"does this match our brand guidelines\", or \"brand-check my design\".
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kunanonj Skill Cursor Plugin Figma Figma SwiftuiSwiftUI ↔ Figma translation. Use whenever the user mentions Swift, SwiftUI, iOS, iPhone, or iPad — in EITHER direction — translating a Figma design into SwiftUI (design → code), or pushing SwiftUI views / screens / tokens back into a Figma file (code → design). Triggers on phrases like 'implement this Figma design in SwiftUI', 'build this screen in Swift', 'push this SwiftUI view to Figma', 'mirro
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kunanonj Skill Cursor Plugin Figma Figma Use FigjamThis skill helps agents use Figma's use_figma MCP tool in the FigJam context. Can be used alongside figma-use which has foundational context for using the use_figma tool.
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kunanonj Skill Cursor Plugin Figma Figma Use MotionMotion / animation context for the `use_figma` MCP tool — animating Figma nodes via manual keyframes, animation styles, easing, and timeline duration. Load alongside figma-use whenever a task involves adding, editing, or inspecting animation on a node.
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kunanonj Skill Cursor Plugin Figma Figma Use SlidesThis skill helps agents use Figma's use_figma MCP tool in the Slides context. Can be used alongside figma-use which has foundational context for using the use_figma tool.
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fridrichmethod Bundle Nature FigureCreate, revise, audit, and export submission-grade scientific figures for Nature-family and other high-impact venues in Python (matplotlib/seaborn) or R (ggplot2/patchwork/ComplexHeatmap), including multi-panel plots, figures4papers-style work, and journal-ready SVG/PDF/TIFF outputs. Use for paper or scientific plots, manuscript data visualization, 论文配图、学术写作配图、科研绘图、科研作图、画图、作图、出图、论文图表、可视化. Define the conclusion, evidence logic, data integrity, template compatibility, export needs, and reviewer risks before plotting; honor or persist the Python/R backend choice. Also use the separate OpenRouter GPT Image 2 route for explicit AI-generated graphical abstracts, mechanism diagrams, concept schematics, 论文示意图、机制示意图、图形摘要; this route skips backend choice and treats outputs as drafts. Do not use for interactive dashboards, statistics-only analysis, data cleaning, literature review, code debugging, pure photo editing, or Illustrator/Figma-first infographics without manuscript-figure intent.
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fridrichmethod Bundle Poster PresentationCreate scientific conference posters as native, editable .pptx files using python-pptx. Handles A0/A1 layouts, section placement, figure insertion, and academic color schemes. Exports editable .pptx and PDF. Use when the user wants a directly editable PowerPoint poster; for HTML/CSS-based posters exported to PDF/PPTX use pptx-posters, and for standard LaTeX posters use latex-posters.
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paperclipai Skill Minimax PDFGenerate, fill, and reformat PDF documents with a token-based design system for print-ready output
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tomevault-io Bundle Craft Distinct UIBuild distinctive modern frontend designs with explicit art direction, typography hierarchy, color systems, layout rules, and anti-generic constraints. Use when users request UI/UX or frontend design work and want to avoid AI-looking, template-like, or bland outputs across landing pages, dashboards, admin tools, and redesign tasks. Use when this capability is needed.
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ashutoshsrivastava17 Skill Design SystemCreate, audit, or extend a design system — tokens, components, patterns, and documentation. TRIGGER when: user says "design system", "component library", "design tokens", "style guide", "create a component", or works on systematic design infrastructure.
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ashutoshsrivastava17 Skill Design HandoffGenerate developer handoff specs from a design file, screenshot, or Figma description. TRIGGER when: user says "handoff specs", "dev specs", "developer handoff", "generate specs from Figma", "implementation spec", or needs to translate design to code requirements.
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ur-grue Bundle Dark Aesthetic PromptGenerates a Flux prompt for dark, moody, or noir visual aesthetics — producing images with low-key lighting, shadow-dominant composition, and the specific atmospheric quality of noir cinema, gothic illustration, or dark editorial photography.
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vril-labs Skill Character Design SheetCharacter consistency across AI-generated images with reference sheets and LoRA techniques. Covers turnaround views, expression sheets, color palettes, and style consistency tricks. Use for: character design, game art, illustration, animation, comics, visual novels. Triggers: character design, character sheet, character consistency, character reference, turnaround sheet, expression sheet, character art, consistent character, character concept, reference sheet, character creation, oc design, character bible
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alivirgo Skill FigmaOperational skill for Claude to automate Figma via Plugin API, REST API, variables, components, and design-token export pipelines.
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ntizar Skill Liquid Glass RefractionEfecto Liquid Glass con refracción SVG — design system CSS + React con refracción, specular highlights y blur. Inspirado en Z1Code/glass-refraction (⭐36).
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ntizar Skill Transit Data ResourcesCatálogo de APIs, datasets, apps y software de transporte público mundial. Inspirado en MobilityData/awesome-transit (⭐1.8K). Recursos GTFS, GTFS-realtime, APIs de tránsito, datasets abiertos.
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thedaviddias Bundle Video ThumbnailUse when applies to all `<video>` elements in HTML. The `poster` attribute specifies the URL of an image to show as a placeholder before the video is loaded or played. This is distinct from captions or audio descriptions, which are accessibility requirements. The poster is primarily a UX and performance enhancement, though the lack of a poster can indirectly create a CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) issue if video dimensions are not declared.
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vril-labs Bundle Website BuildingBuild distinctive, production-grade websites and web apps. Routes to the right guidance based on framework (Next.js, React Native, vanilla HTML). Covers design tokens, typography, motion, layout, accessibility, and deployment.
Frequently asked questions
What are Design & Media agent skills?
Design agent skills guide AI agents through visual and UX work: UI mockups, design systems, image and asset workflows, and design reviews. A skill keeps the agent aligned with your design language instead of improvising a new style each session.
Which Design & Media skills are most installed?
Popular Design & Media skills on SkillMD right now include transit-data-resources, formatting-standards, design-best-practices. Rankings shift as installs change; sort this page by "Most installs" for the live list.
Do Design & Media skills work with Claude Code and Cursor?
Yes. Every skill here ships as a SKILL.md file, an open format that works in Claude Code, Claude.ai, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, and 60+ other agents. Install one with npx skillmds@latest add <owner>/<name>, or copy the file into your agent's skills directory.