Nice Figures

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Nice Figures skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Nice Figures is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Content · Sub-category: content-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-25

ai:claude

Generate matplotlib figures in the soft-pastel + warm-earth visual register used by AI alignment research blogs (Anthropic-style) — bold sans-serif display titles, scatter overlaid with smoothed trends and shaded confidence bands, minimal axes, '↓better' badges, warm coral/peach/sage/blue palettes, white background by default. Use this skill whenever the user asks for plots in an Anthropic-style, alignment-research style, soft-pastel style, research-blog style, or conference-poster style. Trigger especially for training-curve plots over RL steps, agentic misalignment bar charts, eval comparisons, scatter plots with error bars and baseline bands, or any figure the user wants to feel more 'research-blog' than 'Nature column.' Also trigger when the user references a previous figure built in this style or asks for conference-ready figures with a clean white background.

From the source SKILL.md

A matplotlib visual register for AI research figures — alignment plots, training curves, eval bar charts, scaling scatter plots. Bold sans-serif titles, soft pastel + warm earth palettes, smoothed trends with shaded bands, minimal axes. Conference-ready (white background) by default.

What this skill does

Nice Figures is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the content-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/nice-figures/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Nice Figures Claude Code skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 116,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/nice-figures
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/nice-figures/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/nice-figures/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/nice-figures/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/nice-figures/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\nice-figures\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Nice Figures Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/nice-figures/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Nice Figures skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Nice Figures skill?

Use Nice Figures when your Claude Code task falls under the Content category — specifically in the content misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Nice Figures" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/content/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Nice Figures skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Nice Figures is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/Mapika/nice-figures/blob/HEAD/plugins/nice-figures/skills/nice-figures/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: Mapika

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

Mapika. (2026). Nice Figures [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/nice-figures/

BibTeX

@misc{nice-figures-2026,
  author    = {Mapika},
  title     = {Nice Figures [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/nice-figures/}
}

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