Claude algorithmic-art skill: generative art in p5.js
Anthropic’s skill for art made with code: flow fields, particle systems and other generative pieces in p5.js.
- Type
- Skill
- Publisher
- Anthropic
- Category
- Design
- Works in
- Claude apps, Claude Code
The Claude algorithmic-art skill’s SKILL.md tells Claude to use it when you ask for art made with code, generative or algorithmic art, flow fields or particle systems. Claude writes the piece in p5.js with seeded randomness, so the same seed always redraws the same image, and with parameters you can adjust. The skill also tells Claude to make original work rather than copy existing artists.
The work happens in two steps. Claude first writes a short algorithmic philosophy: a named generative movement described in four to six paragraphs and saved as a Markdown file. It then expresses that philosophy in code as one self-contained HTML artifact built from the skill’s viewer template, with p5.js loaded from a CDN, sliders for the parameters, seed controls (previous, next, random and jump to a seed) and regenerate and reset buttons. The artifact opens in claude.ai or any browser without setup.
The skill is part of the example-skills plugin from Anthropic’s skills repository. In the Claude apps, example skills are turned on in Customize > Skills, with Code execution and file creation enabled (Use skills in Claude).
- What it does
- Creates generative art in p5.js with seeded randomness and adjustable parameters.
- How to install
- Claude apps: turn it on under Customize > Skills (Code execution and file creation must be on).
Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
/plugin install example-skills@anthropic-agent-skills - Source
- github.com
- Last checked
Questions
Does Claude have a skill for generative art?
Can I get the same image again?
How do I install the algorithmic-art skill in Claude Code?
See also
Sources
Sources: names, descriptions and install commands come from Anthropic’s skills repository (github.com/anthropics/skills), its official plugin marketplace (github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official) and the Claude docs linked on each listing. Promptline is not affiliated with Anthropic.