Agent skill

Brand Research

by criptogus in criptogus/agent-evolve-network

Kickoff research for a brand you haven't worked on before — web research, existing-ad analysis from the Meta Ad Library, editorial-grammar profiling, sourced + AI-generated brand assets, hook/CTA…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Brand Research

skills CLI
$ npx skills add criptogus/agent-evolve-network --skill brand-research -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install criptogus/agent-evolve-network brand-research --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/criptogus/agent-evolve-network.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/brand-research .claude/skills/brand-research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
brand-research
GitHub stars
288
Token cost
~3.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,810 words
Files
14 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
107
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Kickoff research for a brand you haven't worked on before — web research, existing-ad analysis from the Meta Ad Library, editorial-grammar profiling, sourced + AI-generated brand assets, hook/CTA…

  • Works in 9 steps: Disambiguate. Confirm brand + product… → Scaffold the brand pack under — a… → Web research via web search + fetch.… → …
  • Starting on a brand the workspace hasnt touched
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Inputs, Composed Atoms and Workflow, plus 4 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Brand Research is an agent skill from criptogus/agent-evolve-network. Kickoff research for a brand you haven't worked on before — web research, existing-ad analysis from the Meta Ad Library, editorial-grammar profiling, sourced + AI-generated brand assets, hook/CTA libraries, and an ad concept brief. Produces one reusable brand-context pack (brand-summary, visual-identity, competitors, audience, existing-ads, brand-grammar, an asset manifest, and a concept brief) in a single pass. Use when starting on a brand the workspace hasn't touched.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 16 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `README.md`, `examples/liquid-death-sparkling-water.md` and `examples/notion-calendar-with-ads.md`).

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Logo and visual identity.

When your agent uses it

  • Starting on a brand the workspace hasnt touched
  • Tasks that involve Logo and visual identity

Example prompts

  • “/brand-research”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

9 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Disambiguate. Confirm brand + product resolves to one entity. If brand_url is
  2. Scaffold the brand pack under — a brand-research/` folder for the
  3. Web research via web search + fetch. Priority order: brand site → trade press
  4. Pull and study the brand's running ads. Mandatory — research without watching real
  5. Source brand assets via source-brand-assets
  6. Generate brand-anchored imagery (skip entirely if skip_generation=true)
  7. Write the brand-research docs. Use these exact section headers, filled from
  8. Write concept-brief.md with sections: Observed patterns from existing ads (only if
  9. Write brand-research/video-research.json — a machine-readable companion that mirrors

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d19b920. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 6 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Brand Research loads about 3.9k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 122 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,810 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~122
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.9k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,810 words (~3,890 tokens).

“Given a brand (name and/or URL) and a product, produce the full creative-prep package for it: research the product, analyze the brand's running ads, measure their editorial DNA, source logos and reference photos, generate brand-anchored product + lifestyle imagery, and…”

— opening of SKILL.md by criptogus, Custom licence
name
brand-research
tags
ads, brand, research

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 13 other files (scripts, references) in .claude/skills/brand-research of criptogus/agent-evolve-network.

  • SKILL.md
  • .env.example
  • README.md
  • examples/liquid-death-sparkling-water.md
  • examples/notion-calendar-with-ads.md
  • references/output-contract.md
  • requirements.txt
  • scripts/fetch_asset.py
  • scripts/lib.py
  • scripts/register_asset.py
  • scripts/render_product_shot.py
  • scripts/scaffold_brand.py
  • scripts/verify_pack.py
  • skill.meta.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d19b920

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Logo Designkaankiziltug/logo-design-skill2.2k—~4.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Logo Generatorop7418/logo-generator-skill2.2k—~1.8kAutomated safety check: NotesNone
Web Asset Generatoralonw0/web-asset-generator5121 repos~6.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Brand Research

What does Brand Research do?

Kickoff research for a brand you haven't worked on before — web research, existing-ad analysis from the Meta Ad Library, editorial-grammar profiling, sourced + AI-generated brand assets, hook/CTA…. Brand Research is an agent skill from criptogus/agent-evolve-network. Kickoff research for a brand you haven't worked on before — web research, existing-ad analysis from the Meta Ad Library, editorial-grammar profiling, sourced + AI-generated brand assets, hook/CTA libraries, and an ad concept brief.

When should I use Brand Research?

Brand Research fits situations like: starting on a brand the workspace hasnt touched; tasks that involve Logo and visual identity.

How do I install Brand Research in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add criptogus/agent-evolve-network --skill brand-research -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/brand-research in criptogus/agent-evolve-network) into .claude/skills/brand-research in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Brand Research in Codex?

Run `npx skills add criptogus/agent-evolve-network --skill brand-research -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/brand-research in criptogus/agent-evolve-network) into .agents/skills/brand-research in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Brand Research in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add criptogus/agent-evolve-network --skill brand-research -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/brand-research, .gemini/skills/brand-research, .github/skills/brand-research and .opencode/skills/brand-research in your project.

What does Brand Research need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Brand Research needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Brand Research access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Brand Research safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Brand Research use?

Brand Research has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Brand Research use?

About 3.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 16k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 799 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Brand Research?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Brand Research: Brand and Design Toolkit (nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill, 134k stars), Anthropic Brand Styling (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), Logo Design (kaankiziltug/logo-design-skill, 2.2k stars) and Logo Generator (op7418/logo-generator-skill, 2.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Brand Research?

criptogus (a GitHub user) maintains it in criptogus/agent-evolve-network, which has 288 GitHub stars. The repository holds 107 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 9, 2026.

Source: criptogus/agent-evolve-network on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.