napkin
Visual whiteboard collaboration for Copilot CLI. Creates an interactive whiteboard that opens in your browser — draw, sketch, add sticky notes, then share everything back with Copilot. Copilot sees your drawings and text, and responds with analysis, suggestions, and ideas.
Profile →npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill napkin --agent copilot
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for claude-code, codex, cursor.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Napkin — Visual Whiteboard for Copilot CLI Napkin gives users a browser-based whiteboard where they can draw, sketch, and add sticky notes to think through ideas visually. The agent reads back the whiteboard contents (via a PNG snapshot and optional JSON data) and responds conversationally with analysis, suggestions, and next steps. The target audience is lawyers, PMs, and business stakeholders — not software developers. Keep everything approachable and jargon-free. --- ## Activation When the user invokes this skill — saying things like "let's napkin," "open a napkin," "start a whiteboard," or using the slash command — do the following: 1. **Copy the bundled HTML template** from the skill assets to the user's Desktop. - The template lives at `assets/napkin.html` relative to this SKILL.md file. - Copy it to `~/Desktop/napkin.html`. - If `~/Desktop/napkin.html` already exists, ask the user whether they want to open the existing one or start fresh before overwriting. 2. **Open it in the default browser:** - macOS: `open ~/Desktop/napkin.html` - Linux: `xdg-open ~/Desktop/napkin.html` - Windows: `start ~/Desktop/napkin.html` 3. **Tell the user what to do next.** Say something warm an
- Activation
- Reading the Napkin
- Step 1 — Read the PNG snapshot (primary)
- Step 2 — Read the clipboard for structured JSON (supplementary)
- Step 3 — Interpret both sources together
- Step 4 — Respond conversationally
- Step 5 — Ask what's next
- Responding on the Napkin
- Tone and Style
- Error Handling
- Important Notes
What does the napkin skill do?
Visual whiteboard collaboration for Copilot CLI. Creates an interactive whiteboard that opens in your browser — draw, sketch, add sticky notes, then share everything back with Copilot. Copilot sees your drawings and text, and responds with analysis, suggestions, and ideas.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill napkin --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From github/awesome-copilot, a repository with 37,432 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.