# editorial-service-booking

Guidance for service websites with appointments, from editorial treatment browsing to booking states that retain each selection.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1300 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-service-booking/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/editorial-service-booking

## What it does

This skill guides service websites with appointments: a strong opening image, evidence about the setting and practitioners, treatment comparison, locations, and booking. Its visual direction uses warm light surfaces, high-contrast serif type, restrained labels, and sparse navigation.

Treatment selection uses semantic tabs where appropriate, with arrow keys, Enter, and Space. Duration, price, description, and the action stay in the DOM. The skill also calls for equal focus and hover cues, plus an expanded static list when reduced motion is enabled.

For booking, it prefers native form controls and server-validated availability. Service, professional, location, and time remain visible and persist through Back navigation or recoverable failures. Server confirmation before claiming a slot is a hard constraint, so the interface must cover stale availability and validation errors.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install MengTo/Skills editorial-service-booking
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill editorial-service-booking -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-service-booking/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build an appointment service page
- make treatment tabs keyboard accessible
- retain booking choices after Back navigation
- handle stale slots and payment failures
- test booking on mobile with touch and keyboard

## Example prompts
- Apply editorial-service-booking to redesign this appointment service website.
- Build the treatment selector as accessible tabs with keyboard controls.
- Add booking states for stale availability, server errors, rescheduling, and cancellation.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: editorial-service-booking
description: Create or redesign appointment-based service websites for salons, barbers, spas, wellness studios, clinics, and hospitality brands. Use for warm editorial layouts, serif-led identity, documentary portrait crops, calm treatment selectors, location-aware booking, and operational states that remain elegant and trustworthy.
---

# Editorial Service Booking

Make browsing services feel like turning through a quiet lookbook, then carry that confidence into a resilient booking flow.

## Establish the Journey

1. Open with one strong portrait or place image and a short statement of craft.
2. Build trust with environment, process, and practitioner evidence rather than generic badges.
3. Let visitors compare treatments in one calm media-and-copy stage.
4. Show favorites, results, or verified customer proof only when real.
5. Move into location, professional, time, and confirmation without changing visual language.

Use original or licensed people and place photography. Replace every source service, price, person, location, review, and claim.

## Build the Visual System

- Use warm ivory paper and near-black chapters.
- Pair an elegant high-contrast serif with compact sans-serif labels.
- Favor hairline rules, minimal radius, editorial crops, and generous whitespace.
- Keep uppercase navigation sparse and quiet.
- Use black for decisive actions; use one muted accent only for selection or status.
- Avoid glossy cards, glass effects, loud gradients, and beauty-template ornament.

## Compose the Page

- Header: show essential routes, current location, and one booking action.
- Hero: use one cropped documentary portrait or place image with a large serif statement.
- Confidence line: allow one slow text loop only when it carries real positioning.
- About: layer two or three photographs with captions and clear reading order.
- Treatments: pair a tab list with a reserved media stage, duration, price, and booking link.
- Favorites: use a dark chapter to show verified popular services or results.
- Locations: expose address, hours, accessibility, contact, and availability before booking.
- Booking: keep selected service, professional, location, and time visible through confirmation.
- Footer: prioritize operational information over marketing filler.

## Implement the Treatment Selector

- Use semantic buttons with `tablist`, `tab`, and `tabpanel` behavior when tabs are appropriate.
- Support arrow-key movement plus Enter and Space selection.
- Keep duration, price, description, and action in the DOM.
- Reserve stage dimensions and preload only the next likely image.
- Announce the selected treatment without repeating the whole panel.
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