Ideate and critique data visualizations using Edward Tufte's principles: data-ink ratio, chartjunk elimination, graphical integrity, lie factor, small multiples, and data density.
A Claude Code skill for ideating and critiquing data visualizations using Edward Tufte's principles — data-ink ratio, chartjunk elimination, graphical integrity, lie factor, small multiples, and data density.
Attribution: This skill was created by aparente and originally published as a public gist. This repository is a credited redistribution, repackaged as a plugin marketplace so it can be installed from within Claude Code. See ATTRIBUTION.md for details. The original gist has no stated license; no ownership is claimed here.
🔗 Live demo gallery: grmooney.com/tufte-viz
From inside Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add GarrettMooney/tufte-viz
/plugin install tufte-viz@tufte-viz
Then verify it's available:
/plugin
The skill activates automatically when you design, critique, or review data visualizations, dashboards, or reports.
skills/tufte-viz/
├── SKILL.md # the skill definition
├── references/
│ ├── tufte-principles.md # core principles (Visual Display of Quantitative Information)
│ └── analytical-design.md # analytical design, sparklines, layering, micro/macro
└── demo/ # example visualizations — view live at grmooney.com/tufte-viz
├── giss-temperature.html
├── kyoto-sakura.html
├── sunspot-butterfly.html
└── sunspot-pretty.html
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