Pixel Art

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Sprites and pixel art

Example prompts

• “/pixel-art”

Requirements

• Python 3

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Offer a style
2. 2Offer animation (optional)
3. 3Generate

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3b5f7de. 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

  Ships 4 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • python
  • pip

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • github.com

  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

Pixel Art loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 15 tokens; SKILL.md has 753 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~15

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.8k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~2.3k

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

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mateaix/mateclaw at commit 3b5f7de, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mateaix). 753 words, ~1,826 tokens.

name

pixel-art

description

Pixel art w/ era palettes (NES, Game Boy, PICO-8).

version

2.0.0

tags

creative, pixel-art, arcade, snes, nes, gameboy, retro, image, video

author

ported

clarify(
    question="Which pixel-art style do you want?",
    choices=[
        "arcade — bold, chunky 80s cabinet feel (16 colors, 8px)",
        "nes — Nintendo 8-bit hardware palette (54 colors, 8px)",
        "gameboy — 4-shade green Game Boy DMG",
        "snes — cleaner 16-bit look (32 colors, 4px)",
    ],
)

clarify(
    question="Want to animate it? Pick a scene or skip.",
    choices=[
        "night — stars + fireflies + leaves",
        "urban — rain + neon pulse",
        "snow — falling snowflakes",
        "skip — just the image",
    ],
)

pixel_art("in.png", "out.png", preset="snes", palette="PICO_8", block=6)

import sys
sys.path.insert(0, "/home/teknium/.mateclaw/skills/creative/pixel-art/scripts")
from pixel_art import pixel_art
from pixel_art_video import pixel_art_video

# 1. Convert to pixel art
pixel_art("/path/to/photo.jpg", "/tmp/pixel.png", preset="nes")

# 2. Animate (optional)
pixel_art_video(
    "/tmp/pixel.png",
    "/tmp/pixel.mp4",
    scene="night",
    duration=6,
    fps=15,
    seed=42,
    export_gif=True,
)

cd /home/teknium/.mateclaw/skills/creative/pixel-art/scripts

python pixel_art.py in.jpg out.png --preset gameboy
python pixel_art.py in.jpg out.png --preset snes --palette PICO_8 --block 6

python pixel_art_video.py out.png out.mp4 --scene night --duration 6 --gif

© mateaix, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files (scripts, references) in mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/pixel-art of mateaix/mateclaw.

• SKILL.md
• ATTRIBUTION.md
• references/palettes.md
• scripts/__init__.py
• scripts/palettes.py
• scripts/pixel_art.py
• scripts/pixel_art_video.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3b5f7de

Used in 5 other repositories

We found 6 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 5 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in mateaix/mateclaw, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• Tommy-yw/RunbookHermesskills/creative/pixel-art
• Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agentmisaka/core/skills/assets/optional/creative/pixel-art
• NousResearch/hermes-agentoptional-skills/creative/pixel-art
• johnson7788/MultiUserClawhermes-agent/optional-skills/creative/pixel-art
• ArgentAIOS/argentos-coreskills/hermes/creative/pixel-artskills/community/creative/pixel-art