Getting it into your agent
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npx skills add curiositech/some_claude_skills --skill collage-layout-expertgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/curiositech/some_claude_skillsWrote this? Show the measurements
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What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00194 | $0.01781 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00078 | $0.00712 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00039 | $0.00356 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00019 | $0.00178 |
Grade A, and why
collage-layout-expert scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2mo ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 160 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
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" | Tile size vs. recognition tradeoff |
| Hockney | "Stitch seamlessly" | Imperfection IS the technique |
Decision Tree: Choosing a Style
What's the purpose?
- Systematic display → Grid Collage
- Artistic portrait from photos → Photo Mosaic
- Personal memories → Scrapbook or Memory Wall
- Design inspiration → Mood Board
- Professional/publication → Magazine Layout
- Social media → Social Templates
- Art project → Hockney/Dadaist/Surrealist
What ships with it
11 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
- .claude-plugin/plugin.json 920 B
- CHANGELOG.md 4.4 KB
- references/advanced-techniques.md 9.7 KB
- references/algorithms.md 8.7 KB
- references/art-historical-styles.md 5.2 KB
- references/collage-types.md 4.9 KB
- references/edge-assembly.md 12 KB
- references/hockney-technique.md 4.7 KB
- references/implementation-guide.md 5.8 KB
- references/line-detection.md 3.4 KB
- references/mathematical-foundations.md 9.4 KB
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 2mo ago First seen · 160 lines · 194 tokens per session scan A b0cc5034d9c3
collage-layout-expert is a skill published in the GitHub repository curiositech/some_claude_skills (263 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 194 tokens to every session and 1,781 once invoked, about $0.0008 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
collage-layout-expert compared with skills from other repositories
| Mod | Type | Stars | Last push | Licence | Scan | Tokens | Works with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| collage-layout-expertcuriositech/some_claude_skills | Skill | 263 | yesterday | MIT | A | 194 | Claude Code |
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