# brand-designer

Walks you through building a brand identity: logo concepts, color palette, typography and guidelines. Useful when the visual system has to live in your codebase.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1300 installs · ★ 38
- Author: daffy0208
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/daffy0208/ai-dev-standards/tree/HEAD/skills/brand-designer/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2025-12-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/brand-designer

## What it does

The skill runs a brand discovery pass first. It asks what the company does, who the audience is, which values matter and which colors or symbols to avoid. Then it lays out logo concepts: a wordmark, a lettermark built from initials, or an icon paired with the name.

Concrete code comes with it. A `Logo.tsx` TypeScript component with `full`, `icon` and `wordmark` variants and `primary`, `white`, `black` colors. A `config/brand-colors.ts` file holding primary, secondary, neutral and semantic palettes. Typography sits on CSS variables with Inter and JetBrains Mono, plus `Heading1`, `Heading2`, `BodyText` and `Caption` components.

The skill advises checking the logo in monochrome and scaling it from 16px up to a billboard — if the mark falls apart at small sizes, that is a signal to revisit the concept. Colors in the examples are hardcoded, so you will be swapping them for your own.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add daffy0208/ai-dev-standards --skill brand-designer -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add daffy0208/ai-dev-standards --skill brand-designer -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add daffy0208/ai-dev-standards --skill brand-designer -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install daffy0208/ai-dev-standards brand-designer
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add daffy0208/ai-dev-standards --skill brand-designer -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/daffy0208/ai-dev-standards --path skills/brand-designer
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add daffy0208/ai-dev-standards --skill brand-designer -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/daffy0208/ai-dev-standards/tree/HEAD/skills/brand-designer/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- produce a logo in three variants for site and favicon
- define a brand palette and split it into shades
- set up a type scale with CSS variables
- write usage rules for brand colors and fonts
- draft a brand brief before starting on the logo

## Example prompts
- design a logo for a SaaS product, I need full, icon and wordmark variants
- build a brand palette in `config/brand-colors.ts` with primary and secondary
- check whether my logo still reads in monochrome at 16px

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: brand-designer
description: Expert in brand identity, logo design, and visual brand systems
version: 1.0.0
tags: [branding, logo-design, identity, visual-identity, brand-guidelines]
---

# Brand Designer Skill

I help you create cohesive brand identities, logos, and visual brand systems.

## What I Do

**Brand Identity:**

- Logo design and variations
- Color palettes
- Typography systems
- Brand guidelines

**Visual Assets:**

- Business cards, letterheads
- Social media templates
- Marketing materials
- Brand presentation decks

**Brand Strategy:**

- Brand positioning
- Target audience definition
- Competitor analysis
- Brand voice and tone

## Logo Design Process

### Step 1: Brand Discovery

**Questions to Answer:**

- What does the company do?
- Who is the target audience?
- What are the brand values?
- What feeling should the logo evoke?
- Any colors/symbols to avoid?

**Example Brief:**

```markdown
## Brand Brief: TechStart

**Industry:** SaaS, developer tools
**Target Audience:** Software developers, 25-40 years old
**Brand Values:** Innovation, simplicity, reliability
**Personality:** Modern, technical, approachable
**Competitors:** GitHub, GitLab, Vercel

**Logo Requirements:**

- Works in monochrome
- Scales from 16px (favicon) to billboard
- Modern, not trendy (should age well)
- Unique, memorable
```

---

### Step 2: Logo Concepts

**Concept 1: Wordmark**

```
Clean, modern typography
Focus on the company name
Example: Google, Facebook, Netflix
```

**Concept 2: Lettermark**

```
Initials in a distinctive way
Good for long company names
Example: IBM, HBO, CNN
```

**Concept 3: Icon + Wordmark**

```
Symbol + company name
Most versatile option
Example: Nike, Apple, Twitter
```

**Example SVG Logo (React Component):**

```typescript
// components/brand/Logo.tsx

interface LogoProps {
  variant?: 'full' | 'icon' | 'wordmark'
  color?: 'primary' | 'white' | 'black'
  size?: number
}

export function Logo({ variant = 'full', color = 'primary', size = 40 }: LogoProps) {
  const colors = {
    primary: '#0066CC',
    white: '#FFFFFF',
    black: '#000000'
  }

  const fillColor = colors[color]

  if (variant === 'icon') {
    return (
      <svg width={size} height={size} viewBox="0 0 40 40" fill="none">
        <circle cx="20" cy="20" r="18" fill={fillColor} />
        <path
          d="M15 20 L25 15 L25 25 Z"
          fill="white"
        />
      </svg>
    )
  }

  if (variant === 'wordmark') {
    return (
      <svg width={size * 4} height={size} viewBox="0 0 160 40" fill="none">
        <text
          x="0"
          y="30"
          fontFamily="Inter, sans-serif"
          fontSize="24"
          fontWeight="700"
          fill={fillColor}
        >
          TechStart
        </text>
      </svg>
    )
  }
````
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