Agent skill

Panel Composition

A panel composition skill used by the storyboarder and image-generator agents.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Panel Composition

skills CLI

$ npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill panel-composition -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install revfactory/harness-100 panel-composition --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/revfactory/harness-100.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition .claude/skills/panel-composition && 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 "panel-composition" agent skill from https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100/tree/main/en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition into .claude/skills/panel-composition/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "panel-composition", 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/revfactory/harness-100/tree/main/en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition

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 revfactory/harness-100 --skill panel-composition -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install revfactory/harness-100 panel-composition --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition .agents/skills/panel-composition && 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 "panel-composition" agent skill from https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100/tree/main/en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition into .agents/skills/panel-composition/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "panel-composition", 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 revfactory/harness-100 --skill panel-composition -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install revfactory/harness-100 panel-composition --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition .cursor/skills/panel-composition && 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 "panel-composition" agent skill from https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100/tree/main/en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition into .cursor/skills/panel-composition/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "panel-composition", 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/revfactory/harness-100.git --path en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition

--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 revfactory/harness-100 --skill panel-composition -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install revfactory/harness-100 panel-composition --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/revfactory/harness-100.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition .gemini/skills/panel-composition && 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 "panel-composition" agent skill from https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100/tree/main/en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition into .gemini/skills/panel-composition/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "panel-composition", 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 revfactory/harness-100 panel-composition

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 revfactory/harness-100 --skill panel-composition -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition .github/skills/panel-composition && 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 "panel-composition" agent skill from https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100/tree/main/en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition into .github/skills/panel-composition/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "panel-composition", 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 revfactory/harness-100 --skill panel-composition -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 revfactory/harness-100 panel-composition --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition .opencode/skills/panel-composition && 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 "panel-composition" agent skill from https://github.com/revfactory/harness-100/tree/main/en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition into .opencode/skills/panel-composition/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "panel-composition", 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: panel-composition
GitHub stars: 1.3k
Token cost: ~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length: 426 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 464
Repo updated: Mar 22, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

A panel composition skill used by the storyboarder and image-generator agents.

Works in 4 steps: Entry Point: Where the reader's eyes… → Gaze Path: Character gaze direction… → Bubble Order: Top-to-bottom,… → …
Tasks that involve Comics and storyboards
SKILL.md covers Why Composition Defines Comics, Basic Panel Layout Patterns, Camera Angle Emotional Effects and Panel Size and Time Relationship, plus 3 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Panel Composition is an agent skill from revfactory/harness-100. A panel composition skill used by the storyboarder and image-generator agents. Provides comic panel layout patterns, camera angles, gaze flow design, and page rhythm methodologies. Used for 'panel layout,' 'composition,' 'storyboard design,' 'gaze flow,' and related topics.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k 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 Media & Creative, covering Comics and storyboards and Image generation. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Comics and storyboards
Tasks that involve Image generation

Example prompts

“panel layout,”
“composition,”
“storyboard design,”
“/panel-composition”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

Entry Point: Where the reader's eyes land first on each page — place the most important information here
Gaze Path: Character gaze direction should point toward the next panel
Bubble Order: Top-to-bottom, left-to-right (for left-to-right reading languages)
Action Direction: Rightward motion = advance/progress; leftward = retreat/flashback

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8e8d35c. 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

Panel Composition loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 73 tokens; SKILL.md has 426 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~73
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.3k

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

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 revfactory/harness-100 at commit 8e8d35c, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© revfactory). 426 words, ~1,260 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/panel-composition/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: panel-composition
description: A panel composition skill used by the storyboarder and image-generator agents. Provides comic panel layout patterns, camera angles, gaze flow design, and page rhythm methodologies. Used for 'panel layout,' 'composition,' 'storyboard design,' 'gaze flow,' and related topics.

Panel Composition — Panel Composition Methodology

Expert knowledge used by the storyboarder and image-generator agents when designing comic panels and generating images.

Why Composition Defines Comics

Comics are a medium that converts time into space. Unlike film where time flows automatically, comics rely on the reader's gaze movement to create time. Panel size, shape, and arrangement are the tools for directing time and emotion.

Basic Panel Layout Patterns

4-Panel Comic Layouts

Pattern	Structure	Best For
Setup-Development-Twist-Punchline	4 equal vertical panels	Comedy, observational humor
Wide to Close	Wide -> Standard -> Standard -> Close-up	Drama, emotional emphasis
Zoom In	Long shot -> Medium -> Close -> Extreme close-up	Building tension, discovery
Time Jump	Past -> Present -> Present -> Result	Contrast, growth

Webtoon Layout (Vertical Scroll)

Technique	Panel Composition	Effect
Expanded Spacing	2-3x normal spacing between panels	Time passage, lingering emotion
Full-Width Panel	Uses entire screen width	Impact, scene transition
Tall Vertical Panel	Vertically elongated panel	Falling, height, overwhelming scale
Rapid Cuts	3-5 small panels in succession	Fast action, tension
Silent Panel	Scenery/expression with no dialogue	Emotional space, reader interpretation

Camera Angle Emotional Effects

Angle	Emotional Effect	Use Case	Prompt Keywords
Low Angle (looking up)	Intimidation, authority, heroic	Character introductions, confrontation	"low angle shot, looking up"
High Angle (looking down)	Vulnerability, isolation, overview	Crisis, solitude	"high angle shot, bird's eye"
Eye Level	Equality, objectivity	Conversation, daily life	"eye level shot"
Dutch Angle (tilted)	Unease, tension, confusion	Psychological tension, danger	"dutch angle, tilted frame"
Over-the-Shoulder	Conversational tension, POV	Dialogue, confrontation	"over the shoulder shot"
POV (First Person)	Immersion, reader = character	Horror, discovery	"POV shot, first person"

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Panel Size and Time Relationship

Small panel = Short time (fast action, instant)
Large panel = Long time (leisure, emotion, scenery)
Borderless panel = Time freeze (daydream, flashback)

Size Usage Guide

Size	Ratio	Use
Small (1/6 page)	15%	Reactions, SFX, capturing a moment
Medium (1/4 page)	25%	Standard dialogue, regular actions
Large (1/2 page)	50%	Emotional moments, action highlights
Full (entire page)	100%	Establishing shots, climaxes
Double Spread (2 pages)	200%	Maximum impact, battle panoramas

Gaze Flow (Reading Flow)

Z-Pattern (Western)

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Reverse-Z (Korean/Webtoon)

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Gaze Flow Rules

Entry Point: Where the reader's eyes land first on each page — place the most important information here
Gaze Path: Character gaze direction should point toward the next panel
Bubble Order: Top-to-bottom, left-to-right (for left-to-right reading languages)
Action Direction: Rightward motion = advance/progress; leftward = retreat/flashback

Page Rhythm Design: Musical Patterns

Rhythm Pattern	Panel Composition	Effect
Strong-Weak-Strong-Weak	Large-Small-Large-Small	Stable, conversation scenes
Weak-Weak-Weak-STRONG!	Small-Small-Small-Full page	Tension buildup -> explosion
Strong-Weak-Weak-Weak	Large opening -> small progression	Scene transition then detail
Even	All same size	Uniform time flow, daily life
Decreasing	Large -> Medium -> Small -> Small	Zoom in, focus
Increasing	Small -> Small -> Medium -> Large	Zoom out, scale expansion

Image Generation Prompt Structure

[Style] [Angle] [Composition]. [Character description]. [Action/Expression].
[Background/Environment]. [Lighting]. [Emotion/Atmosphere].
[Text instruction: dialogue text or NO TEXT]

Prompt Example

Manga style, medium shot, slightly low angle.
A young woman with short black hair in a lab coat,
looking surprised with wide eyes, holding a broken test tube.
Modern laboratory background with blue LED lighting.
Dramatic side lighting, tense atmosphere.
NO TEXT in the image.

Files

Just SKILL.md in en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition of revfactory/harness-100.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8e8d35c

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Questions about Panel Composition

What does Panel Composition do?

A panel composition skill used by the storyboarder and image-generator agents. Panel Composition is an agent skill from revfactory/harness-100. A panel composition skill used by the storyboarder and image-generator agents.

When should I use Panel Composition?

Panel Composition fits situations like: tasks that involve Comics and storyboards; tasks that involve Image generation.

How do I install Panel Composition in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill panel-composition -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition in revfactory/harness-100) into .claude/skills/panel-composition in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Panel Composition in Codex?

Run `npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill panel-composition -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (en/07-comic-creator/.claude/skills/panel-composition in revfactory/harness-100) into .agents/skills/panel-composition in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Panel Composition 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 revfactory/harness-100 --skill panel-composition -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/panel-composition, .gemini/skills/panel-composition, .github/skills/panel-composition and .opencode/skills/panel-composition in your project.

What does Panel Composition need to run?

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

Does Panel Composition 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 Panel Composition 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 Panel Composition use?

Panel Composition 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 Panel Composition use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5k 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 Panel Composition?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Panel Composition: Canghe Comic (freestylefly/canghe-skills, 461 stars), Xhs Imagen (NimaChu/xhs-imagen, 120 stars), Hbg Life Simulation (Mr-funny/hbg-life-simulation, 140 stars) and Knowledge Comic Creator (JimLiu/baoyu-skills, 26k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Panel Composition?

revfactory (a GitHub user) maintains it in revfactory/harness-100, which has 1,290 GitHub stars. The repository holds 464 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Source: revfactory/harness-100 on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Panel Composition

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Panel Composition — Panel Composition Methodology

Why Composition Defines Comics

Basic Panel Layout Patterns

4-Panel Comic Layouts

Webtoon Layout (Vertical Scroll)

Camera Angle Emotional Effects

Panel Size and Time Relationship

Size Usage Guide

Gaze Flow (Reading Flow)

Z-Pattern (Western)

Reverse-Z (Korean/Webtoon)

Gaze Flow Rules

Page Rhythm Design: Musical Patterns

Image Generation Prompt Structure

Prompt Example

Files

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