Design vs Frontend · both proven

algorithmic-art vs vercel-react-native-skills

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. They are in different categories, so this is a choice of job, not a head-to-head on the same job.

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

vercel-react-native-skills

React Native and Expo best practices for building performant mobile apps. Use when building React Native components, optimizing list performance, implementing animations, or working with native modules. Triggers on tasks involving React Native, Expo, mobile performance, or native platform APIs.

Category: Frontend
Source: vercel-labs/agent-skills
License: Not stated
Proof model: claude-opus-5-5
Brief: “Review and improve this React Native screen, and present the findings and the improved code as a single HTML page. ```jsx export default function Feed() { const [posts, setPosts] = useState([]); useEffect(() => { fetch(API + '/posts').then(r => r.json()).then(setPosts); }); return ( <ScrollView> {posts.map(p => ( <View> <Image source={{ uri: p.image }} style={{ width: '100%', height: 300 }} /> <Text onPress={() => navigation.navigate('Post', { post: p })}>{p.title}</Text> </View> ))} </ScrollView> ); } ```”
Skill commit: 1a2c79d

Without the skillWith vercel-react-native-skills

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Without, runWith vercel-react-native-skills, 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 vercel-react-native-skills.