Design Brief

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Keywords: design brief
• Create a design brief
• Structured brief

Example prompts

• “make it professional”
• “design brief”
• “create a design brief”
• “/design-brief”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Accept input
2. 2Validate dimensions
3. 3Generate DESIGN.md
4. 4Generate brief-preview.html
5. 5Report unspecified dimensions

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 65da4ac. 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 (its code samples are markdown).

  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

Design Brief loads about 3.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 91 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,088 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~91

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~3.3k

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

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 sanqiufong/slides-from-anything at commit 65da4ac, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© sanqiufong). 1,088 words, ~3,339 tokens.

name

design-brief

description

Parse a structured design brief written in I-Lang protocol format into a concrete design spec. Eliminates ambiguity from vague requests like "make it professional" by requiring explicit dimensions: palette, typography, layout, mood, density, and constraints. Trigger keywords: "design brief", "create a design brief", "ilang brief", "structured brief".

triggers

design brief, create a design brief, ilang brief, structured brief

od.mode

design-system

od.platform

desktop

od.scenario

planning

od.capabilities_required

file_write

[PLAN:@DESIGN|type=saas_landing]
  |palette=navy_and_white|accent=coral
  |typography=inter|display=space_grotesk
  |layout=single_column|max_width=1200px
  |mood=professional_minimal
  |density=spacious|section_gap=96px
  |hero=headline+subhead+cta
  |sections=features,pricing,testimonials,footer
  |exclude=animations,parallax,gradients
  |responsive=mobile_first

# [Project Name] Design System

## Visual Theme & Atmosphere
- Mood: [resolved from mood]
- Feel: [derived from mood — e.g., professional_minimal → "Clean, confident, restrained"]
- References: [if mood=editorial → "Magazine layouts, Monocle, Cereal"; if mood=brutalist → "Exposed structure, raw typography"]

## Color Palette & Roles
- Background: [resolved from palette]
- Surface: [resolved from palette]
- Text primary: [resolved from palette]
- Text secondary: [resolved from palette]
- Accent: [resolved from accent]
- Accent hover: [resolved from accent]

## Typography Rules
- Display: [resolved from display], 700, clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3.5rem)
- Body: [resolved from typography], 400, 1rem/1.6
- Mono: JetBrains Mono, 400, 0.875rem

## Component Stylings
- Buttons: [if mood=playful → "rounded-full", otherwise → "rounded-md"], accent bg, contrast text
- Cards: surface bg, subtle border, 12px radius
- Inputs: [if mood=brutalist → "thick border", otherwise → "transparent bg, bottom border"]

## Layout Principles
- Max width: 1200px
- Grid: [resolved from layout]
- Section spacing: [resolved from density]
- Content padding: [resolved from density]

## Depth & Elevation
- Shadows: [if mood=brutalist → "hard 4px offset", if mood=professional_minimal → "none", otherwise → "subtle sm"]
- Borders: 1px solid [derived from palette, 8% opacity of text color]

## Do's and Don'ts
- DO use the declared color tokens exclusively.
- DO maintain consistent section spacing.
- DO ensure all text meets WCAG AA contrast ratio.
- DON'T invent colors outside the palette.
- DON'T add decorative shadows unless Depth & Elevation allows them.
- DON'T use more than 2 display/body typefaces (monospace is a utility face for code and data — it does not count toward this limit).

## Responsive Behavior
- Breakpoints: 640px (sm), 768px (md), 1024px (lg), 1280px (xl)
- Mobile: single column, stack all sections vertically
- Tablet: allow 2-column feature grids
- Desktop: full layout with max-width constraint
- Images: fluid, max-width 100%, maintain aspect ratio

## Agent Prompt Guide
- Do NOT invent colors outside this palette.
- Do NOT add box-shadows unless specified above.
- Accent color appears maximum 3 times per viewport.
- All interactive elements need :focus-visible outline.
- [if exclude contains items → list each as "Do NOT use {item}."]

Dimensions resolved from defaults:
- display: set to "same_as_body" (rule: mood=professional_minimal → same_as_body)
- density: set to "balanced" (rule: static fallback, no spacing preference given)
- exclude: set to "none" (rule: no constraints unless specified)

© sanqiufong, 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 skills/design-brief of sanqiufong/slides-from-anything.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 65da4ac

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sanqiufong/slides-from-anything, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• nexu-io/open-designskills/design-brief