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CLI Anything Krita by nimoqup046-collab

Name: CLI Anything Krita
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: nimoqup046-collab

CLI Anything Krita

CLI harness for Krita digital painting — manage projects, layers, filters, and export via command line. Use when automating Krita workflows, batch processing images, or operating Krita without a GUI.

nimoqup046-collab 487872a 3.6 KB Updated Sep 8, 2026 2 repo stars

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cli-anything-krita

CLI harness for Krita, the professional open-source digital painting application.

Prerequisites

Krita installed on the system
Python 3.10+

Install the CLI:

cd krita/agent-harness && pip install -e .

Command Reference

Project Management

cli-anything-krita project new -n "My Art" -w 2048 -h 2048 -o project.json
cli-anything-krita project open project.json
cli-anything-krita --project project.json project save
cli-anything-krita --project project.json project info

Layer Management

cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer add "Sketch" -t paintlayer
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer add "Colors" --opacity 200
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer add "Group" -t grouplayer
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer remove "Sketch"
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer list
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer set "Colors" opacity 180
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer set "Colors" visible false
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer set "Colors" blending_mode multiply

Layer types: paintlayer, grouplayer, vectorlayer, filterlayer, filllayer, clonelayer, filelayer

Filters

cli-anything-krita -p project.json filter apply blur -l "Background"
cli-anything-krita -p project.json filter apply sharpen
cli-anything-krita -p project.json filter apply levels -c '{"shadows": 10, "highlights": 240}'
cli-anything-krita filter list

Available: blur, sharpen, desaturate, levels, curves, brightness-contrast, hue-saturation, color-balance, unsharp-mask, posterize, threshold

Canvas Operations

cli-anything-krita -p project.json canvas resize -w 4096 -h 4096
cli-anything-krita -p project.json canvas resize --resolution 600
cli-anything-krita -p project.json canvas info

Export

cli-anything-krita -p project.json export render output.png -p png --overwrite
cli-anything-krita -p project.json export render output.jpg -p jpeg
cli-anything-krita -p project.json export render output.psd -p psd
cli-anything-krita -p project.json export animation ./frames/ -p png
cli-anything-krita export presets
cli-anything-krita export formats

Presets: png, png-web, jpeg, jpeg-web, jpeg-low, tiff, tiff-lzw, psd, pdf, svg, webp, gif, bmp

Session (Undo/Redo)

cli-anything-krita session undo
cli-anything-krita session redo
cli-anything-krita session history

Status

cli-anything-krita status

Agent Usage (JSON Mode)

All commands support --json for machine-readable output:

cli-anything-krita --json -p project.json project info
cli-anything-krita --json -p project.json layer list
cli-anything-krita --json status

Example Workflow

# 1. Create project
cli-anything-krita --json project new -n "Illustration" -w 3000 -h 4000 -o art.json

# 2. Set up layer stack
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Background" -t paintlayer
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Sketch" -t paintlayer --opacity 180
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Inking" -t paintlayer
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Colors" -t paintlayer
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Effects" -t paintlayer --opacity 128

# 3. Apply effects
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json filter apply blur -l "Background"

# 4. Export
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json export render final.png -p png --overwrite

---name: cli-anything-kritadescription: CLI harness for Krita digital painting — manage projects, layers, filters, and export via command line. Use when automating Krita workflows, batch processing images, or operating Krita without a GUI.---# cli-anything-kritaCLI harness for **Krita**, the professional open-source digital painting application.## Prerequisites- **Krita** installed on the system- **Python 3.10+**Install the CLI:```bashcd krita/agent-harness && pip install -e .```## Command Reference### Project Management```bashcli-anything-krita project new -n "My Art" -w 2048 -h 2048 -o project.jsoncli-anything-krita project open project.jsoncli-anything-krita --project project.json project savecli-anything-krita --project project.json project info```### Layer Management```bashcli-anything-krita -p project.json layer add "Sketch" -t paintlayercli-anything-krita -p project.json layer add "Colors" --opacity 200cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer add "Group" -t grouplayercli-anything-krita -p project.json layer remove "Sketch"cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer listcli-anything-krita -p project.json layer set "Colors" opacity 180cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer set "Colors" visible falsecli-anything-krita -p project.json layer set "Colors" blending_mode multiply```Layer types: `paintlayer`, `grouplayer`, `vectorlayer`, `filterlayer`, `filllayer`, `clonelayer`, `filelayer`### Filters```bashcli-anything-krita -p project.json filter apply blur -l "Background"cli-anything-krita -p project.json filter apply sharpencli-anything-krita -p project.json filter apply levels -c '{"shadows": 10, "highlights": 240}'cli-anything-krita filter list```Available: blur, sharpen, desaturate, levels, curves, brightness-contrast, hue-saturation, color-balance, unsharp-mask, posterize, threshold### Canvas Operations```bashcli-anything-krita -p project.json canvas resize -w 4096 -h 4096cli-anything-krita -p project.json canvas resize --resolution 600cli-anything-krita -p project.json canvas info```### Export```bashcli-anything-krita -p project.json export render output.png -p png --overwritecli-anything-krita -p project.json export render output.jpg -p jpegcli-anything-krita -p project.json export render output.psd -p psdcli-anything-krita -p project.json export animation ./frames/ -p pngcli-anything-krita export presetscli-anything-krita export formats```Presets: png, png-web, jpeg, jpeg-web, jpeg-low, tiff, tiff-lzw, psd, pdf, svg, webp, gif, bmp### Session (Undo/Redo)```bashcli-anything-krita session undocli-anything-krita session redocli-anything-krita session history```### Status```bashcli-anything-krita status```## Agent Usage (JSON Mode)All commands support `--json` for machine-readable output:```bashcli-anything-krita --json -p project.json project infocli-anything-krita --json -p project.json layer listcli-anything-krita --json status```## Example Workflow```bash# 1. Create projectcli-anything-krita --json project new -n "Illustration" -w 3000 -h 4000 -o art.json# 2. Set up layer stackcli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Background" -t paintlayercli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Sketch" -t paintlayer --opacity 180cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Inking" -t paintlayercli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Colors" -t paintlayercli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Effects" -t paintlayer --opacity 128# 3. Apply effectscli-anything-krita --json -p art.json filter apply blur -l "Background"# 4. Exportcli-anything-krita --json -p art.json export render final.png -p png --overwrite```

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