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data-visualization

by langchain-ai OfficialAI & Agents

Use for creating publication-quality charts and multi-panel analysis summaries. Triggers when tasks involve visualizing data, plotting results, creating charts, or producing visual reports from analysis output.

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Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.

npx skills add https://github.com/langchain-ai/deepagents --skill data-visualization
  1. 01

    Install

    Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.

  2. 02

    Describe the task

    Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads data-visualization automatically when relevant.

  3. 03

    Review the result

    The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.

SKILL.md

The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.

Data Visualization Skill

Create publication-quality analytical charts using matplotlib and seaborn in a headless GPU sandbox. Charts are saved as PNG files to /workspace/ for retrieval.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

  • Visualizing results from cuDF analysis or cuML models
  • Creating charts (bar, line, scatter, heatmap, histogram, box plot)
  • Building multi-panel analysis summaries
  • The user asks for visual output, plots, graphs, or charts
  • Presenting statistical findings with figures

Initialization (REQUIRED)

MUST call matplotlib.use('Agg') BEFORE importing pyplot. This enables headless rendering.

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Agg')  # Headless backend — MUST be before pyplot import
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

# Publication-quality defaults
plt.rcParams.update({
    'figure.dpi': 100,
    'savefig.dpi': 300,
    'font.size': 11,
    'axes.labelsize': 12,
    'axes.titlesize': 14,
    'xtick.labelsize': 10,
    'ytick.labelsize': 10,
    'legend.fontsize': 10,
    'figure.constrained_layout.use': True,
})

# Colorblind-safe palette (Okabe-Ito)
COLORS = ['#0173B2', '#DE8F05', '#029E73', '#D55E00', '#CC78BC',
          '#CA9161', '#FBAFE4', '#949494', '#ECE133', '#56B4E9']

Saving Charts

Always save to /workspace/ with these settings:

plt.savefig('/workspace/chart_name.png', dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight',
            facecolor='white', edgecolor='none')
plt.close()
# IMPORTANT: call read_file("/workspace/<chart>.png") to display inline
  • dpi=300 for print quality
  • bbox_inches='tight' removes excess whitespace
  • facecolor='white' ensures white background
  • Always call plt.close() after saving to free memory

Displaying Charts (REQUIRED)

After saving any chart, you MUST call read_file on it to display it inline in the conversation:

read_file("/workspace/chart_name.png")

Users cannot see charts unless you do this. Every chart you save MUST be followed by a read_file call.

Quick Reference

Bar Chart (from groupby results)

# After: result = to_pd(df.groupby("category")["value"].mean())
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 5))

bars = ax.bar(result.index, result.values, color=COLORS[:len(result)],
              edgecolor='black', linewidth=0.8)

for bar in bars:
    height = bar.get_height()
    ax.text(bar.get_x() + bar.get_width()/2., height,
            f'{height:.1f}', ha='center', va='bottom', fontsize=9)

ax.set_ylabel('Mean Value', fontweight='bold')
ax.set_xlabel('Category', fontweight='bold')
ax.set_title('Average Value by Category', fontweight='bold')
ax.grid(axis='y', alpha=0.3, linestyle='--')
ax.set_axisbelow(True)

plt.savefig('/workspace/bar_chart.png', dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight',
            facecolor='white', edgecolor='none')
plt.close()
# IMPORTANT: call read_file("/workspace/<chart>.png") to display inline

Line Chart (trends over time)

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 5))

for i, col in enumerate(columns_to_plot):
    ax.plot(df["date"], df[col], label=col, color=COLORS[i], linewidth=2,
            marker='o', markersize=3, markevery=max(1, len(df)//20))

ax.set_ylabel('Values', fontweight='bold')
ax.set_xlabel('Date', fontweight='bold')
ax.set_title('Trends Over Time', fontweight='bold')
ax.legend(frameon=True, shadow=False)
ax.grid(True, alpha=0.3, linestyle='--')
ax.set_axisbelow(True)
plt.xticks(rotation=45, ha='right')

plt.savefig('/workspace/line_chart.png', dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight',
            facecolor='white', edgecolor='none')
plt.close()
# IMPORTANT: call read_file("/workspace/<chart>.png") to display inline

Scatter Plot — Continuous Color (correlations)

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 6))

scatter = ax.scatter(df["x"], df["y"], c=df["value"], cmap='viridis',
                     s=40, alpha=0.7, edgecolors='black', linewidth=0.3)
plt.colorbar(scatter, ax=ax, label='Value')

# Optional: trend line
z = np.polyfit(df["x"], df["y"], 1)
ax.plot(df["x"].sort_values(), np.poly1d(z)(df["x"].sort_values()),
        "r--", linewidth=2, label=f'y={z[0]:.2f}x+{z[1]:.2f}')

ax.set_xlabel('X', fontweight='bold')
ax.set_ylabel('Y', fontweight='bold')
ax.set_title('Correlation Analysis', fontweight='bold')
ax.legend()
ax.grid(True, alpha=0.3, linestyle='--')

plt.savefig('/workspace/scatter_correlation.png', dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight',
            facecolor='white', edgecolor='none')
plt.close()
# IMPORTANT: call read_file("/workspace/<chart>.png") to display inline

Scatter Plot — Categorical Color (clusters)

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 6))

for i, label in enumerate(sorted(df["cluster"].unique())):
    mask = df["cluster"] == label
    ax.scatter(df.loc[mask, "x"], df.loc[mask, "y"],
               c=COLORS[i], label=f'Cluster {label}', s=40, alpha=0.7)

ax.set_xlabel('X', fontweight='bold')
ax.set_ylabel('Y', fontweight='bold')
ax.set_title('Cluster Visualization', fontweight='bold')
ax.legend()
ax.grid(True, alpha=0.3, linestyle='--')

plt.savefig('/workspace/scatter_clusters.png', dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight',
            facecolor='white', edgecolor='none')
plt.close()
# IMPORTANT: call read_file("/workspace/<chart>.png") to display inline

Heatmap (correlation matrix or confusion matrix)

import seaborn as sns

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 7))

# corr_matrix = to_pd(df[numeric_cols].corr())
sns.heatmap(corr_matrix, annot=True, fmt='.2f', cmap='RdBu_r', center=0,
            square=True, linewidths=1, vmin=-1, vmax=1,
            cbar_kws={'label': 'Correlation'}, ax=ax)

ax.set_title('Correlation Matrix', fontweight='bold')

plt.savefig('/workspace/heatmap.png', dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight',
            facecolor='white', edgecolor='none')
plt.close()
# IMPORTANT: call read_file("/workspace/<chart>.png") to display inline

Histogram with KDE

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 5))

ax.hist(df["value"], bins=30, color=COLORS[0], alpha=0.7,
        edgecolor='black', linewidth=0.5, density=True, label='Distribution')

# Add KDE curve
from scipy.stats import gaussian_kde
kde = gaussian_kde(df["value"].dropna())
x_range = np.linspace(df["value"].min(), df["value"].max(), 200)
ax.plot(x_range, kde(x_range), color=COLORS[1], linewidth=2, label='KDE')

ax.set_xlabel('Value', fontweight='bold')
ax.set_ylabel('Density', fontweight='bold')
ax.set_title('Value Distribution', fontweight='bold')
ax.legend()
ax.grid(axis='y', alpha=0.3, linestyle='--')

plt.savefig('/workspace/histogram.png', dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight',
            facecolor='white', edgecolor='none')
plt.close()
# IMPORTANT: call read_file("/workspace/<chart>.png") to display inline

Box Plot (compare groups)

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 5))

groups = [df[df["group"] == g]["value"].values for g in group_names]
bp = ax.boxplot(groups, labels=group_names, patch_artist=True,
                widths=0.6, showmeans=True,
                meanprops=dict(marker='D', markerfacecolor='red', markersize=6))

for i, patch in enumerate(bp['boxes']):
    patch.set_facecolor(COLORS[i % len(COLORS)])
    patch.set_alpha(0.7)

ax.set_ylabel('Value', fontweight='bold')
ax.set_title('Distribution by Group', fontweight='bold')
ax.grid(axis='y', alpha=0.3, linestyle='--')
ax.set_axisbelow(True)

plt.savefig('/workspace/boxplot.png', dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight',
            facecolor='white', edgecolor='none')
plt.close()
# IMPORTANT: call read_file("/workspace/<chart>.png") to display inline

Multi-Panel Analysis Summary

Use this to create a single image with multiple charts — the most effective way to present a complete analysis.

fig, axes = plt.subplots(2, 2, figsize=(14, 10))

# Top-left: Distribution
axes[0, 0].hist(df["value"], bins=30, color=COLORS[0], alpha=0.7, edgecolor='black', linewidth=0.5)
axes[0, 0].set_title('Value Distribution', fontweight='bold')
axes[0, 0].set_xlabel('Value')
axes[0, 0].grid(axis='y', alpha=0.3, linestyle='--')

# Top-right: Scatter
axes[0, 1].scatter(df["x"], df["y"], c=COLORS[0], s=30, alpha=0.5)
axes[0, 1].set_title('X vs Y', fontweight='bold')
axes[0, 1].set_xlabel('X')
axes[0, 1].set_ylabel('Y')
axes[0, 1].grid(True, alpha=0.3, linestyle='--')

# Bottom-left: Bar chart
group_means = df.groupby("category")["value"].mean()
axes[1, 0].bar(group_means.index, group_means.values, color=COLORS[:len(group_means)])
axes[1, 0].set_title('Mean by Category', fontweight='bold')
axes[1, 0].set_xlabel('Category')
axes[1, 0].grid(axis='y', alpha=0.3, linestyle='--')

# Bottom-right: Box plot
axes[1, 1].boxplot([df[df["category"] == c]["value"].values for c in categories],
                    labels=categories, patch_artist=True)
axes[1, 1].set_title('Distribution by Category', fontweight='bold')
axes[1, 1].grid(axis='y', alpha=0.3, linestyle='--')

fig.suptitle('Analysis Summary', fontsize=16, fontweight='bold')

plt.savefig('/workspace/analysis_summary.png', dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight',
            facecolor='white', edgecolor='none')
plt.close()
# IMPORTANT: call read_file("/workspace/<chart>.png") to display inline

Feature Importance Chart (from cuML model)

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, max(4, len(feature_names) * 0.35)))

# importances = to_pd(model.feature_importances_)
sorted_idx = np.argsort(importances)
ax.barh(np.array(feature_names)[sorted_idx], importances[sorted_idx],
        color=COLORS[0], edgecolor='black', linewidth=0.5)

ax.set_xlabel('Importance', fontweight='bold')
ax.set_title('Feature Importances', fontweight='bold')
ax.grid(axis='x', alpha=0.3, linestyle='--')
ax.set_axisbelow(True)

plt.savefig('/workspace/feature_importance.png', dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight',
            facecolor='white', edgecolor='none')
plt.close()
# IMPORTANT: call read_file("/workspace/<chart>.png") to display inline

Confusion Matrix (from cuML classification)

import seaborn as sns

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(7, 6))

# cm = confusion_matrix(to_pd(y_test), to_pd(predictions))
sns.heatmap(cm, annot=True, fmt='d', cmap='Blues', square=True,
            xticklabels=class_names, yticklabels=class_names,
            linewidths=1, cbar_kws={'label': 'Count'}, ax=ax)

ax.set_xlabel('Predicted', fontweight='bold')
ax.set_ylabel('Actual', fontweight='bold')
ax.set_title('Confusion Matrix', fontweight='bold')

plt.savefig('/workspace/confusion_matrix.png', dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight',
            facecolor='white', edgecolor='none')
plt.close()
# IMPORTANT: call read_file("/workspace/<chart>.png") to display inline

Style Rules

  • Use COLORS palette (colorblind-safe) — never rely on color alone to distinguish elements
  • No pie charts (bar charts are always clearer)
  • No 3D plots (distort data perception)
  • Grid lines at alpha=0.3, linestyle='--' with ax.set_axisbelow(True)
  • Bold axis labels and titles (fontweight='bold')
  • White background for all exports
  • 1-4 charts per analysis is typical; use multi-panel for more

Output Guidelines

  • Save all charts to /workspace/ as PNG
  • Print file paths after saving so the agent can reference them
  • For multi-panel summaries, use figsize=(14, 10) for 2×2 layouts
  • Keep chart titles descriptive but concise
  • Include units in axis labels when applicable

FAQ

What does the data-visualization skill do?

Use for creating publication-quality charts and multi-panel analysis summaries. Triggers when tasks involve visualizing data, plotting results, creating charts, or producing visual reports from analysis output.

How do I install data-visualization?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/langchain-ai/deepagents --skill data-visualization in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/data-visualization/ (personal) or .claude/skills/data-visualization/ (project).

Which AI agents can use data-visualization?

Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.

Is data-visualization safe to install?

No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.

Who maintains data-visualization?

It is published by langchain-ai in langchain-ai/deepagents, and it is an official skill from the maker of the technology it covers. It has 271 recorded installs.

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