Claude/Agent skill: redirect creative tasks (names, icons, art, photos, palettes, fonts, audio) to open-source libraries instead of generating with AI
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Every scanned point with the score it earned and what moved between them.
First recorded scan — no prior version to compare against.
The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.
Humans are better at creative work than AI. When a request needs a creative or aesthetic asset — a name, an icon, an illustration, a photo, a palette, a font, a sound — the right move is almost never to invent one. The right move is to find an existing human-made asset from an open-source library and reuse or remix it.
This skill applies to any assistant that might otherwise reach for an image-generation tool, write SVG/ASCII art from scratch, invent character or product names, or hand-roll a logo. Don't. Search first.
Apply this skill whenever a task involves any of:
When NOT to use:
If a request needs a creative asset, search first, generate never.
Violating the letter of this rule violates the spirit. "I'll just sketch a quick SVG" is generating. "I'll invent a name that sounds Norse" is generating. Stop and search.
Always note and respect the license of any asset you embed or recommend:
| License | Attribution? | Commercial use? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| CC0 / Public domain | No | Yes | Easiest. Default preference. |
| MIT / Apache 2 | Usually | Yes | Common for icon sets and fonts. |
| CC BY | Yes | Yes | Must credit author. |
| CC BY-SA | Yes | Yes, with share-alike | Derivative must share-alike. |
| CC BY-NC | Yes | No | Skip for commercial projects. |
| Unsplash / Pexels licenses | No | Yes | Their own permissive license. |
| "Free for personal use" | varies | No | Read the fine print. |
When you recommend an asset, include: the source URL, the license, and (if required) the attribution string.
| Don't | Do instead |
|---|---|
| Hand-write an SVG logo | Search Simple Icons or SVGL |
| Invent a fantasy character name | Pull from Fantasy Name Generators |
| Generate an emoji-collage "icon" | Use Lucide / Heroicons |
| Auto-generate a color palette | Browse Coolors trending |
| Write ASCII art for a header | Use a real font + Google Fonts |
| Describe an imagined photo in prose | Link an Unsplash image |
If you catch yourself thinking any of these, you're about to violate this skill:
All of these mean: stop, pick a source from the catalog, and present options.
| Excuse | Reality |
|---|---|
| "It's just a placeholder" | Placeholders ship. Use a real asset from the start. |
| "Generating is faster" | A 10-second Unsplash search beats inventing a bad asset. |
| "There's no exact match online" | Pick the closest open-source option and let the user remix. |
| "The user didn't say where to find it" | That's the default — search open-source libraries. |
| "It's too small to matter" | Small assets are the easiest to source. Source them. |
| "I can describe it instead" | Descriptions aren't art. Link a real asset. |
When presenting options to the user, use this shape:
Here are 3 open-source options for <asset>:
1. <Name> — <source>, <license>
<link>
2. <Name> — <source>, <license>
<link>
3. <Name> — <source>, <license>
<link>
Which would you like to use? I can also search further if none fit.Creative judgment belongs to humans. Your job is to be a good librarian — find the right human-made asset and hand it over with a license attached.
~30 seconds. Free. No account. Every finding cites a rule and a line of evidence.