Colorfigures, explained

Turn it round. See inside.

Describe an everyday object in one sentence. Claude draws it hand inked and isometric, with buttons that actually work. Here is how, and every figure it has made.

29: figures
202: named parts
360°: degrees of turn

From one sentence to a working object

Ten steps the skill walks Claude through, played live on a real figure.

01 of 10

One sentence, plain words: what it is and what you want to do with it. Start with /colorfigures or just ask.

Claude Code

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01Describe an object

Every figure

Hover to spin, drag to turn, open to play and see inside.

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Fig. P1First try

Fig. P2First try

Fig. P3First try

Install the skill

Claude only. Three steps, about a minute.

1
Install
Open Terminal (on a Mac: ⌘ Space, type Terminal), paste this and press Return.
2
Restart Claude Code
Quit and reopen it so it picks up the new skill.
3
Ask for a figure
Describe an object in plain words, or start with /colorfigures. It saves an .html file: open it in your browser and press things.

Try these prompts

Copy one, paste it into Claude, open the file it makes.

“a gumball machine where I can put in a coin and turn the crank”
“a record player: put on a record, drop the needle and it plays”
“a kettle that boils and clicks off by itself: show how it knows when to stop”
“how does a toaster know when to pop? make it a Colorfigure”
“a bike pump filling a tyre, with a see-through valve”
Not made yet
“a parcel locker wall: type a code and the right door pops open”
Not made yet
“a parking meter: insert coins, the time goes up, print a ticket”
Not made yet
“a doorbell with a chime box: press the button and see the plunger strike the bars”
Not made yet
“a cash machine: put in a card, type a pin and take the notes”
Not made yet
“a kitchen scale: put flour in a bowl and watch the load cell bend”
Not made yet

Questions

A small folder of instructions and templates that teaches Claude how to do one job well. It is not an app and does not run by itself: Claude reads it when you ask for something it covers.

Restart Claude Code, then mention it by name: "use the colorfigures skill to draw a gumball machine". To check it is installed, run ls ~/.claude/skills/colorfigures: you should see SKILL.md, README.md, LICENSE, assets and scripts.

Everyday machines and devices with parts you can press: appliances, vending and arcade machines, toys, signs, kiosks. Soft, organic things (people, animals, plants) do not suit the style.

About 15 to 30 minutes and roughly 200,000 to 400,000 tokens per figure in Claude Code. Most of it goes on modelling the object from every side and building its see-through, then checking it from several angles and fixing what it finds.

Yes. Every figure has five body colours (tomato, mustard, mint, cobalt, blush) and a hand drawn wobble. You can also ask Claude for a particular colour.

Eight small plain text files (about 220 KB). Installing only copies them: nothing runs, no packages. Each figure is a single HTML file that runs in your browser with no tracking and no outside requests.

Install

Restart Claude Code

Ask for a figure

Questions