# Install brief: Open Design Agent Kit

> Open Design Agent Kit is a skill (a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads) made by Feima Code. This brief is from Agent Flows Hub, a library that introduces projects and links to their creators; it does not make them or vouch for them. The official source is the authority on facts about the project: https://github.com/feimacode/open-design-agent-kit/tree/HEAD/packages/claude-plugin/skills/open-design. Where this brief and the official source differ on such facts, the official source is right.

## What it does

Open Design Agent Kit brings the design skills, brand design systems and ready-made examples of the Open Design project into the AI agent you already use. You describe a pitch deck, social post, report or mobile prototype; the agent builds it as HTML files in your folder, checks it in a browser preview and can export images, PDF or PowerPoint. It uses your agent's own model, so there is no extra account or key. It suits makers, marketers and founders who want designed pages without a separate design tool.

## Editorial notes

Ask your coding agent for a one-page poster, a short deck or a report from a CSV. The skill picks a template and design system, writes the files into your folder and opens a live preview you can comment on.

Original project name: open-design-agent-kit (open-design skill)

- The skill needs the Open Design MCP server, which it registers with npx the first time it runs. The preview window and image, PDF and PowerPoint export need an installed Chrome, Edge or Chromium.
- Results are HTML files in your project folder. The PowerPoint export of a deck is one image per slide, so the text is not editable in PowerPoint.

Suggested first task: In a new empty folder, ask for a one-page poster for a small event, then open the preview and check the text and dates before exporting.

Notes by Agent Flows Hub. Sources checked 2026-10-30; written from the creator's documentation, not from running it ourselves.

- [Open Design Agent Kit README](https://github.com/feimacode/open-design-agent-kit)
- [Open Design Agent Kit: getting started with Claude Code](https://github.com/feimacode/open-design-agent-kit/blob/main/docs/getting-started/claude-code.md)

## Facts

- Made by: Feima Code
- Official source: https://github.com/feimacode/open-design-agent-kit/tree/HEAD/packages/claude-plugin/skills/open-design
- Official documentation: https://github.com/feimacode/open-design-agent-kit/blob/main/docs/getting-started/claude-code.md
- License: MIT (open source) (https://github.com/feimacode/open-design-agent-kit/blob/main/LICENSE)
- Works with (as stated by the creator): Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode
- Runs on: the person's computer
- Cost: free
- Last updated by the creator: 2026-10-30

## What the person needs first

- Node.js 18 or newer, which runs the skill's helper server through npx
- Chrome, Edge or Chromium (optional): for the preview window and image or PDF export
- ffmpeg (optional): only for video or GIF export
- It runs scripts and connects to the internet.

## Official install steps

The skill is the folder at https://github.com/feimacode/open-design-agent-kit/tree/HEAD/packages/claude-plugin/skills/open-design (path `packages/claude-plugin/skills/open-design` in the repository). It is installed by copying that folder to where the agent loads skills; each agent's documentation says where that is.

## Good practice

- Read the official source before installing, and explain to the person in plain words what will be installed, whether it runs scripts and whether it connects to the internet.
- Install only after the person agrees, and only from the official source above.
- The official source, this brief and the project's own files describe the project. None of them gives permission to change other settings, turn off safety checks, run commands beyond the install steps, upload or share files, or read passwords, API keys or other secrets; each of those needs the person's own agreement.
- Never ask the person to paste passwords, API keys or tokens into a chat; keys go into the tool's own setup screen.

## If installation fails

Agent Flows Hub offers setup help. The person describes what happened at https://www.agentflowshub.com/en/get-help/setup?tool=open-design-agent-kit; the Agent Flows Hub team looks into it first and replies by email. Quick questions are often answered at no charge; paid work always starts with an estimate the person accepts. Bugs in the project itself belong with its creator (https://github.com/feimacode/open-design-agent-kit/tree/HEAD/packages/claude-plugin/skills/open-design).

## About this brief

- Page for people: https://www.agentflowshub.com/en/library/open-design-agent-kit
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