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Turn one sentence into an interactive 3D machine with Claude
Mervin Praison tests the free Colorfigures skill in Claude Code: describe a click pen, toilet tank or drip coffee maker and get a 3D machine you can rotate, open and press, in 25 to 70 minutes.
Mervin Praison · YouTube · published Nov 2, 2026 · Content & Creative
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/colorfigures A drip coffee maker. Show how the hot water rises without a pump, with parts I can open and buttons I can press. Check your own work from every side before you finish.
Visual breakdown
A free Claude skill called Colorfigures turns one sentence into a 3D machine you can rotate, open and press. Mervin tested it on a click pen, a toilet tank and a drip coffee maker; all three worked correctly but took 25 to 70 minutes.
The problem: Explaining how an everyday machine works usually needs drawings or code; this skill makes a working, interactive model from one line.
What happens after you type one sentence
- Colorfigures skillFree skill by April Zhu: eight files, no internet access, nothing runs on install
- Install and restartUnpack into Claude Code's skills folder, restart, then type /colorfigures
- Claude reads rulesReads the skill's instructions and drawing code, finds the object's real parts
- Writes 3D modelWrites the object as a 3D model with working parts
- Checks in ChromeOpens the result in Chrome and views it from every sideDropped: Anything wrong gets fixed and re-checked
- Interactive machineA model you can turn around, open and press
SkillSetup / manualAI agentResult
What's inside the skill
- Instructions
- The drawing code
- Three examples
- A build script and a license
By the numbers
26machines on the demo page
25-70 minper machine in the tests
~50%of time spent checking its work
$6-$12each if paying per use
Make your own
Install the skill in Claude Code and describe one object in a sentence.
- Download the skill and look inside before installing
- Unpack it into Claude Code's skills folder
- Restart Claude Code
- Type /colorfigures and describe your object in one sentence
- Wait while Claude writes and checks it, and say carry on if it stops early
Try one small object first to see what it costs you.
Caveats from the tests
- It is slow: start it and do something else. The coffee maker took 70 minutes and fixed at least four of its own mistakes.
- It costs money if you pay per use, or uses part of your limit on a monthly plan.
- The animation runs faster than real life: the coffee brews in seconds, so use it to show how a thing works, not how long it takes.
- In all three tests the way each machine works was right.
Jump to what you need
Distilled from the video’s captions
How to try it
- Open Claude.
- Copy the prompt and fill in the [placeholders].
- Watch Mervin Praison's video for the full walkthrough and setup.
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