brand-designer

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summary

Create cohesive brand identities, logos, and visual systems with design guidance and asset templates.

  • Covers logo design process from discovery through concept development, with support for wordmarks, lettermarks, and icon-plus-wordmark combinations
  • Includes complete color palette systems with accessibility guidelines, typography scales, and semantic color definitions
  • Provides ready-to-use React components and SVG templates for logos, social media posts, business cards, and favicons
skill.md

Brand Designer Skill

I help you create cohesive brand identities, logos, and visual brand systems.

What I Do

Brand Identity:

  • Logo design and variations
  • Color palettes
  • Typography systems
  • Brand guidelines

Visual Assets:

  • Business cards, letterheads
  • Social media templates
  • Marketing materials
  • Brand presentation decks

Brand Strategy:

  • Brand positioning
  • Target audience definition
  • Competitor analysis
  • Brand voice and tone

Logo Design Process

Step 1: Brand Discovery

Questions to Answer:

  • What does the company do?
  • Who is the target audience?
  • What are the brand values?
  • What feeling should the logo evoke?
  • Any colors/symbols to avoid?

Example Brief:

## Brand Brief: TechStart

**Industry:** SaaS, developer tools
**Target Audience:** Software developers, 25-40 years old
**Brand Values:** Innovation, simplicity, reliability
**Personality:** Modern, technical, approachable
**Competitors:** GitHub, GitLab, Vercel

**Logo Requirements:**

- Works in monochrome
- Scales from 16px (favicon) to billboard
- Modern, not trendy (should age well)
- Unique, memorable

Step 2: Logo Concepts

Concept 1: Wordmark

Clean, modern typography
Focus on the company name
Example: Google, Facebook, Netflix

Concept 2: Lettermark

Initials in a distinctive way
Good for long company names
Example: IBM, HBO, CNN

Concept 3: Icon + Wordmark

Symbol + company name
Most versatile option
Example: Nike, Apple, Twitter

Example SVG Logo (React Component):

// components/brand/Logo.tsx

interface LogoProps {
  variant?: 'full' | 'icon' | 'wordmark'
  color?: 'primary' | 'white' | 'black'
  size?: number
}

export function Logo({ variant = 'full', color = 'primary', size = 40 }: LogoProps) {
  const colors = {
    primary: '#0066CC',
    white: '#FFFFFF',
    black: '#000000'
  }

  const fillColor = colors[color]

  if (variant === 'icon') {
    return (
      <svg width={size} height={size} viewBox="0 0 40 40" fill="none">
        <circle cx="20" cy="20" r="18" fill={fillColor} />
        <path
          d="M15 20 L25 15 L25 25 Z"
          fill="white"
        />
      </svg>
    )
  }

  if (variant === 'wordmark') {
    return (
      <svg width={size * 4} height={size} viewBox="0 0 160 40" fill="none">
        <text
          x="0"
          y="30"
          fontFamily="Inter, sans-serif"
          fontSize="24"
          fontWeight="700"
          fill={fillColor}
        >
          TechStart
        </text>
      </svg>
    )
  }

  // Full logo (icon + wordmark)
  return (
    <svg width={size * 5} height={size} viewBox="0 0 200 40" fill="none">
      <circle cx="20" cy="20" r="18" fill={fillColor} />
      <path d="M15 20 L25 15 L25 25 Z" fill="white" />
      <text
        x="50"
        y="30"
        fontFamily="Inter, sans-serif"
        fontSize="24"
        fontWeight="700"
        fill={fillColor}
      >
        TechStart
      </text>
    </svg>
  )
}

Usage:

// Different logo variations
<Logo variant="full" />
<Logo variant="icon" size={32} />
<Logo variant="wordmark" color="white" />

Color Palette

Primary Brand Colors

// config/brand-colors.ts

export const brandColors = {
  // Primary (main brand color)
  primary: {
    50: '#E6F0FF',
    100: '#CCE0FF',
    200: '#99C2FF',
    300: '#66A3FF',
    400: '#3385FF',
    500: '#0066CC', // Main brand color
    600: '#0052A3',
    700: '#003D7A',
    800: '#002952',
    900: '#001429'
  },

  // Secondary (accent color)
  secondary: {
    50: '#FFF4E6',
    100: '#FFE9CC',
    200: '#FFD399',
    300: '#FFBD66',
    400: '#FFA733',
    500: '#FF9100', // Main accent
    600: '#CC7400',
    700: '#995700',
    800: '#663A00',
    900: '#331D00'
  },

  // Neutral (grays)
  neutral: {
    50: '#F9FAFB',
    100: '#F3F4F6',
    200: '#E5E7EB',
    300: '#D1D5DB',
    400: '#9CA3AF',
    500: '#6B7280',
    600: '#4B5563',
    700: '#374151',
    800: '#1F2937',
    900: '#111827'
  },

  // Semantic colors
  success: '#10B981',
  warning: '#F59E0B',
  e
how to use brand-designer

How to use brand-designer on Cursor

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1

Prerequisites

Before installing skills in Cursor, ensure your development environment meets these requirements:

  • Cursor installed and configured on your development machine
  • Node.js version 16.0+ with npm package manager (verify with node --version)
  • Active project directory or workspace where you want to add brand-designer
2

Execute installation command

Execute the skills CLI command in your project's root directory to begin installation:

$npx skills add https://github.com/daffy0208/ai-dev-standards --skill brand-designer

The skills CLI fetches brand-designer from GitHub repository daffy0208/ai-dev-standards and configures it for Cursor.

3

Select Cursor when prompted

The CLI will show a list of available agents. Use arrow keys to navigate and space to select Cursor:

◆ Which agents do you want to install to?
│ ── Universal (.agents/skills) ── always included ────
│ • Amp
│ • Antigravity
│ • Cline
│ • Codex
│ ●Cursor(selected)
│ • Cursor
│ • Windsurf
4

Verify installation

Confirm successful installation by checking the skill directory location:

.cursor/skills/brand-designer

Reload or restart Cursor to activate brand-designer. Access the skill through slash commands (e.g., /brand-designer) or your agent's skill management interface.

Security & Verification Notice

We perform automated surface-level scans (Gen AI Scanner, Socket, Snyk) during installation. These checks detect common vulnerabilities but do not guarantee complete security. Always review skill source code and verify the publisher's reputation before production use.

Skills execute code in your development environment. Always verify the publisher's identity, review recent commits, and test in isolated environments before production deployment.

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Use Cases

Task Automation & Efficiency

Automate repetitive workflows and reduce manual effort

Example

Generate reports, summarize documents, draft communications

Save 3-5 hours per week on routine tasks

Knowledge Enhancement

Learn new skills, understand complex topics, get expert guidance

Example

Explain concepts, provide examples, suggest learning resources

Accelerate learning and skill development by 2x

Quality Improvement

Enhance output quality through reviews, suggestions, and refinements

Example

Review drafts, suggest improvements, catch errors

Improve work quality by 30-40% with less effort

Implementation Guide

Prerequisites

  • Claude Desktop or compatible AI client with skill support
  • Clear understanding of task or problem to solve
  • Willingness to iterate and refine outputs

Time Estimate

15-45 minutes depending on use case complexity

Installation Steps

  1. 1.Install skill using provided installation command
  2. 2.Test with simple use case relevant to your work
  3. 3.Evaluate output quality and relevance
  4. 4.Iterate on prompts to improve results
  5. 5.Integrate into regular workflow if valuable

Common Pitfalls

  • Expecting perfect results without iteration
  • Not providing enough context in prompts
  • Using skill for tasks outside its intended scope
  • Accepting outputs without review and validation

Best Practices

✓ Do

  • +Start with clear, specific prompts
  • +Provide relevant context and constraints
  • +Review and refine all outputs before using
  • +Iterate to improve output quality
  • +Document successful prompt patterns

✗ Don't

  • Don't use without understanding skill limitations
  • Don't skip validation of outputs
  • Don't share sensitive information in prompts
  • Don't expect skill to replace human judgment

💡 Pro Tips

  • Be specific about desired format and style
  • Ask for multiple options to choose from
  • Request explanations to understand reasoning
  • Combine AI efficiency with human expertise

When to Use This

✓ Use When

Use when skill capabilities match your task, clear ROI on time saved, and you can validate outputs. Best for repetitive tasks, learning, and quality improvement.

✗ Avoid When

Avoid when task requires deep expertise you can't validate, involves sensitive decisions, or when learning process is more valuable than speed of completion.

Learning Path

  1. 1Familiarize yourself with skill capabilities and limitations
  2. 2Start with low-risk, non-critical tasks
  3. 3Progress to more complex and valuable use cases
  4. 4Build expertise through regular use and experimentation

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Ratings

4.847 reviews
  • Kiara Yang· Dec 20, 2024

    We added brand-designer from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.

  • Sakura Bansal· Dec 8, 2024

    brand-designer reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.

  • Yuki White· Dec 4, 2024

    Keeps context tight: brand-designer is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.

  • Yuki Srinivasan· Nov 23, 2024

    I recommend brand-designer for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.

  • Tariq Jackson· Nov 11, 2024

    Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: brand-designer is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.

  • Kwame Desai· Oct 14, 2024

    Useful defaults in brand-designer — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.

  • William Khanna· Oct 2, 2024

    brand-designer has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.

  • Tariq Gupta· Sep 21, 2024

    Keeps context tight: brand-designer is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.

  • Kiara Harris· Sep 9, 2024

    Useful defaults in brand-designer — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.

  • Rahul Santra· Sep 5, 2024

    I recommend brand-designer for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.

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