Load when drawing any Excalidraw diagram. Provides color palette (hex codes), sizing formulas to prevent text truncation, spacing rules to prevent overlaps, arrow styles, layout patterns, and diagram templates for architecture, flowchart, and ER diagrams. Use when asked to draw, visualize, diagram, or create any chart.
Quickly install excalidraw-design-guide AI skill to your development environment via command line
Source: opencoredev/excalidraw-cli.
Stroke Colors (borders & text) | Name | Hex | Use for |
| Black | #1e1e1e | Default text & borders | | Red | #e03131 | Errors, warnings, critical | | Green | #2f9e44 | Success, approved, healthy | | Blue | #1971c2 | Primary actions, links | | Purple | #9c36b5 | Services, middleware | | Orange | #e8590c | Async, queues, events | | Cyan | #0c8599 | Data stores, databases |
Fill Colors (backgroundColor — pastel) | Name | Hex | Pairs with stroke |
Load when drawing any Excalidraw diagram. Provides color palette (hex codes), sizing formulas to prevent text truncation, spacing rules to prevent overlaps, arrow styles, layout patterns, and diagram templates for architecture, flowchart, and ER diagrams. Use when asked to draw, visualize, diagram, or create any chart. Source: opencoredev/excalidraw-cli.
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npx skills add https://github.com/opencoredev/excalidraw-cli --skill excalidraw-design-guideLoad when drawing any Excalidraw diagram. Provides color palette (hex codes), sizing formulas to prevent text truncation, spacing rules to prevent overlaps, arrow styles, layout patterns, and diagram templates for architecture, flowchart, and ER diagrams. Use when asked to draw, visualize, diagram, or create any chart. Source: opencoredev/excalidraw-cli.
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/opencoredev/excalidraw-cli --skill excalidraw-design-guide Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw
https://github.com/opencoredev/excalidraw-cli