How do I install the Hand Drawn Diagrams skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add podo/hand-drawn-diagrams in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Hand Drawn Diagrams safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Independent scanners report: SkillSpector: CAUTION, Skill Scanner: PASS. Capability flags: makes network calls. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Hand Drawn Diagrams?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Hand Drawn Diagrams free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Hand Drawn Diagrams?

podo (@podo) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Hand Drawn Diagrams by podo — Agent Skill

Name: Hand Drawn Diagrams
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: podo

File contents

hand-drawn-diagrams

Catalogue stub — full skill: muthuishere/hand-drawn-diagrams

Decision tree

Is the full skill already installed? Check whether the skill at this location still has a das: block:
- Global: grep -q "^das:" ~/.agents/skills/hand-drawn-diagrams/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null && echo "pointer" || echo "installed"
- Project: grep -q "^das:" .agents/skills/hand-drawn-diagrams/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null && echo "pointer" || echo "installed"
- No das: block → full skill installed, invoke it and proceed
- das: block present → go to step 2

Detect scope, then install:

To detect scope:

[ -e ~/.agents/skills/hand-drawn-diagrams ] && echo "global" || echo "project"

Global (installed with -g):

npx skills add muthuishere/hand-drawn-diagrams --skill hand-drawn-diagrams -g -y

Project (installed without -g):

npx skills add muthuishere/hand-drawn-diagrams --skill hand-drawn-diagrams -y

Claude Code: send either command as a chat message starting with ! to run it without leaving the conversation.

Invoke after install

Skill name: hand-drawn-diagrams
Trigger phrases: "hand drawn diagram", "sketch diagram", "rough diagram"

What it does

Generates hand-drawn style Excalidraw diagrams from a text prompt with animated SVG output, a hosted live-edit link, and PNG export. Best for quick whiteboard-style sketches and early ideation where the rough aesthetic communicates "this is exploratory."

--- name: hand-drawn-diagrams description: | Generate hand-drawn Excalidraw diagrams from a text prompt. Produces animated SVG, a hosted edit link, and PNG export. Lightweight alternative to excalidraw-diagram with a focus on quick ideation sketches. triggers: - "hand drawn diagram" - "sketch diagram" - "excalidraw sketch" - "rough diagram" das: category: diagrams upstream: "https://github.com/muthuishere/hand-drawn-diagrams" upstream_path: "SKILL.md" version: latest install: true --- # hand-drawn-diagrams > Catalogue stub — full skill: [muthuishere/hand-drawn-diagrams](https://github.com/muthuishere/hand-drawn-diagrams) ## Decision tree 1. **Is the full skill already installed?** Check whether the skill at this location still has a `das:` block: - Global: `grep -q "^das:" ~/.agents/skills/hand-drawn-diagrams/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null && echo "pointer" || echo "installed"` - Project: `grep -q "^das:" .agents/skills/hand-drawn-diagrams/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null && echo "pointer" || echo "installed"` - No `das:` block → full skill installed, invoke it and proceed - `das:` block present → go to step 2 2. **Detect scope, then install:** To detect scope: ```bash [ -e ~/.agents/skills/hand-drawn-diagrams ] && echo "global" || echo "project" ``` **Global** (installed with `-g`): ```bash npx skills add muthuishere/hand-drawn-diagrams --skill hand-drawn-diagrams -g -y ``` **Project** (installed without `-g`): ```bash npx skills add muthuishere/hand-drawn-diagrams --skill hand-drawn-diagrams -y ``` > **Claude Code:** send either command as a chat message starting with `!` to run it without leaving the conversation. ## Invoke after install - Skill name: `hand-drawn-diagrams` - Trigger phrases: "hand drawn diagram", "sketch diagram", "rough diagram" ## What it does Generates hand-drawn style Excalidraw diagrams from a text prompt with animated SVG output, a hosted live-edit link, and PNG export. Best for quick whiteboard-style sketches and early ideation where the rough aesthetic communicates "this is exploratory."

Frequently asked questions

Hand Drawn Diagrams