# paint

Runs a full design pipeline for Web, Compose, and SwiftUI: from art direction brainstorm to tokens, page implementation, and motion audit.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1300 installs · ★ 677
- Author: AThevon
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/AThevon/genjutsu/tree/HEAD/skills/paint/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-05
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/paint

## What it does

\`paint` is a five-phase art direction pipeline designed to prevent AI-generated visual slop. It never begins with immediate styling. Instead, the agent asks brainstorm questions one at a time, moving forward only after visual and interaction theses receive explicit approval.

Once the theses pass the preview gate, the skill compiles `MASTER.md` and generates design token files for your chosen stack. Magic numbers and hardcoded hex values are barred: all styling references tokens directly. Implementation proceeds page by page with validation at every step. Finally, a design audit verifies adherence to the thesis, checks `reduced-motion` compliance, and tests exit animations against a 60fps target.

Existing animation libraries like GSAP, Motion, Lottie, or Rive are preserved without unwanted migration. When pointed at an isolated component where no project identity is at stake, the skill drops into a shortened light scope that skips `MASTER.md` and reads current tokens from the repository.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AThevon/genjutsu --skill paint -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AThevon/genjutsu --skill paint -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AThevon/genjutsu --skill paint -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install AThevon/genjutsu paint
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/paint/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AThevon/genjutsu --skill paint -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/AThevon/genjutsu --path skills/paint
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AThevon/genjutsu --skill paint -a opencode
```

### 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/AThevon/genjutsu/tree/HEAD/skills/paint/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a unified design system and tokens file in `MASTER.md`
- validate interaction and visual theses before touching code
- generate UI for Web, Android Jetpack Compose, or Apple SwiftUI
- audit frontend code for `reduced-motion` rules and 60fps animations

## Example prompts
- /genjutsu:paint build a visual identity and landing page for this project
- /genjutsu:paint design the visual universe and theme tokens for our SwiftUI app

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: paint
description: "Paint a complete visual universe with genjutsu - art direction brainstorm, design system, implementation, audit. Anti-AI-slop design pipeline. Adapts to Web, Android (Compose), Apple (SwiftUI)."
allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Edit, Write, Grep, Glob, WebSearch, Artifact
---

# Paint - The Master Painter

> Paint a complete visual universe. Brainstorm first, design system second, implement third, audit last.
> This is NOT a quick beautifier - it's a full design pipeline.

---

## Voice

This skill speaks in two registers:

**During execution** - light ninja flair, signature, immersive. Short.
- "Brushing the color palette..."
- "Painting the hero with the unalloyed gold."
- "Setting the spacing tokens."

**In reports / final summaries / audit results** - plain, factual, dev-readable. Drop the flair entirely.
- "Done. Design system generated. Files: MASTER.md, tokens.css, theme.config.ts. 3 pages painted."
- No mystic prose, no metaphors. Just what changed, files touched, next step.

The flair lives at the intro and during work narration. The moment a result lands or a question gets asked, it's gone.

---

## /paint vs /cast

| | `/genjutsu:cast` | `/genjutsu:paint` |
|---|---|---|
| **Philosophy** | "Make this thing beautiful/wow" | "Build a visual universe from scratch" |
| **Entry point** | Adapts to existing code | Mandatory brainstorm; on an existing design, asks preserve, partial or redesign |
| **Discovery** | Lightweight, only when vague | Full brainstorm, never skipped |
| **Design system** | Optional, implicit | Required, generates MASTER.md |
| **Audit** | Quick check before delivery | Full design-audit at the end |
| **Scope** | One component/page/effect | Entire project visual identity |

`/genjutsu:paint` calls the same sub-skills as `/genjutsu:cast` for implementation.

A whole site or web app built from real material is the job of the third pipeline,
`/genjutsu:bunshin`: a team of subagents under one art director, with independent reviews
until only minor issues remain or the tier's round cap is reached. paint proposes it right after
the stack scan when the brief is that size, the stack is web or there is no project yet, and the
host can spawn subagents, and switches only on a yes.

---

## Iron Rules

1. **Never skip the brainstorm.** Not even if the user says "just make it look good." Especially then. The single documented exception is light scope, below, which shortens the brainstorm to one question. It never removes it. With nobody answering, see "When nobody is answering": the questions are answered from the brief, as assumptions.
2. **One question at a time during brainstorm.** Never bundle. The second question depends on the first answer.
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