openpencil-design-orchestrator

English | 简体中文

Controlled AI-assisted design workflow for Pencil / OpenPencil.

An Agent Skill for orchestrating Pencil / OpenPencil design work through a staged, MCP-first workflow.

Quick Start

Option 1 — Download the packaged skill

Go to the latest release and download:

• openpencil-design-orchestrator.skill

Option 2 — Inspect the source

Browse the skill source directly in this repository:

• SKILL.md
• references/
• scripts/

Installation / Use

This repository ships both the source skill and a packaged .skill release artifact.

Typical usage flow:

1. Download the .skill artifact from the latest release
2. Install/import it into your skill environment
3. Use it when working with Pencil / OpenPencil design tasks that need staged, bounded execution

Typical trigger examples:

• “Use Pencil/OpenPencil to redesign this hero section, but do it section-by-section.”
• “Audit this design for spacing, typography, and token consistency before editing.”
• “Plan the page structure first, then create only the skeleton.”

Install and verify

For installation and first-run verification, see:

• Installation Guide
• 简体中文安装说明

For follow-up support materials, see:

• Troubleshooting
• Usage Examples
• Evaluation Guide

What it does

openpencil-design-orchestrator turns vague AI-assisted design requests into a controlled sequence of steps:

1. Preflight – verify Pencil/OpenPencil, MCP readiness, and current structure
2. Planning – break work into pages, sections, components, tokens, and execution order
3. Skeleton – build structural scaffolding only
4. Section Content – edit one section at a time with bounded scope
5. Refinement – improve spacing, hierarchy, consistency, and polish
6. Save / Handoff – summarize changes and remaining risks

The goal is to avoid uncontrolled one-shot design mutations and keep changes small, reviewable, and reversible.

Best fit

Use this skill when you need to:

• work with Pencil / OpenPencil through MCP
• orchestrate AI-assisted design changes safely
• perform section-by-section design edits
• audit layout, consistency, spacing, tokens, and structure
• adapt workflows across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or Windsurf

Not for

This skill is not the best primary path for:

• unconstrained whole-product one-shot generation
• blind large-scale destructive edits
• pretending live editing works when MCP is unavailable
• default-on high-risk automation via unrestricted eval

Repository layout

.
├── SKILL.md
├── README.md
├── README.zh-CN.md
├── references/
├── scripts/
├── dist/
│   └── openpencil-design-orchestrator.skill
├── source/
│   └── NOTICE.txt
└── LICENSE

Key files

• SKILL.md – trigger description, workflow rules, operating constraints
• references/ – prompt framework, workflow sequence, fallback mode, risk matrix, client adapters, capability notes
• scripts/preflight-check.sh – quick environment and MCP readiness check
• scripts/scaffold-phase-prompt.py – generate phase-specific prompt scaffolds
• dist/openpencil-design-orchestrator.skill – packaged distributable skill file

Typical usage patterns

1. Build a new page safely

Example: “Create a SaaS landing page, but start with skeleton only.”

2. Revise one section without collateral damage

Example: “Only redesign the hero section; do not touch the rest.”

3. Audit an existing design

Example: “Review spacing, typography hierarchy, and token consistency before editing.”

Roadmap

Possible future improvements:

• richer example prompts for more design scenarios
• more client-specific adapter notes
• expanded fallback examples for non-MCP workflows
• release notes for future versions beyond the initial public release

Release

• Latest release: https://github.com/ziiinian/openpencil-design-orchestrator/releases/latest
• First public release: https://github.com/ziiinian/openpencil-design-orchestrator/releases/tag/v1.0.0

License

This repository is released under the MIT License. See LICENSE.