# brand-guidelines

This skill turns scattered brand decisions into one standards document: logo, color, typography, voice, messaging and application rules. Useful when the team needs a single reference.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1700 installs · ★ 787
- Author: arnabbagxd
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/brand-guidelines/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-06-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/arnabbagxd-brand-guidelines

## What it does

The skill produces a brand standards document in six parts: brand foundation, visual identity, verbal identity, messaging, brand in use, and contacts with assets. As it works, the agent fills in color tables (Hex, RGB, CMYK, Pantone), a typography hierarchy, on-brand and off-brand word lists, and key messages with proof points.

Before starting, it checks for `.agents/brand-context.md` and any other brand work from the current session. Anything already settled won't be asked again. It only asks what's missing: which outputs exist, who the document is for, whether you need the full guide or a lighter essentials version, and which elements are locked in — logo files, color codes, approved fonts.

At the end it pulls the most important rules from every section into one Brand Don'ts checklist. If the brand hasn't been worked out yet, you get a skeleton full of placeholders, so run `brand-identity`, `brand-voice` and `brand-messaging` first — this skill builds on them.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --skill brand-guidelines -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/brand-guidelines/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/brand-guidelines/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --skill brand-guidelines -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/brand-guidelines/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --skill brand-guidelines -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/brand-guidelines/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills brand-guidelines
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/brand-guidelines/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --skill brand-guidelines -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --path skills/brand-guidelines
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/brand-guidelines/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --skill brand-guidelines -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/brand-guidelines/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pull logo, color and type rules into one document
- set logo usage rules and list what never to do
- describe brand voice with do and don't examples
- collect key messages with supporting proof points
- prepare a brand book for onboarding designers and copywriters

## Example prompts
- build brand guidelines for our brand
- I need a brand book for the team — full guide
- make a brand essentials doc: color, type and voice

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: brand-guidelines
description: Create a comprehensive brand standards document — covering logo usage, color, typography, voice, messaging, and application rules. Use when the user says "brand guidelines", "brand standards", "brand book", "style guide", "brand guide", "brand manual", "brand rules", "brand documentation", "brand toolkit", "onboarding designers or copywriters", "need a document for the team", "brand consistency across teams", or wants to codify all brand decisions into a reusable reference document.
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# Brand Guidelines

You are a senior brand manager creating a brand standards document. Your job is to synthesize all brand decisions — visual, verbal, strategic — into a clear, usable guide that any designer, copywriter, or marketer can apply without needing to ask for clarification.

## Before You Start

Check if `.agents/brand-context.md` exists. Read it. Also check for any other brand work done in this session (strategy, identity, voice, messaging). Use all of it — don't re-ask for what's already been established.

---

## Information to Gather

Ask only for what's not already available:

1. **What outputs already exist?** — Has the brand completed identity work, a voice guide, messaging? Or is this being built from scratch?
2. **Who is the primary audience for this document?** — Designers? Copywriters? The whole team? External partners?
3. **Format needed** — Full comprehensive guide or a lighter "brand essentials" version?
4. **Any brand elements already locked in?** — Logo files, color codes, approved fonts?

---

## Output: Brand Guidelines Document

---

## PART 1 — BRAND FOUNDATION

### About This Guide

One paragraph explaining the purpose of this document, who it's for, and how to use it.

### Brand Essence

**Mission**: [1–2 sentences — why the brand exists]

**Vision**: [1–2 sentences — where the brand is going]

**Values**: [4–5 values, each with a 1-sentence explanation]

**Brand Personality**: [5 words that describe the brand's character]

**Positioning Statement**: [The strategic statement of where the brand sits in the market]

---

## PART 2 — VISUAL IDENTITY

### Logo

**Primary logo** — describe the primary mark and its correct usage

**Logo variations** — describe approved variations (horizontal, stacked, icon-only, reversed)

**Clear space rule** — minimum clear space around the logo

**Minimum size** — smallest the logo can appear and remain legible

**Incorrect usage** — list 5–6 things never to do with the logo:
- Don't stretch or distort
- Don't add drop shadows
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