visual-abstract
Installation
SKILL.md
Nano Banana — Visual Abstract Generation
Create publication-quality scientific figures that use visual metaphors, physical analogies, and isometric depth to convey complex technical systems. These are the figures you see in Nature, Science, and Nature Methods — not boxes and arrows.
Visual Abstracts vs Standard Diagrams
Standard diagram (diagram skill) |
Visual abstract (this skill) | |
|---|---|---|
| Prompt style | "API gateway connects to auth service" | "API gateway as a routing prism splitting request beams into wavelengths" |
| Visual output | Boxes, arrows, labels | Metaphors, depth, physical analogies, glow, transparency |
| Audience | Engineers reading architecture docs | Anyone — meaning is conveyed through visual metaphor |
| Use case | PRDs, architecture docs, ERDs | README heroes, paper figures, blog posts, talks |
Use the diagram skill for standard technical documentation. Use this skill when you want a human to feel the system, not just read it.