collage-layout-expert

Expert in ALL computational collage composition: photo mosaics, grid layouts, scrapbook/journal styles, magazine editorial, vision boards, mood boards, social media collages, memory walls, abstract/generative arrangements, and art-historical techniques (Hockney joiners, Dadaist photomontage, Surrealist assemblage, Rauschenberg combines). Masters edge-based assembly, Poisson blending, optimal transport color harmonization, and aesthetic optimization. Activate on 'collage', 'photo mosaic', 'grid layout', 'scrapbook', 'vision board', 'mood board', 'photo wall', 'magazine layout', 'Hockney', 'joiner', 'photomontage'. NOT for simple image editing (use native-app-designer), generating new images (use Stability AI), single photo enhancement (use photo-composition-critic), or basic image similarity search (use clip-aware-embeddings).

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Repository: curiositech/windags-skills
Last source activity: March 25, 2026 at 05:03
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beautiful-gui-design

Design and build beautiful, accessible graphical interfaces — web, desktop (Electron/Tauri), and native (iOS/macOS/Android). Use for visual hierarchy and layout, color and theming (light/dark, semantic tokens, WCAG contrast), typography systems, motion and micro-interactions, accessibility, component systems and design tokens, responsive/adaptive layout, and platform-native idioms. The GUI counterpart to beautiful-cli-design. NOT for terminal/CLI output (use beautiful-cli-design) or API/data schemas.

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build-coop-ide-gpui

Capstone/orchestration skill — build an M-Agent + N-Human cooperative IDE in Rust gpui (the Harbor): many agents and humans co-editing the same files as co-equal CRDT replicas, governed by claims/guard/salvage, across LAN/shared/remote harbors. The INDEX that dispatches into the sibling rust skills. Use when building the collaborative editor, the agent-fleet console, multiplayer editing with agents-as-peers, or any slice of the Harbor. Trigger on: cooperative IDE, collaborative editor, multiplayer editor, agents and humans co-editing, gpui IDE, Loro CRDT editor, harbor editor, claims/salvage, "build the cooperative IDE". NOT for: a single non-collaborative gpui screen (compose the siblings directly), web editors, or non-editor apps.

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gpui-rust-console

Build and extend pd-console — Port Daddy's GPU-native macOS operator console (GPUI 0.2.x, Zed's Rust UI). Covers the render-agnostic Block/Pane(Surface) contract, the two-thread reqwest↔smol refresh pipeline, Taffy flexbox layout, uniform_list virtual scroll, focus + keyboard nav, the OKLCH theme and ICS maritime flag badges, GPUI's missing text-input, and the real feature-gated cargo/CI gate. Use when adding panes, visual polish, or debugging GPUI rendering/layout/focus in core/pd-console. NOT for the TypeScript daemon, generic Rust toolchain/borrow-checker help (use rust-with-claude-code), or non-pd GPUI apps with a different theme/architecture.

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Collage & Layout Composition Expert

Expert in ALL forms of computational collage composition - from Instagram grids to Hockney joiners, from magazine layouts to generative art.

When to Use This Skill

✅ Use for:

Grid Collages: Instagram profiles, regular layouts, tiled compositions

Photo Mosaics: Small images forming larger pictures

Hockney-Style Joiners: Multi-perspective photographic assemblies

Scrapbook/Journal: Mixed media with text, frames, embellishments

Magazine/Editorial: Professional layouts with text integration

Vision/Mood Boards: Inspiration collections, design references

Memory Walls: Scattered Polaroid-style arrangements

Social Media: Stories, carousel previews, profile grids

Abstract/Generative: Algorithmic and procedural arrangements

Art-Historical: Dadaist, Surrealist, Pop Art styles

❌ Do NOT use for:

Simple image editing → native-app-designer

Generating new images → Stability AI

Single photo quality → photo-composition-critic

Image similarity search → clip-aware-embeddings

Color palette extraction → color-theory-palette-harmony-expert

Expert vs Novice Shibboleths

Topic

Novice

Expert

Layout

"Just arrange randomly"

Visual weight, balance, golden ratio

Blending

Hard edges or simple feather

Poisson blending preserves gradients

Color

"Match colors manually"

Optimal transport; LAB space advantages

Composition

Fills all space

Negative space as design element

Scale

Same size for everything

Varies scale for hierarchy

Mosaic

"More tiles = better"

Collage & Layout Composition Expert

Expert in ALL forms of computational collage composition - from Instagram grids to Hockney joiners, from magazine layouts to generative art.

When to Use This Skill

✅ Use for:

Grid Collages: Instagram profiles, regular layouts, tiled compositions

Photo Mosaics: Small images forming larger pictures

Hockney-Style Joiners: Multi-perspective photographic assemblies

Scrapbook/Journal: Mixed media with text, frames, embellishments

Magazine/Editorial: Professional layouts with text integration

Vision/Mood Boards: Inspiration collections, design references

Memory Walls: Scattered Polaroid-style arrangements

Social Media: Stories, carousel previews, profile grids

Abstract/Generative: Algorithmic and procedural arrangements

Art-Historical: Dadaist, Surrealist, Pop Art styles

❌ Do NOT use for:

Simple image editing → native-app-designer

Generating new images → Stability AI

Single photo quality → photo-composition-critic

Image similarity search → clip-aware-embeddings

Color palette extraction → color-theory-palette-harmony-expert

Expert vs Novice Shibboleths

Topic

Novice

Expert

Layout

"Just arrange randomly"

Visual weight, balance, golden ratio

Blending

Hard edges or simple feather

Poisson blending preserves gradients

Color

"Match colors manually"

Optimal transport; LAB space advantages

Composition

Fills all space

Negative space as design element

Scale

Same size for everything

Varies scale for hierarchy

Mosaic

"More tiles = better"

license	Apache-2.0
name	collage-layout-expert
description	Expert in ALL computational collage composition: photo mosaics, grid layouts, scrapbook/journal styles, magazine editorial, vision boards, mood boards, social media collages, memory walls, abstract/generative arrangements, and art-historical techniques (Hockney joiners, Dadaist photomontage, Surrealist assemblage, Rauschenberg combines). Masters edge-based assembly, Poisson blending, optimal transport color harmonization, and aesthetic optimization. Activate on 'collage', 'photo mosaic', 'grid layout', 'scrapbook', 'vision board', 'mood board', 'photo wall', 'magazine layout', 'Hockney', 'joiner', 'photomontage'. NOT for simple image editing (use native-app-designer), generating new images (use Stability AI), single photo enhancement (use photo-composition-critic), or basic image similarity search (use clip-aware-embeddings).
allowed-tools	Read,Write,Edit,Bash,mcp__stability-ai__stability-ai-generate-image,mcp__firecrawl__firecrawl_search,WebFetch
category	Design & Creative
tags	["collage","layout","photo-mosaic","composition","blending"]
pairs-with	[{"skill":"color-theory-palette-harmony-expert","reason":"Harmonize colors across collage"},{"skill":"photo-composition-critic","reason":"Ensure aesthetic quality of result"}]

license	Apache-2.0
name	collage-layout-expert
description	Expert in ALL computational collage composition: photo mosaics, grid layouts, scrapbook/journal styles, magazine editorial, vision boards, mood boards, social media collages, memory walls, abstract/generative arrangements, and art-historical techniques (Hockney joiners, Dadaist photomontage, Surrealist assemblage, Rauschenberg combines). Masters edge-based assembly, Poisson blending, optimal transport color harmonization, and aesthetic optimization. Activate on 'collage', 'photo mosaic', 'grid layout', 'scrapbook', 'vision board', 'mood board', 'photo wall', 'magazine layout', 'Hockney', 'joiner', 'photomontage'. NOT for simple image editing (use native-app-designer), generating new images (use Stability AI), single photo enhancement (use photo-composition-critic), or basic image similarity search (use clip-aware-embeddings).
allowed-tools	Read,Write,Edit,Bash,mcp__stability-ai__stability-ai-generate-image,mcp__firecrawl__firecrawl_search,WebFetch
category	Design & Creative
tags	["collage","layout","photo-mosaic","composition","blending"]
pairs-with	[{"skill":"color-theory-palette-harmony-expert","reason":"Harmonize colors across collage"},{"skill":"photo-composition-critic","reason":"Ensure aesthetic quality of result"}]

Algorithm	Use Case	Performance
Edge-Based Assembly	Hockney joiners	0.5s for 10 photos
Poisson Blending	Seamless transitions	20ms (512×512)
Optimal Transport	Color harmonization	Real-time w/ affine approx
Force-Directed	Organic scatter	200ms (50 images)
K-d Tree Matching	Photo mosaic tiles	2s for 10k tiles

MCP	Purpose
Stability AI	Generate backgrounds, textures, missing elements
Firecrawl	Research techniques, algorithm papers, art history
WebFetch	Fetch documentation, tutorials, design references

Operation	Mac M2	iPhone 15 Pro
Grid layout (20 photos)	<50ms	<100ms
Photo mosaic (10k tiles)	2s	5s
Force-directed (50 images)	200ms	500ms
Poisson blending (512×512)	20ms	50ms
Hockney assembly (10 photos)	0.5s	2s

collage-layout-expert

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Collage & Layout Composition Expert

When to Use This Skill

Expert vs Novice Shibboleths

Collage & Layout Composition Expert

When to Use This Skill

Expert vs Novice Shibboleths

Decision Tree: Choosing a Style

Core Algorithms (Summary)

Anti-Patterns to Avoid

1. Ignoring Visual Weight

2. Over-Saturating the Canvas

3. Linear FFT for Color Matching

4. Seamless Hockney Joiners

5. Global Poisson Blending

6. Reusing Mosaic Tiles

MCP Integrations

Performance Targets

References

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collage-layout-expert

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More from this repository

Collage & Layout Composition Expert

When to Use This Skill

Expert vs Novice Shibboleths

Collage & Layout Composition Expert

When to Use This Skill

Expert vs Novice Shibboleths

Decision Tree: Choosing a Style

Core Algorithms (Summary)

Anti-Patterns to Avoid

1. Ignoring Visual Weight

2. Over-Saturating the Canvas

3. Linear FFT for Color Matching

4. Seamless Hockney Joiners

5. Global Poisson Blending

6. Reusing Mosaic Tiles

MCP Integrations

Performance Targets

References

Integrates With