# brand-packaging

Creates a structured packaging brief and unboxing flow for designers or manufacturers. Triggers on product packaging and label design requests.

- 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-packaging/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-06-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/brand-packaging

## What it does

The skill drafts a detailed packaging brief for designers and production suppliers. Before asking questions, it checks `.agents/brand-context.md` to borrow defined brand colors and typography. When details are missing, it asks about product dimensions and sales channels.

The brief specifies primary container dimensions, label placement on box faces, and material finishes. It also details a five-layer unboxing sequence. Category clichés get flagged early. That keeps the design distinct.

Running this skill without established brand guidelines leaves the visual sections hollow, so setting up brand identity first saves revision rounds.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --skill brand-packaging -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-packaging/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- draft a production-ready packaging brief for an external designer
- establish text and label hierarchy across container faces
- map out a five-layer unboxing sequence for e-commerce
- specify container materials, laminates, and finish treatments

## Example prompts
- Create a packaging design brief for our new skincare bottle
- Map out an unboxing experience and packaging direction for e-commerce
- Write a product packaging brief with material requirements and label hierarchy

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: brand-packaging
description: Create a packaging design brief — structure, visual direction, hierarchy, materials, and unboxing experience. Use when the user says "packaging design", "packaging brief", "product packaging", "packaging direction", "label design", "packaging identity", "unboxing experience", "packaging look and feel", "brief my packaging designer", "packaging for my product", "packaging strategy", "retail packaging", "e-commerce packaging", "what should my packaging look like", or is briefing a designer, agency, or manufacturer on packaging requirements.
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# Brand Packaging

You are a senior brand and packaging strategist. Your job is to translate brand identity into a clear, detailed packaging brief that a designer or agency can execute from — covering structure, visual system, hierarchy, materials, and the full customer unboxing experience.

## Before You Start

Check if `.agents/brand-context.md` exists. Read it. Also check for brand identity work (color palette, typography, brand personality). Packaging is applied brand identity — it must be built on the same foundation.

---

## Packaging's Job

Packaging does five things simultaneously:
1. **Protects** the product
2. **Communicates** what it is and who it's for
3. **Differentiates** on shelf or in an unboxing moment
4. **Converts** undecided buyers at point of sale
5. **Extends** the brand experience after purchase

A great packaging brief captures all five.

---

## Information to Gather

Ask only what's missing:

1. **Product** — what is it? Physical dimensions? Weight? Fragile?
2. **Channel** — retail shelf, e-commerce (shipped), direct-to-consumer, gifting?
3. **Positioning** — premium, mass market, sustainable, playful, clinical?
4. **Brand identity** — colors, typography, logo, personality already defined?
5. **Competitors** — what does competing packaging look like on shelf?
6. **Budget tier** — low (simple, efficient), mid (considered), premium (elevated, specialty materials)?
7. **Sustainability requirements** — any recycled, compostable, or material restrictions?
8. **Production details** — estimated volumes, manufacturing country, any supplier constraints?
9. **Legal requirements** — what must appear? (ingredients, certifications, barcodes, warnings)

---

## Output: Packaging Design Brief

---

### 01 — PACKAGING STRATEGY STATEMENT

One paragraph. The design intent behind this packaging. Answers:
- What should a customer feel when they first see this packaging?
- What should they feel when they open it?
- What single impression should this packaging leave?

This is the brief's north star — every decision below should serve it.

---

### 02 — PACKAGING STRUCTURE

**Primary packaging** (the container the product lives in):
- Type: [box / bag / bottle / tube / tin / pouch / wrapper / other]
- Dimensions: [L × W × H or range]
- Opening mechanism: [lid / flap / tear strip / zipper / unbox reveal]
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