# muapi-design-guide

Generates brand identity assets, including color palettes, font pairings, UI previews, and mockups. Useful when establishing a clear visual style for a new product.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 657 installs · ★ 25
- Author: SamurAIGPT
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills/tree/HEAD/library/visual/design-guide/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-29
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/muapi-design-guide

## What it does

This skill directs the agent to generate visual brand assets through the `muapi` CLI tool. The process runs across three sequential phases. First, it renders a reference card showing five color swatches with hex codes alongside a typography pairing guide. Next, it produces a design spec sheet displaying UI components such as buttons, input fields, cards, and badges. The final step generates photorealistic mockups showing stationery and an app icon.

Graphic generation uses three dedicated models: `bytedance-seedream-v4.5`, `gpt4o-text-to-image`, and `nano-banana-pro`. Once images are ready, the skill provides a written summary containing the suggested font stack, hex values, spacing rules, and usage constraints.

Asset generation fails immediately if `MUAPI_API_KEY` is missing or if `muapi auth configure` was not run beforehand.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills --skill muapi-design-guide -a claude-code
```
```bash
npx skills add SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills --skill design-guide -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills --skill design-guide -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills --skill design-guide -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills design-guide
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills --skill design-guide -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills --path library/visual/design-guide
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills --skill design-guide -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/SamurAIGPT/Generative-Media-Skills/tree/HEAD/library/visual/design-guide/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Build a five-color brand palette with precise hex values
- Select functional font pairings for headers and running text
- Create a visual specification card for core UI components
- Produce brand mockups for stationery and mobile application icons

## Example prompts
- Create a design system for a fintech startup named FinFlow using a dark luxury aesthetic
- Generate a brand style guide for an organic skincare line named Flora with deep green as the primary color
- Build a visual identity package and mockups for a boutique hotel chain called Aurora

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# Brand Design Guide

**Create a comprehensive brand design guide — color palette, typography pairings, UI component previews, and visual identity rules with example mockups.**

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| `brand_name` | text | yes | — | The brand or product name. |
| `industry` | text | yes | — | Industry/niche (e.g. "fintech startup", "organic skincare", "luxury hotel chain"). |
| `style_direction` | text | no | modern, minimal, premium | Design aesthetic (e.g. "bold and playful", "corporate and trustworthy", "dark luxury"). |
| `primary_color` | text | no | — | Optional brand primary color (hex code or color name, e.g. "#3898EC" or "deep navy"). |
| `existing_logo` | image_url | no | — | Optional existing logo to extract brand cues from. |


## Steps

This skill runs THREE parallel generation phases, all in a single the plan.

### Phase A — Color & Typography Reference Card

1. **Color palette card** — `muapi image generate` (model=`bytedance-seedream-v4.5`):
   - Prompt: `Clean design guide color palette card for {{brand_name}} — {{style_direction}} style brand for {{industry}}. Shows 5 swatches: primary, secondary, accent, background, text. Each swatch labeled with hex code. Modern design reference card, white background, editorial typography, flat design.`
   - If `{{primary_color}}` is given, include it: `primary color is {{primary_color}}`
   - Aspect ratio: 16:9

2. **Typography pairing preview** — `muapi image generate` (model=`bytedance-seedream-v4.5`):
   - Prompt: `Brand typography pairing sheet for {{brand_name}} — {{style_direction}}. Shows heading font (large, bold), subheading font (medium), body font (small regular), and caption font. Includes font names, sizes, and usage rules. Clean white background, professional design reference.`
   - Aspect ratio: 16:9

### Phase B — UI Component Preview

3. **UI components mockup** — `muapi image generate` (model=`gpt4o-text-to-image`):
   - Prompt: `{{brand_name}} brand design system UI kit — {{style_direction}} for {{industry}}. Shows: primary button, secondary button, input field, card component, badge/tag, icon set sample. Consistent brand colors and fonts. Professional design spec sheet, light mode, high detail, Figma-style component documentation.`
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