Agent skill · design visual · paperclipai
paperclip-capsules
Generate, implement, or review Paperclip capsule visuals. Use for capsule art, agent capsules, heartbeat status capsules, identicons, capsule banks, or brand-usage validation.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific guidelines and workflows for generating and implementing Paperclip capsule visuals that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 3k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 75,771 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Paperclip Capsules Use this skill when creating or checking Paperclip capsule visuals. The central rule is simple: the capsule is the agent. A capsule is not generic chrome, a button shape, a random status pill, or background decoration. The one approved decorative exception is the canonical hero capsule bank. Treat it as a specific Paperclip brand surface, not a license to make arbitrary capsule wallpaper. When to Use Generating Paperclip capsule art, agent avatars, capsule fields, hero capsule banks, or seeded capsule identicons. Implementing an individual agent capsule in product UI. Rendering heartbeat status capsules for agent status. Building Paperclip feature videos or marketing graphics that use the capsule motif. Reviewing a design for capsule brand correctness. When Not to Use Generic rounded pills, badges, buttons, tags, nav items, or decorative blobs. Non-agent illustrations where capsules would only be visual texture. Product UI color choices unrelated to agents or heartbeat status. Replacing the app's existing AgentCapsule or status-color helpers from memory. Non-Negotiable Rules Capsules represent agents. If the surface does not involve agents, do not add capsules. Do not use the agent capsule palette outside capsules. Never apply agent gradients to buttons, text, page backgrounds, cards, or generic UI chrome. Keep capsule families separate. App individual capsules, heartbeat status capsules, website marketing capsules, video capsules, seeded identicons, and the hero bank have different data. Hero bank is the only decorative exception. Use the canonical bank spec; do not hand-roll a new bank. Record reproducibility data. For generated assets, record seed, template, palette, dimensions, and source workflow. Respect reduced motion. Any pulsing, blinking, breathing, wave, or fill-rise animation needs a static reduced-motion fallback. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills paperclipai/paperclip-capsules