Agent skill

Cover Design Psychology

by revfactory in revfactory/harness-100

A specialized skill for the cover-designer agent covering cover design psychology.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Cover Design Psychology

skills CLI
$ npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill cover-design-psychology -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install revfactory/harness-100 cover-design-psychology --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/revfactory/harness-100.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/en/11-book-publishing/.claude/skills/cover-design-psychology .claude/skills/cover-design-psychology && 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
cover-design-psychology
GitHub stars
1.3k
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
461 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
274
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

A specialized skill for the cover-designer agent covering cover design psychology.

  • Works in 5 steps: 3 words or fewer: Long titles prevent… → Hierarchy: Title > Subtitle > Author… → Color Contrast: Background-to-text… → …
  • Tasks that involve Typography
  • SKILL.md covers Why Cover Psychology, Genre-Specific Cover Conventions, Typography Strategy and Cover Layout Patterns, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Cover Design Psychology is an agent skill from revfactory/harness-100. A specialized skill for the cover-designer agent covering cover design psychology. Provides genre-specific cover conventions, typography strategy, color psychology, thumbnail testing, and AI image generation prompt design. Use for 'cover design,' 'book cover,' 'genre covers,' 'cover concept,' and similar topics.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Typography, Image generation and Prompt engineering. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Typography
  • Tasks that involve Image generation
  • Tasks that involve Prompt engineering

Example prompts

  • “cover design,”
  • “book cover,”
  • “genre covers,”
  • “/cover-design-psychology”

Workflow steps

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

  1. 3 words or fewer: Long titles prevent large font sizes
  2. Hierarchy: Title > Subtitle > Author name in descending size
  3. Color Contrast: Background-to-text contrast ratio 4.5:1 or higher
  4. Whitespace: Sufficient margins around text (breathing room)
  5. Thumbnail Test: Is the title readable when shrunk to 3cm x 4cm?

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8e8d35c. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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

Cover Design Psychology loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 84 tokens; SKILL.md has 461 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~84
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from revfactory/harness-100 at commit 8e8d35c, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© revfactory). 461 words, ~1,315 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/cover-design-psychology/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
cover-design-psychology
description
A specialized skill for the cover-designer agent covering cover design psychology. Provides genre-specific cover conventions, typography strategy, color psychology, thumbnail testing, and AI image generation prompt design. Use for 'cover design,' 'book cover,' 'genre covers,' 'cover concept,' and similar topics.

Cover Design Psychology — Cover Design Psychology Methodology

Specialized knowledge used by the cover-designer agent when designing covers and generating images.

Why Cover Psychology

67% of readers pick up a book based on its cover. In online bookstores, covers are displayed at thumbnail size, so they must stand out even when small. The cover is "the message read before the first sentence."

Genre-Specific Cover Conventions

Business/Self-Help
ElementConventionReason
BackgroundSolid color or gradientClean, professional
TypographyLarge bold title, small subtitleTitle IS the core message
ImageNone or icons/symbolsConcept communication
ColorBlue, black, white (trust)Professionalism
Author NameLarge (celebrity) / Small (debut)Leveraging authority
Fiction (Literary)
ElementConventionReason
BackgroundAtmospheric illustration/photoHints at the world
TypographyGenre-appropriate typefaceGenre signaling
ImageCharacter silhouettes, symbolic objectsCuriosity trigger
ColorVaries by genre (see below)Emotional induction
Fiction Genre Color Codes
GenrePrimary ColorSecondary ColorMood
RomancePink, RedGold, WhiteWarmth, passion
Thriller/MysteryBlack, Dark redWhite, SilverTension, danger
FantasyPurple, Deep blueGold, SilverMystery, grandeur
Sci-FiBlue, SilverBlack, NeonFuture, tech
HorrorBlack, Deep redWhiteFear, blood
HistoricalSepia, BrownGold, CreamClassic, period feel
Essay
ElementConventionReason
BackgroundSoft colors or texturesPersonal, emotional
TypographyHandwritten feel or serifHumanity, literariness
ImageMinimal illustration, watercolorEmotional atmosphere
ColorPastel, warm tonesComfort, intimacy

Typography Strategy

Font Selection Guide
Font CategoryFeelSuitable Genres
SerifClassic, authoritative, literaryLiterary fiction, history, academic
Sans-serifModern, clean, directBusiness, self-help, technical
ScriptEmotional, personal, elegantEssay, romance, poetry
DisplayUnique, bold, genre-specificHorror, fantasy, children's
MonospaceTechnical, hacker feelProgramming, sci-fi
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Title Readability Rules
  1. 3 words or fewer: Long titles prevent large font sizes
  2. Hierarchy: Title > Subtitle > Author name in descending size
  3. Color Contrast: Background-to-text contrast ratio 4.5:1 or higher
  4. Whitespace: Sufficient margins around text (breathing room)
  5. Thumbnail Test: Is the title readable when shrunk to 3cm x 4cm?

Cover Layout Patterns

5 Basic Layouts
PatternCompositionSuitable Genres
Big TitleLarge title + solid backgroundBusiness, self-help
Image DominantFull-bleed image + overlay titleFiction, travel, cooking
SplitTop/bottom or left/right division (image+text)Non-fiction, essay
Central FocusCentral object + surrounding whitespaceMinimal, art
Pattern/TexturePattern background + centered titleEssay, poetry, culture

AI Image Generation Cover Prompts

Prompt Structure
Book cover design for [genre] book titled "[title]".
[Cover layout pattern description].
[Core visual elements].
[Color palette].
[Mood/emotion].
Professional quality, high resolution.
Typography: [title text: "Title Here"]
Example Prompt
Book cover design for business self-help book.
Big title layout on solid dark navy background.
Minimalist golden compass icon in center.
Color palette: deep navy (#1a1a2e), gold (#c9a959), white.
Professional, authoritative, premium atmosphere.
Typography text: "Compass Leadership" in bold sans-serif, gold color.
Subtitle in white: "5 Principles of Leaders Who Never Lose Direction"

Cover A/B Testing

Test Element Priority
RankElementImpact
1Color scheme60% of first impression
2Title typographyReadability and genre signaling
3Image/illustrationEmotional response
4LayoutPerceived professionalism
5Subtitle/author name sizeInformation delivery
3-Second Test
  1. Show the cover for 3 seconds, then hide it
  2. "What do you think this book is about?" -> Verify genre/topic recognition
  3. "Would you pick up this book?" -> Verify attractiveness
  4. "What feeling does it give you?" -> Verify emotional response

© revfactory, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in en/11-book-publishing/.claude/skills/cover-design-psychology of revfactory/harness-100.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8e8d35c

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Questions about Cover Design Psychology

What does Cover Design Psychology do?

A specialized skill for the cover-designer agent covering cover design psychology. Cover Design Psychology is an agent skill from revfactory/harness-100. A specialized skill for the cover-designer agent covering cover design psychology.

When should I use Cover Design Psychology?

Cover Design Psychology fits situations like: tasks that involve Typography; tasks that involve Image generation; tasks that involve Prompt engineering.

How do I install Cover Design Psychology in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill cover-design-psychology -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (en/11-book-publishing/.claude/skills/cover-design-psychology in revfactory/harness-100) into .claude/skills/cover-design-psychology in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Cover Design Psychology in Codex?

Run `npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill cover-design-psychology -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (en/11-book-publishing/.claude/skills/cover-design-psychology in revfactory/harness-100) into .agents/skills/cover-design-psychology in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Cover Design Psychology 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 revfactory/harness-100 --skill cover-design-psychology -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cover-design-psychology, .gemini/skills/cover-design-psychology, .github/skills/cover-design-psychology and .opencode/skills/cover-design-psychology in your project.

What does Cover Design Psychology need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Cover Design Psychology is instructions for the agent only.

Does Cover Design Psychology 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 Cover Design Psychology 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Cover Design Psychology use?

Cover Design Psychology is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Cover Design Psychology use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Cover Design Psychology?

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Who maintains Cover Design Psychology?

revfactory (a GitHub user) maintains it in revfactory/harness-100, which has 1,295 GitHub stars. The repository holds 274 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Source: revfactory/harness-100 on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.