# frontend-design

Directs aesthetics for OrkasVideoStudio HTML and SVG motion graphics before writing index.html. It prevents generic neon layouts and unreadable video type.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 329
- Author: Orkas-AI
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio/tree/HEAD/packages/skills/frontend-design/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/orkas-ai-frontend-design

## What it does

This skill acts as the design lead for COMPOSE tasks in OrkasVideoStudio. It guides HTML and SVG motion graphics before `stage-compose` writes `index.html` and saves direction into `project/composition/composition-manifest.json`. The entire aesthetic pass remains internal. It requires no approval gates.

Before authoring code, the skill builds a tight visual thesis covering topic materials, audience context, and a signature visual move. It actively rejects lazy defaults like purple neon glows, generic cards, and centered dashboard layouts. In their place, it defines a real design tradition, depth layers, and explicit motion verbs for each element. For 1920x1080 canvas sizes, typography scale floors stay strict: headers start at 72px and body text begins at 42px.

This workflow never relaxes HyperFrames or OVS renderer rules. If visual ambitions clash with safe margins, determinism, or on-screen legibility, the rendering engine wins.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio --skill frontend-design -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio --skill frontend-design -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio --skill frontend-design -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio frontend-design
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio --skill frontend-design -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio --path packages/skills/frontend-design
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio --skill frontend-design -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/Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio/tree/HEAD/packages/skills/frontend-design/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- define an explicit visual thesis before generating HTML scenes
- reject generic neon gradients and default web dashboards in motion graphics
- enforce video-specific typography scale and safe padding floors
- lock in a legible static frame before scripting GSAP animations

## Example prompts
- Generate the visual_direction block for `composition-manifest.json` using a Swiss grid tradition before authoring `index.html`.
- Run an aesthetic pass on this scene to replace generic cards with topic-derived interface elements.
- Build the resolved static state for the opening scene respecting safe padding and 1920x1080 scale limits.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: frontend-design
description: Aesthetic direction for OrkasVideoStudio HTML and motion-graphics compositions. Use before stage-compose writes composition-manifest.json art_direction and index.html to choose a subject-specific visual point of view, type, palette, layout signature, restrained motion, and anti-template checks.
---

# frontend-design

Use this as the design-lead layer for COMPOSE work. It shapes HTML/SVG motion graphics before `stage-compose` records them in `project/composition/composition-manifest.json#art_direction` and `index.html`.

This skill does not pick the video production line, replace `video-craft`, or relax HyperFrames/OVS renderer constraints. If there is a conflict, renderer determinism, safe zones, legibility, audio ownership, and user-approved creative direction win.

## Generation references

Read the HTML generation playbook before non-trivial authoring. Load visual primitives when selecting scene grammar, and worked compositions only when examples are useful:

- `references/html-generation-playbook.md` — the private pre-code art-direction pass, frame-composition rules, and opening/resolved-state authoring pattern.
- `references/visual-primitives.md` — reusable CSS/SVG composition primitives and scene-grammar selection guidance.
- `references/worked-compositions.md` — worked examples showing how subject matter becomes a cohesive visual system without copying a fixed template.

These references improve the initial generation. They do not create a new artifact, user gate, or approval step. Keep the art-direction pass internal and record only the decisions needed to make manifest `art_direction` executable.

## Design Thesis

Before writing HTML, choose a compact visual thesis:

- `subject_world`: the real materials, artifacts, interface metaphors, gestures, environment, or culture of the topic.
- `audience`: who must understand this at phone size and what they already know.
- `one_job`: what this video frame sequence must make clear.
- `tone`: one or two precise words that shape type, color, spacing, and motion.
- `signature_device`: one memorable visual move that belongs to this brief.
- `aesthetic_risk`: one justified choice that avoids generic output without hurting readability.

Keep the thesis specific. "Modern tech style" is not a thesis. "Battery-lab oscilloscope traces become the progress line" is.

## Visual Direction

### Visual identity gate

Do not start `index.html` until `composition-manifest.json#art_direction` carries a usable visual identity:
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