Agent skill

Krita CLI Harness

Drives Krita from the command line to create projects, add layers, apply filters, resize the canvas and export images, with JSON output for agents.

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Install Krita CLI Harness

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-krita -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HKUDS/CLI-Anything cli-anything-krita --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cli-anything-krita .claude/skills/cli-anything-krita && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "cli-anything-krita" agent skill from https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/tree/main/skills/cli-anything-krita into .claude/skills/cli-anything-krita/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cli-anything-krita", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/tree/main/skills/cli-anything-krita

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-krita -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HKUDS/CLI-Anything cli-anything-krita --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cli-anything-krita .agents/skills/cli-anything-krita && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "cli-anything-krita" agent skill from https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/tree/main/skills/cli-anything-krita into .agents/skills/cli-anything-krita/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cli-anything-krita", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-krita -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HKUDS/CLI-Anything cli-anything-krita --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cli-anything-krita .cursor/skills/cli-anything-krita && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "cli-anything-krita" agent skill from https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/tree/main/skills/cli-anything-krita into .cursor/skills/cli-anything-krita/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cli-anything-krita", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git --path skills/cli-anything-krita

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-krita -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HKUDS/CLI-Anything cli-anything-krita --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cli-anything-krita .gemini/skills/cli-anything-krita && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "cli-anything-krita" agent skill from https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/tree/main/skills/cli-anything-krita into .gemini/skills/cli-anything-krita/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cli-anything-krita", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HKUDS/CLI-Anything cli-anything-krita

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-krita -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cli-anything-krita .github/skills/cli-anything-krita && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "cli-anything-krita" agent skill from https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/tree/main/skills/cli-anything-krita into .github/skills/cli-anything-krita/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cli-anything-krita", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-krita -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HKUDS/CLI-Anything cli-anything-krita --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cli-anything-krita .opencode/skills/cli-anything-krita && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "cli-anything-krita" agent skill from https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/tree/main/skills/cli-anything-krita into .opencode/skills/cli-anything-krita/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cli-anything-krita", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: cli-anything-krita
GitHub stars: 52k
Token cost: ~931 tokens
SKILL.md length: 83 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 78
Repo updated: Sep 22, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Drives Krita from the command line to create projects, add layers, apply filters, resize the canvas and export images, with JSON output for agents.

Automating Krita image work without opening the GUI
SKILL.md covers Prerequisites, Command Reference, Agent Usage (JSON Mode) and Example Workflow
Calls pip
Batch applying filters to layers and exporting to several formats

What it does

This skill documents the cli-anything-krita command, installed with pip from the krita/agent-harness folder. Command groups cover projects (new with name, width and height, open, save, info), layers (add paint, group, vector, filter, fill, clone and file layers, with opacity) and filters such as blur, sharpen, levels, curves, hue-saturation, posterize and threshold. Canvas commands resize and report info, and export renders to presets including png, jpeg, tiff, psd, pdf, svg, webp, gif and bmp.

A session group provides undo, redo and history, and a status command reports the current state. Every command takes a json flag that returns machine-readable output, which suits agent use, and an example workflow starts with creating an illustration project. It needs Krita installed on the system and Python 3.10 or newer.

When your agent uses it

Automating Krita image work without opening the GUI
Batch applying filters to layers and exporting to several formats
Creating a layered Krita project from a script or agent
Reading project and layer information as JSON for later steps

Example prompts

“Create a new Krita project called Illustration at 3000 by 4000 and add Sketch and Colors layers.”
“Apply a blur to the Background layer and export the result as a PNG.”
“List the layers in project.json as JSON and tell me which ones are filter layers.”
“Resize the canvas of art.json to 4096 by 4096 and export a PSD.”

Requirements

Krita installed on the system
Python 3.10 or newer

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 34f5195. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- pip
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Krita CLI Harness loads about 931 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 83 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~55
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~931

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from HKUDS/CLI-Anything at commit 34f5195, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© HKUDS). 83 words, ~931 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/cli-anything-krita/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: cli-anything-krita
description: CLI harness for Krita digital painting — manage projects, layers, filters, and export via command line. Use when automating Krita workflows, batch processing images, or operating Krita without a GUI.

cli-anything-krita

CLI harness for Krita, the professional open-source digital painting application.

Prerequisites

Krita installed on the system
Python 3.10+

Install the CLI:

bash

cd krita/agent-harness && pip install -e .

Command Reference

Project Management

bash

cli-anything-krita project new -n "My Art" -w 2048 -h 2048 -o project.json
cli-anything-krita project open project.json
cli-anything-krita --project project.json project save
cli-anything-krita --project project.json project info

Layer Management

bash

cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer add "Sketch" -t paintlayer
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer add "Colors" --opacity 200
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer add "Group" -t grouplayer
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer remove "Sketch"
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer list
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer set "Colors" opacity 180
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer set "Colors" visible false
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer set "Colors" blending_mode multiply

Layer types: paintlayer, grouplayer, vectorlayer, filterlayer, filllayer, clonelayer, filelayer

Filters

bash

cli-anything-krita -p project.json filter apply blur -l "Background"
cli-anything-krita -p project.json filter apply sharpen
cli-anything-krita -p project.json filter apply levels -c '{"shadows": 10, "highlights": 240}'
cli-anything-krita filter list

Available: blur, sharpen, desaturate, levels, curves, brightness-contrast, hue-saturation, color-balance, unsharp-mask, posterize, threshold

Canvas Operations

bash

cli-anything-krita -p project.json canvas resize -w 4096 -h 4096
cli-anything-krita -p project.json canvas resize --resolution 600
cli-anything-krita -p project.json canvas info

Export

bash

cli-anything-krita -p project.json export render output.png -p png --overwrite
cli-anything-krita -p project.json export render output.jpg -p jpeg
cli-anything-krita -p project.json export render output.psd -p psd
cli-anything-krita -p project.json export animation ./frames/ -p png
cli-anything-krita export presets
cli-anything-krita export formats

Presets: png, png-web, jpeg, jpeg-web, jpeg-low, tiff, tiff-lzw, psd, pdf, svg, webp, gif, bmp

Session (Undo/Redo)

bash

cli-anything-krita session undo
cli-anything-krita session redo
cli-anything-krita session history

Status

bash

cli-anything-krita status

Agent Usage (JSON Mode)

All commands support --json for machine-readable output:

bash

cli-anything-krita --json -p project.json project info
cli-anything-krita --json -p project.json layer list
cli-anything-krita --json status

Example Workflow

bash

# 1. Create project
cli-anything-krita --json project new -n "Illustration" -w 3000 -h 4000 -o art.json

# 2. Set up layer stack
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Background" -t paintlayer
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Sketch" -t paintlayer --opacity 180
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Inking" -t paintlayer
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Colors" -t paintlayer
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Effects" -t paintlayer --opacity 128

# 3. Apply effects
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json filter apply blur -l "Background"

# 4. Export
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json export render final.png -p png --overwrite

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/cli-anything-krita of HKUDS/CLI-Anything.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 34f5195

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Questions about Krita CLI Harness

What does Krita CLI Harness do?

Drives Krita from the command line to create projects, add layers, apply filters, resize the canvas and export images, with JSON output for agents. This skill documents the cli-anything-krita command, installed with pip from the krita/agent-harness folder. Command groups cover projects (new with name, width and height, open, save, info), layers (add paint, group, vector, filter, fill, clone and file layers, with opacity) and filters such as blur, sharpen, levels, curves, hue-saturation, posterize and threshold.

When should I use Krita CLI Harness?

Krita CLI Harness fits situations like: automating Krita image work without opening the GUI; batch applying filters to layers and exporting to several formats; creating a layered Krita project from a script or agent; reading project and layer information as JSON for later steps.

How do I install Krita CLI Harness in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-krita -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cli-anything-krita in HKUDS/CLI-Anything) into .claude/skills/cli-anything-krita in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Krita CLI Harness in Codex?

Run `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-krita -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cli-anything-krita in HKUDS/CLI-Anything) into .agents/skills/cli-anything-krita in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Krita CLI Harness in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-krita -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cli-anything-krita, .gemini/skills/cli-anything-krita, .github/skills/cli-anything-krita and .opencode/skills/cli-anything-krita in your project.

What does Krita CLI Harness need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Krita CLI Harness needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pip). Our summary lists: Krita installed on the system; Python 3.10 or newer.

Does Krita CLI Harness access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Krita CLI Harness safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Krita CLI Harness use?

Krita CLI Harness is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Krita CLI Harness use?

About 931 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Krita CLI Harness?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Krita CLI Harness: Fal AI Generation (witnesstodark/mr-mak-workspace, 343 stars), Stable Diffusion with Diffusers (Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs, 13k stars), Image Processing (jezweb/claude-skills, 1.1k stars) and Image Remove Background (godot-fun/gai, 182 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Krita CLI Harness?

HKUDS (a GitHub organization) maintains it in HKUDS/CLI-Anything, which has 51,768 GitHub stars. The repository holds 78 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 22, 2026.

Source: HKUDS/CLI-Anything on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Krita CLI Harness

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

cli-anything-krita

Prerequisites

Command Reference

Project Management

Layer Management

Filters

Canvas Operations

Export

Session (Undo/Redo)

Status

Agent Usage (JSON Mode)

Example Workflow

Files

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