·napkin

Visual whiteboard collaboration for Copilot CLI. Creates an interactive whiteboard that opens in your browser — draw, sketch, add sticky notes, then share everything back with Copilot. Copilot sees your drawings and text, and responds with analysis, suggestions, and ideas.

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Installation

$npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill napkin

How to Install napkin

Quickly install napkin AI skill to your development environment via command line

  1. Open Terminal: Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.)
  2. Run Installation Command: Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill napkin
  3. Verify Installation: Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw

Source: github/awesome-copilot.

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Napkin gives users a browser-based whiteboard where they can draw, sketch, and add sticky notes to think through ideas visually. The agent reads back the whiteboard contents (via a PNG snapshot and optional JSON data) and responds conversationally with analysis, suggestions, and next steps.

The target audience is lawyers, PMs, and business stakeholders — not software developers. Keep everything approachable and jargon-free.

When the user invokes this skill — saying things like "let's napkin," "open a napkin," "start a whiteboard," or using the slash command — do the following:

Visual whiteboard collaboration for Copilot CLI. Creates an interactive whiteboard that opens in your browser — draw, sketch, add sticky notes, then share everything back with Copilot. Copilot sees your drawings and text, and responds with analysis, suggestions, and ideas. Source: github/awesome-copilot.

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npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill napkin
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2026-03-10
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2026-03-10

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What is napkin?

Visual whiteboard collaboration for Copilot CLI. Creates an interactive whiteboard that opens in your browser — draw, sketch, add sticky notes, then share everything back with Copilot. Copilot sees your drawings and text, and responds with analysis, suggestions, and ideas. Source: github/awesome-copilot.

How do I install napkin?

Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill napkin Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw

Where is the source repository?

https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot