How do I install the Visual Explainer Claude Code skill?

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

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.

ClaudSkills / Content / editorial

Visual Explainer

Category: Content · Sub-category: editorial

Generate self-contained HTML pages that visually explain systems, data stories, investigations, editorial workflows, and code changes. Use when the user asks for diagrams, architecture views, visual diffs, data tables, timelines, source maps, or any structured visualization that would be painful to read as terminal output. Also activates for tables with 4+ rows or 3+ columns. Adapted from nicobailon/visual-explainer with journalism, newsroom, and academic design sensibilities.

What this skill does

Visual Explainer is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the editorial sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/visual-explainer/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user asks for diagrams, architecture views, visual diffs, data tables, timelines, source maps, or any structured visualization that would be painful to read as terminal output. Also activates for tables with 4+ rows or 3+ columns.

Who uses this skill

The Visual Explainer skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 56,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

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

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

Pro

For the full experience including quality scoring and one-click install features for each skill — upgrade to Pro.

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