# editorial-portfolio-chapters

A skill for creative-studio, agency, photographer and artist sites where the work leads the story. Useful when a portfolio has to read as a run of magazine chapters.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1400 installs · ★ 7001
- Author: MengTo
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/MengTo/Skills/tree/HEAD/agent-skills/web-design/editorial-portfolio-chapters/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/editorial-portfolio-chapters

## What it does

The skill sets the order of the page. One strong campaign image and a short positioning line first, selected work immediately after. Each case study is treated as a new magazine cover, and the studio point of view comes only once the work has earned attention. A contact chapter with a single signal color and one primary action closes it out.

Inside are the visual system and the signature interactions. Near-black page framing, warm white plus one muted color field per project, a grotesk display face, a 12-column grid with 40–64px desktop edge margins. The project panel reveal uses a mask or shallow translate over 500–760ms, and hover scales media no further than `1.02`. Oversized service typography carries the handoff from proof to contact, sized with `clamp()`.

You will have to swap the media and copy for your own. The skill states plainly that source brands, projects, people, claims, images, labels and links must be replaced. It also rules out hiding project titles or actions until hover, and keeps parallax under 5%. No original photos or text means nothing to build with, so line that up before you start.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill editorial-portfolio-chapters -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill editorial-portfolio-chapters -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill editorial-portfolio-chapters -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install MengTo/Skills editorial-portfolio-chapters
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/editorial-portfolio-chapters/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill editorial-portfolio-chapters -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/MengTo/Skills --path agent-skills/web-design/editorial-portfolio-chapters
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill editorial-portfolio-chapters -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/MengTo/Skills/tree/HEAD/agent-skills/web-design/editorial-portfolio-chapters/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a studio portfolio as a sequence of chapters instead of a card list
- show case studies before explaining the studio
- set up a dark editorial shell with one color field per project
- make project panel reveals restrained without layout jumps
- hand off from work to contact with oversized typography

## Example prompts
- Build the studio portfolio page with the editorial-portfolio-chapters skill: dark shell, case studies as chapters, contact last
- Rework the services section as an oversized service handoff with `clamp()` and Escape-supported detail disclosure
- Check the project panel reveal: height reserved, media capped at `1.02`, title still selectable

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: editorial-portfolio-chapters
description: Create or redesign creative-studio, agency, photographer, artist, and portfolio websites where project work leads the story. Use for dark editorial shells, full-bleed campaign media, color-coded case-study chapters, oversized service typography, restrained project reveals, and a decisive contact finale.
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# Editorial Portfolio Chapters

Build the page as a sequence of distinct editorial chapters. Let the work establish desire before explaining the studio.

## Establish the Story

1. Open with one strong campaign image and a concise positioning line.
2. Move directly into selected work. Treat each case study as a new magazine cover.
3. Explain the studio point of view only after the work has earned attention.
4. Use oversized service typography as the handoff from proof to contact.
5. End with a high-contrast contact chapter that feels final, not appended.

Replace all source brands, projects, people, claims, images, labels, and links with original or client-provided content. Preserve pacing and hierarchy, not source content.

## Build the Visual System

- Frame the page with near-black, then introduce warm white and one muted color field per project.
- Use a grotesk display face with a neutral text companion. Keep labels compact and copy readable.
- Align to a 12-column grid with 40–64px desktop edge margins.
- Favor square or deliberately cropped media, restrained radii, hairline rules, and almost no shadow.
- Let the strongest proof change scale. Do not turn every section into a hero or bento grid.
- Keep full-bleed chapters rare and purposeful.

## Compose the Page

- Header: place compact navigation at the outer edges and keep the identity centered or strongly anchored.
- Hero: reserve most of the first viewport for one stable image; expose the first project below the fold.
- Projects: alternate dark framing with muted color panels; show title, role, year, and action without hover.
- Studio: use an asymmetrical portrait or process composition instead of a generic team-card grid.
- Services: set capabilities as large semantic headings or links with controlled wrapping.
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