brand-library-architect

Brand Library Architect

Overview

This skill captures a phased workflow for building a complete brand library for a product. It produces a coherent set of artifacts: a render pipeline for visual assets (HTML sheets → Playwright → WebP), a documentation set rooted in locked vocabulary and voice rules, repo conventions for open-source projects, and a press kit. The phases reference each other (e.g., the press kit pulls bios from BIOS.md, the README banner cites the visual pipeline output) so cross-references work even when phases are run independently.

Every template uses {{TOKEN}} placeholders for product-specific content. Prompt the user for the relevant tokens at the start of each phase rather than guessing, so the resulting library is voice-true to the product and not generically branded.

When to use this skill

Apply when the user asks for any of:

• "Build a brand library / brand kit / brand assets for product X"
• "Set up the brand library workflow for this repo"
• "Create a positioning manifesto + visual identity"
• "Author a press kit / FAQ / glossary / tone guide / pricing doc / founder bio"
• "Add CONTRIBUTING / SECURITY / CODE_OF_CONDUCT to this repo with brand voice"
• "I have visual assets — help me write the brand documentation that anchors them" (or vice versa)
• "Audit the brand assets in this repo" / "What brand assets do we have?" / "Discover existing brand surface" → run Phase 0 only as a standalone audit

Apply selectively when only one or two phases are needed. The phases are independent enough to mix and match.

Do not apply this skill when the user wants:

• Product feature documentation (use documentation-production)
• Generic copywriting unrelated to brand library structure (use copywriter)
• Visual UI components or design systems (use ui-design-aesthetics or frontend-design)
• Internal-only docs (this skill is public-facing brand surface)

Phases

The workflow is seven phases (0-6). Run sequentially for a new product, or jump to a specific phase for incremental work. Phases 0 and 1 are required before any other phase.