What this skill does
Create beautiful visual art in .png and .pdf documents using design philosophy. You should use this skill when the user asks to create a poster, piece of art, design, or other static piece. Create original visual designs, never copying existing artists' work to avoid copyright violations.
Canvas Design is part of the Creative & Writing category — creative and writing skills for content, social posts, and media. You can install it on its own or alongside other creative & writing skills from the OpenClaw catalog.
How to install Canvas Design
The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:
- Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
- Open the in-app Skills panel.
- Search for
canvas-design-2and click Install. - The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.
Install from the command line
If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add Canvas Design with a single command:
openclaw skills add canvas-design-2
This pulls canvas-design-2 from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/canvas-design-2/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.
How to use Canvas Design
Once installed, Canvas Design activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.
Turning images into video
Canvas Design works with images. Getting from there to something postable is a separate job: ViralMint — an open-source video pipeline — turns stills into motion — pans and transitions, synced captions, and a vertical export for short-form feeds.
It runs as an MCP server, so an OpenClaw agent can drive it from the same chat you already use: ask for a short, and the render comes back finished. See how to connect a video pipeline to your agent.
Manual install (advanced)
If you prefer manual installation:
- Click the Download .zip button above to grab
canvas-design-2-0.1.0.zipdirectly from our S3 mirror. - Unzip into
~/.openclaw/skills/canvas-design-2/(create the directory if it does not exist). - Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.
Frequently asked questions
How do I install Canvas Design?
Install Canvas Design in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for canvas-design-2, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add canvas-design-2. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/canvas-design-2/.
Is Canvas Design free?
Yes. Canvas Design is free and open-source, distributed under the Apache-2.0 license through ClawHub. No account or payment is required to download or run it.
What does Canvas Design do?
Create beautiful visual art in .png and .pdf documents using design philosophy. You should use this skill when the user asks to create a poster, piece of art, design, or other static piece. Create original visual designs, never copying existing artists' work to avoid copyright violations.
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Free, open-source · Apache-2.0 · Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or local Ollama models