# ui-craft-editorial

Configures AI coding agents for editorial and long-form web design. It enforces magazine typography, warm backgrounds, OpenType features, and relaxed reading geometry.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 896 installs · ★ 398
- Author: educlopez
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/educlopez/ui-craft/tree/HEAD/skills/ui-craft-editorial/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ui-craft-editorial

## What it does

ui-craft-editorial configures the agent for long-form publishing layouts like Medium or Substack. Typography leads the hierarchy. The skill locks key parameters right away: craft level at 9, motion intensity at 4, and visual density at 3. That cuts out discovery questions. You only need to confirm your accent color and font pairing.

The rules restrict the page to two font families. Headings take a display serif like Playfair Display or Fraunces, while body text uses a humanist font such as Alegreya or Source Sans 3. The canvas drops pure `#fff` for warm ivory `oklch(98% 0.01 85)`. Body copy stays locked to `max-w-[65ch]` with a 1.7 line height, drop caps, ligatures, and small caps on bylines.

Inter, Geist, and DM Sans are banned for body copy because they make an essay look like a SaaS dashboard. Parallax effects, animated scroll staggers, and card grids for articles are also forbidden. Motion stays limited to quiet fades so nothing distracts the reader.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add educlopez/ui-craft --skill ui-craft-editorial -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add educlopez/ui-craft --skill ui-craft-editorial -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add educlopez/ui-craft --skill ui-craft-editorial -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install educlopez/ui-craft ui-craft-editorial
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add educlopez/ui-craft --skill ui-craft-editorial -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/educlopez/ui-craft --path skills/ui-craft-editorial
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add educlopez/ui-craft --skill ui-craft-editorial -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/educlopez/ui-craft/tree/HEAD/skills/ui-craft-editorial/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- format long-form articles in a Substack or Medium style
- set up editorial typography with drop caps and OpenType ligatures
- restrict reading width to a comfortable 65-character column
- eliminate distracting UI animations and SaaS card layouts

## Example prompts
- build long-form article layout with Fraunces headings and Alegreya body
- review blog post styling against editorial typography rules
- polish article typography: add drop caps and OpenType ligatures

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: ui-craft-editorial
description: "Editorial / magazine / long-form / Medium / Substack / content-heavy UIs. Locked knobs: CRAFT=9, MOTION=4, DENSITY=3. Serif display + humanist body, wide reading column, drop caps, OpenType. Trigger on: editorial, magazine, long-form, blog, Medium-like, Substack-like."
argument-hint: "[action: build|review|polish] [target]"
---

# UI Craft — Editorial

Pre-committed editorial style: magazine, long-form, content-first. Typography carries the hierarchy; layout serves the reading experience.

## Knobs (locked)

- **CRAFT_LEVEL = 9** — editorial typography only works at high refinement; Polish Pass mandatory.
- **MOTION_INTENSITY = 4** — reading-aware: fade on reveal, link hovers, no entrance stagger.
- **VISUAL_DENSITY = 3** — wide reading column, generous vertical rhythm, 1 item per row for features.

Do not re-ask these in Discovery. Confirm accent + serif/sans pairing only.

## Style anchors

- Serif display for headings + humanist body sans/serif for reading.
- Baseline grid feel. `leading-relaxed` (1.7) on body.
- Wide reading column `max-w-[65ch]`. Generous vertical rhythm.
- Accent used for emphasis — pull quotes, drop caps, link underlines — not decoration.
- OpenType features ON: small caps, ligatures, stylistic sets, tabular figures where relevant.
- Asymmetric, text-heavy heroes. Featured image large.
- Motion respects reading: fades only, never pulls the eye away.
- Black text, warm/ivory canvas, one accent. Color is a voice, not a decoration.

## Base rules (inherited)

All rules in `../ui-craft/SKILL.md` apply. This file overrides knob defaults and adds style-specific guidance below. The anti-slop and craft tests still apply in full.

## Style-specific overrides

**Typography (the whole point)**

- Display: Playfair Display, Fraunces, Lora, or Source Serif 4 for headings and pull quotes.
- Body: Alegreya, Source Sans 3, ITC Charter, or a humanist pairing. Do NOT use Inter as primary body — it reads as product UI, not editorial.
- Max two families: one display + one body.
- Headings: `text-wrap: balance`, `font-optical-sizing: auto`, tracking near 0 or slightly negative on large sizes.
- Body: `text-wrap: pretty`, `line-height: 1.7`, `font-feature-settings: "liga", "kern"`.
- Drop caps via `p:first-of-type::first-letter { float: left; font-size: 4.5em; line-height: 0.85; padding: 6px 10px 0 0; font-family: <display>; }`.
- Small caps via `font-variant-caps: small-caps` for section labels, bylines.
- Opt-in OpenType: `font-feature-settings: "ss01", "cv11"` when the chosen font supports them.
- Pull quotes: serif, large (1.75-2.25em), one accent color, short rule above.

**Color**
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