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cli-anything-krita

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About cli-anything-krita

cli-anything-krita is a command-line tool for operating Krita painting projects, intended for automated workflows and AI agents. It supports layers, filters, canvas changes, image and animation export, plus JSON output and undo/redo.

Key features

  1. 01Create, open, and save projects
  2. 02Manage layers and their properties
  3. 03Apply image filters
  4. 04Resize canvas and change resolution
  5. 05Export images and animation frames
  6. 06Undo and redo with JSON output

Use cases

  1. 01Build an illustration layer stack from the command line
  2. 02Resize canvases and apply filters in a workflow
  3. 03Export images or animation frames in multiple formats

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/hkuds/cli-anything --skill cli-anything-krita

After installing, type/cli-anything-kritain Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Details

From the project README

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:

cd krita/agent-harness && pip install -e .

Command Reference

Project Management
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
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
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
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
Export
cli-anything-krita -p project.json export render output.png -p png --overwrite
cli-anything-krita -p project.json export render output.jpg -p jpeg
cli-anything-krita -p project.json export render output.psd -p psd
cli-anything-krita -p project.json export animation ./frames/ -p png
cli-anything-krita export presets
cli-anything-krita export formats

Presets: png, png-web, jpeg, jpeg-web, jpeg-low, tiff, tiff-lzw, psd, pdf, svg, webp, gif, bmp

Session (Undo/Redo)
cli-anything-krita session undo
cli-anything-krita session redo
cli-anything-krita session history
Status
cli-anything-krita status

Agent Usage (JSON Mode)

All commands support --json for machine-readable output:

cli-anything-krita --json -p project.json project info
cli-anything-krita --json -p project.json layer list
cli-anything-krita --json status

Example Workflow

# 1. Create project
cli-anything-krita --json project new -n "Illustration" -w 3000 -h 4000 -o art.json

# 2. Set up layer stack
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Background" -t paintlayer
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Sketch" -t paintlayer --opacity 180
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Inking" -t paintlayer
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Colors" -t paintlayer
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json layer add "Effects" -t paintlayer --opacity 128

# 3. Apply effects
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json filter apply blur -l "Background"

# 4. Export
cli-anything-krita --json -p art.json export render final.png -p png --overwrite

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