# adobe-design-from-template

Find an Adobe Express template, edit its text, images, or background, then download the design as a PDF. Useful for posters, social posts, and business cards.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · ★ 7604
- Author: Adobe Inc · official OpenAI repository
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/adobe/skills/adobe-design-from-template/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/adobe-design-from-template

## What it does

The skill searches Adobe Express templates by design type, such as a poster or social media post. It can then update copy, swap images, change the background color, or add animation. In Codex, search results appear as links rather than an interactive gallery.

Before using the design tools, the skill calls `adobe_mandatory_init` and checks which actions the current surface supports. `download_design` handles PDF downloads. You need to be signed in; generative-AI image replacement depends on platform support, so it may not be available in Codex.

## Requirements
- Works with: LinkedIn

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill adobe-design-from-template -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/adobe-design-from-template/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill adobe-design-from-template -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/adobe-design-from-template/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/adobe-design-from-template/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/adobe-design-from-template/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins adobe-design-from-template
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/adobe-design-from-template/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/adobe/skills/adobe-design-from-template
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/adobe-design-from-template/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/adobe/skills/adobe-design-from-template/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find a template for a poster or social post
- replace copy in a selected design
- change an image or background color
- add animation to a design
- download a design as a PDF

## Example prompts
- Find event poster templates and show me the options.
- Replace the text in the selected template with “Opening Saturday.”
- Change the background to blue and download the finished design as a PDF.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: adobe-design-from-template
description: >
  Create any visual design using Adobe Express templates — flyers, posters, social media posts (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn),
  business cards, invitations, greeting cards, resumes, cover letters, brochures, newsletters, certificates, presentations, YouTube thumbnails, email headers, logos, menus, and labels.
  Use this skill whenever the user wants to make, design, or build any visual — even
  if they just say "make me a flyer", "design a poster", "I need something for Instagram",
  "create an event invite", or "make a business card".
  Also handles browsing templates, editing text, replacing images, changing backgrounds,
  animating, and exporting designs.
  Access: 🔐 Signed-In required | Gen AI: ❌ by default — image replacement only where the surface permits generative AI (e.g. Codex); none on Claude
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: "Runs on both widget-capable surfaces (e.g. Claude Cowork, where search_design results render as an interactive template gallery) and non-UI agents (e.g. Codex, where results are presented as markdown links). No file upload is required. Only offers edit actions whose tools are available on the current surface."
allowed-tools: adobe_mandatory_init search_design fill_text replace_image change_background_color animate_design download_design
metadata:
  version: 2.1.0
  visibility: public
  surface: [claude, codex]
---

# Adobe Design from Template

Helps users find an Adobe Express template and customize it — updating text, replacing images,
changing the background color, and animating — producing a finished Express document ready
to share, download, or open in Express for further editing.

> **Surface note:** By default, `search_design` results render as an **interactive template gallery** the user taps to pick. On a surface without a gallery (e.g. Codex), present the results as markdown links instead — see Step 3. Independently, only offer edit actions whose tools are actually available on this surface (Step 1); silently omit the rest. When a tool result includes an `importantNote`, follow it for that turn.

---

## Tool Reference

| Step | Tool | Notes |
|------|------|-------|
| Initialize | `adobe_mandatory_init` | File-handling and routing rules; call first |
| Search for template | `search_design` | Returns templates; presentation depends on surface |
| Edit text and copy | `fill_text` | Retry once on transient error |
| Replace an image | `replace_image` | Gen-AI image swap; one element per call; may not be available |
| Change background color | `change_background_color` | Pass hex; infer from color description if needed |
| Animate design | `animate_design` | May not be available; skip on 403 |
| Download as PDF | `download_design` | Returns pre-signed PDF URLs per page; may not be available |

Not all tools are available on every surface. Step 1 determines which ones you have.

---

## Reading `importantNote` in tool results

`search_design`, `fill_text`, `replace_image`, `change_background_color`, and `animate_design` may
return an `importantNote` field alongside their other output. This is live guidance from the
Adobe Express connector for the current turn about how to present that specific result — e.g. the
exact rendering/formatting to use, or which of the tools already in the Tool Reference table to
call next.
```
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