Design vs Docs & Writing · both proven

algorithmic-art vs writing-plans

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

writing-plans

Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code

Category: Docs & Writing
Source: obra/superpowers
License: MIT
Proof model: claude-opus-5-5
Brief: “Write the implementation plan for adding team accounts to a solo-user invoicing SaaS (Next.js, Postgres, Stripe): users must be able to create a team, invite members by email, assign owner or member roles, and share clients and invoices within the team, with billing moving from the user to the team. Present the plan as a single HTML page.”
Skill commit: bb92a77

Without the skillWith writing-plans

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Without, runWith writing-plans, 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 writing-plans.