Two design skills · both proven

algorithmic-art vs brainstorming

Both skills were run through Claude twice: once on a fixed brief without the skill, once with it. The briefs differ because each is written for the job the skill claims to do, so compare each skill against its own baseline, then decide which difference matters for your work.

algorithmic-art

Creating algorithmic art using p5.js with seeded randomness and interactive parameter exploration. Use this when users request creating art using code, generative art, algorithmic art, flow fields, or particle systems. Create original algorithmic art rather than copying existing artists' work to avoid copyright violations.

Category: Design
Source: anthropics/skills
License: Not stated
Proof model: claude-opus-5-5
Brief: “Make a generative art piece called Tidewater: a single HTML page with a full-window canvas that draws slow, layered flow-field lines in a deep sea palette, seeded so the same seed always gives the same picture. Include a small control panel to change the seed, the line density and the palette, and a button to save the current frame as a PNG. Use p5.js from a CDN.”
Skill commit: dbd4588

Without the skillWith algorithmic-art

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Without, runWith algorithmic-art, run3 independent runs per side, none selected by hand.

Download the with-skill page

brainstorming

You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, modifying behavior, or planning anything new, in software or out of it (a talk, a business, a renovation).

Category: Design
Source: obra/superpowers
License: MIT
Proof model: claude-opus-5-5
Brief: “A small bakery with one location wants more weekday morning customers. They have a loyal weekend crowd, an Instagram account with 2,000 followers, and no budget for paid ads. Work through this with me and produce the result as a single HTML page: the questions you would ask, the ideas you considered, the three you recommend with how to test each one in two weeks, and what you would measure.”
Skill commit: b739a8a

Without the skillWith brainstorming

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Without, runWith brainstorming, run3 independent runs per side, none selected by hand.

Download the with-skill page

We don’t pick a winner for you: the pages are the evidence. Both proofs can be repeated with the brief, model and commit shown above. See alternatives to algorithmic-art or alternatives to brainstorming.