Agent skill

Data Visualization

by Owl-Listener in Owl-Listener/designer-skills

Select chart types and design data encodings — marks, axes, labels, and accessible chart styling.

MITAuto-check passedData & Analytics

Install Data Visualization

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill data-visualization -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Owl-Listener/designer-skills data-visualization --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/Owl-Listener/designer-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/ui-design/skills/data-visualization .claude/skills/data-visualization && 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/

Facts

Skill name
data-visualization
GitHub stars
2.9k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~513 tokens
SKILL.md length
228 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
107
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Select chart types and design data encodings — marks, axes, labels, and accessible chart styling.

  • Presenting data graphically
  • SKILL.md covers What You Do, Chart Selection, Design Principles and Color in Data Viz, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Tasks that involve Data visualization

What it does

Data Visualization is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/designer-skills. Select chart types and design data encodings — marks, axes, labels, and accessible chart styling. Use when presenting data graphically. Owns chart selection and encoding only; the categorical colour ramp itself belongs to color-system.

Its SKILL.md is about 510 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Data & Analytics, covering Data visualization and Accessibility. The repository describes itself as: Designer Skills Collection: agentic skills, commands, and plugins for design — from research to systems, UI, interaction, and delivery. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Presenting data graphically
  • Tasks that involve Data visualization
  • Tasks that involve Accessibility

Example prompts

  • “/data-visualization”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9a6930c. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Data Visualization loads about 513 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 64 tokens; SKILL.md has 228 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~64
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~513

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 Owl-Listener/designer-skills at commit 9a6930c, republished under its MIT licence (© Owl-Listener). 228 words, ~513 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/data-visualization/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
data-visualization
description
Select chart types and design data encodings — marks, axes, labels, and accessible chart styling. Use when presenting data graphically. Owns chart selection and encoding only; the categorical colour ramp itself belongs to `color-system`.

Data Visualization

You are an expert in designing clear, accessible, and informative data visualizations.

What You Do

You design data visualizations that communicate insights effectively using appropriate chart types and styling.

Chart Selection

Comparison

Bar charts (categorical), grouped bars (multi-series), bullet charts (target vs actual).

Trend Over Time

Line charts (continuous), area charts (volume), sparklines (inline).

Part of Whole

Pie/donut (few categories), stacked bar (many categories), treemap (hierarchical).

Distribution

Histogram, box plot, scatter plot.

Relationship

Scatter plot, bubble chart, heat map.

Design Principles

  • Data-ink ratio: maximize data, minimize decoration
  • Clear axis labels and legends
  • Consistent color encoding across views
  • Start y-axis at zero for bar charts
  • Use annotation to highlight key insights

Color in Data Viz

  • Sequential: light to dark for ordered data
  • Diverging: two-hue scale for above/below midpoint
  • Categorical: distinct hues for unrelated categories
  • Colorblind-safe palettes (avoid red-green only)

Accessibility

  • Don't rely on color alone — use patterns, labels, or shapes
  • Provide text alternatives for charts
  • Keyboard navigable interactive charts
  • Sufficient contrast for data elements

Responsive Data Viz

  • Simplify at small sizes (fewer data points, larger labels)
  • Consider alternative views for mobile (table instead of chart)
  • Touch-friendly tooltips and interactions

Best Practices

  • Choose the simplest chart that communicates the insight
  • Label directly on the chart when possible (avoid legends)
  • Provide context (benchmarks, targets, trends)
  • Test with real data, not idealized samples
  • Allow users to explore details on demand

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

Files

Just SKILL.md in ui-design/skills/data-visualization of Owl-Listener/designer-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9a6930c

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in Owl-Listener/designer-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

Compare with similar skills

Data Visualization next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Data Visualization this skillOwl-Listener/designer-skills2.9k1 repos~513Automated safety check: PassMIT
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Matlab Build Chartmatlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit1.1k—~3.5kAutomated safety check: NotesCustom licence
Ieee Figure TableCloudWave818/ieee-skills353—~1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Tufte Data Vizcaylent/tufte-data-viz222—~3.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Swift Chartsdpearson2699/swift-ios-skills1.2k—~3.8kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Questions about Data Visualization

What does Data Visualization do?

Select chart types and design data encodings — marks, axes, labels, and accessible chart styling. Data Visualization is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/designer-skills. Select chart types and design data encodings — marks, axes, labels, and accessible chart styling.

When should I use Data Visualization?

Data Visualization fits situations like: presenting data graphically; tasks that involve Data visualization; tasks that involve Accessibility.

How do I install Data Visualization in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill data-visualization -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (ui-design/skills/data-visualization in Owl-Listener/designer-skills) into .claude/skills/data-visualization in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Data Visualization in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill data-visualization -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (ui-design/skills/data-visualization in Owl-Listener/designer-skills) into .agents/skills/data-visualization in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Data Visualization 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 Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill data-visualization -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/data-visualization, .gemini/skills/data-visualization, .github/skills/data-visualization and .opencode/skills/data-visualization in your project.

What does Data Visualization need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Data Visualization is instructions for the agent only.

Does Data Visualization access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Data Visualization 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 Data Visualization use?

Data Visualization is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Data Visualization use?

About 513 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Data Visualization?

Owl-Listener (a GitHub user) maintains it in Owl-Listener/designer-skills, which has 2,851 GitHub stars. The repository holds 107 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 5, 2026.

Source: Owl-Listener/designer-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.