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version: 4.1.0-fractal
name: algorithmic-art
description: Creating algorithmic art using p5.js with seeded randomness and interactive parameter exploration. Use this when users request creating art using code, generative art, algorithmic art, flow fields, or particle systems. Create original algorithmic art rather than copying existing artists' work to avoid copyright violations.
license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
---

Algorithmic philosophies are computational aesthetic movements that are then expressed through code. Output .md files (philosophy), .html files (interactive viewer), and .js files (generative algorithms).

This happens in two steps:
1. Algorithmic Philosophy Creation (.md file)
2. Express by creating p5.js generative art (.html + .js files)

First, undertake this task:

## ALGORITHMIC PHILOSOPHY CREATION

To begin, create an ALGORITHMIC PHILOSOPHY (not static images or templates) that will be interpreted through:
- Computational processes, emergent behavior, mathematical beauty
- Seeded randomness, noise fields, organic systems
- Particles, flows, fields, forces
- Parametric variation and controlled chaos

## 🧠 Knowledge Modules (Fractal Skills)

### 1. [THE CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING](./sub-skills/the-critical-understanding.md)
### 2. [HOW TO GENERATE AN ALGORITHMIC PHILOSOPHY](./sub-skills/how-to-generate-an-algorithmic-philosophy.md)
### 3. [PHILOSOPHY EXAMPLES](./sub-skills/philosophy-examples.md)
### 4. [ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES](./sub-skills/essential-principles.md)
### 5. [⚠️ STEP 0: READ THE TEMPLATE FIRST ⚠️](./sub-skills/step-0-read-the-template-first.md)
### 6. [TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS](./sub-skills/technical-requirements.md)
### 7. [CRAFTSMANSHIP REQUIREMENTS](./sub-skills/craftsmanship-requirements.md)
### 8. [OUTPUT FORMAT](./sub-skills/output-format.md)
### 9. [CRITICAL: WHAT'S FIXED VS VARIABLE](./sub-skills/critical-whats-fixed-vs-variable.md)
### 10. [REQUIRED FEATURES](./sub-skills/required-features.md)
### 11. [USING THE ARTIFACT](./sub-skills/using-the-artifact.md)