Two design skills · both proven

canvas-design vs slides

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.

canvas-design

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.

Category: Design
Source: anthropics/skills
License: Not stated
Proof model: claude-opus-5-5
Brief: “Build the one-page site for Blue Hour, a monthly jazz night at a small club: a poster-style hero with a drawn inline SVG illustration, the lineup with short bios, the schedule, a photo-strip section drawn with SVG, ticket tiers, and a footer with the address. Make it feel like a printed poster brought to the web, with motion.”
Skill commit: dbd4588

Without the skillWith canvas-design

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Without, runWith canvas-design, run3 independent runs per side, none selected by hand.

Download the with-skill page

slides

Create strategic HTML presentations with Chart.js, design tokens, responsive layouts, copywriting formulas, and contextual slide strategies.

Category: Design
Source: nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill
License: MIT
Proof model: claude-opus-5-5
Brief: “Make an 8-slide HTML presentation for a seed pitch: Tallyroom, software that lets independent gyms take class bookings and payments in one place. Revenue $18,000 a month, growing 14% month over month, 140 gyms, raising $1.5M. Include the problem, product, traction with a chart, business model, market, team of three, and the ask.”
Skill commit: bf41cbc

Without the skillWith slides

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Without, runWith slides, 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 canvas-design or alternatives to slides.