# CLI Anything Krita

CLI harness for Krita digital painting, manage projects, layers, filters, and export...

- Repository: https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything (58029 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-09-22
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-krita -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-krita -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-krita -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-krita -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add HKUDS/CLI-Anything`

## Description

CLI harness for Krita digital painting, manage projects, layers, filters, and export via command line. Use when automating Krita workflows, batch processing images, or operating Krita without a GUI.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# cli-anything-krita

CLI harness for **Krita**, the professional open-source digital painting application.

## Prerequisites

- **Krita** installed on the system
- **Python 3.10+**

Install the CLI:
```bash
cd krita/agent-harness && pip install -e .
```

## Command Reference

### Project Management
```bash
cli-anything-krita project new -n "My Art" -w 2048 -h 2048 -o project.json
cli-anything-krita project open project.json
cli-anything-krita --project project.json project save
cli-anything-krita --project project.json project info
```

### Layer Management
```bash
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer add "Sketch" -t paintlayer
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer add "Colors" --opacity 200
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer add "Group" -t grouplayer
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer remove "Sketch"
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer list
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer set "Colors" opacity 180
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer set "Colors" visible false
cli-anything-krita -p project.json layer set "Colors" blending_mode multiply
```

Layer types: `paintlayer`, `grouplayer`, `vectorlayer`, `filterlayer`, `filllayer`, `clonelayer`, `filelayer`

### Filters
```bash
cli-anything-krita -p project.json filter apply blur -l "Background"
cli-anything-krita -p project.json filter apply sharpen
cli-anything-krita -p project.json filter apply levels -c '{"shadows": 10, "highlights": 240}'
cli-anything-krita filter list
```

Available: blur, sharpen, desaturate, levels, curves, brightness-contrast, hue-saturation, color-balance, unsharp-mask, posterize, threshold

### Canvas Operations
```bash
cli-anything-krita -p project.json canvas resize -w 4096 -h 4096
cli-anything-krita -p project.json canvas resize --resolution 600
cli-anything-krita -p project.json canvas info
```

The rest: https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything/blob/HEAD/krita/agent-harness/cli_anything/krita/skills/SKILL.md