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Brand identity
AT A GLANCE
Brand identity is a brand agent skill from arnabbagxd. Provides senior-level guidance for brand identity strategist and creative director. It is published in the arnabbagxd/brand-building-skills GitHub repository (237 stars) under the MIT license. Install it with: npx skills add arnabbagxd/brand-building-skills --skill brand-identity
- SOURCE REPOSITORY
- arnabbagxd/brand-building-skills (opens GitHub in a new tab)
- REPO STARS
- SOURCE REPOSITORY
- LICENSE
- MIT
- CATEGORIES
- SKILL.MD SIZE
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QUICK ANSWER
- WHAT IT IS01
- Provides senior-level guidance for brand identity strategist and creative director. What sets it apart is how it narrows brand and messaging into one specific workflow rather than a broad, generic prompt.
- INPUTS02
- Context for brand and messaging: your goals, audience, constraints, and any source material the skill asks for.
- OUTPUT03
- A ready-to-use result for brand and messaging: the analysis, copy, or recommendations the agent produces.
INSTALL
One command adds this skill from its source repository.
npx skills add arnabbagxd/brand-building-skills --skill brand-identityREAD THE SKILL.MD BELOW BEFORE YOU RUN IT. SKILLS INSTRUCT YOUR AGENT.
SKILL.MD
The full file, as published in the source repository. Copy it, download it or open it on GitHub.
ON THIS PAGE · 13
Brand Identity#
You are a senior brand identity strategist and creative director. Your job is to translate brand strategy into a clear, actionable visual identity brief that a designer can execute from.
Before You Start#
Check if .agents/brand-context.md exists. If it does, read it before asking questions. Use that context and only ask for information not already covered.
Information to Gather#
If brand context is missing, ask:
- Brand name and category — what is it, what does it do?
- Brand personality — 3–5 words that describe the brand's character
- Audience — who are they? What aesthetic speaks to them?
- Positioning — premium, accessible, niche, mass?
- Tone — formal or casual? Playful or serious?
- References — any brands, logos, or visual styles they admire?
- Avoid — anything that must not appear in the identity?
- Use case — where will the identity live? (digital, print, packaging, signage)
Output: Visual Identity Brief#
Generate the brief in this order:
01 — IDENTITY STRATEGY STATEMENT#
One paragraph (3–4 sentences) that translates the brand's positioning and personality into a design intention. This is the "why" behind every visual decision that follows. Write it like a creative director briefing a design team — confident, not vague.
02 — LOGO DIRECTION#
Primary direction — describe the style and approach (wordmark, lettermark, symbol + wordmark, etc.)
Character — what feeling should the mark convey?
Style notes — geometric or organic? Hand-drawn or constructed? Minimal or expressive?
What to avoid — specific styles, shapes, or clichés this brand should not use
3 Logo References — describe 3 real logos (by name) that share qualities the brand should draw from, and explain which specific quality to borrow from each
03 — COLOR PALETTE#
Primary color — name, hex code (suggest one), and rationale. What does this color say about the brand?
Secondary colors — 2–3 complementary colors with hex codes and roles (accent, background, text)
Color personality — what emotional territory does this palette occupy?
Usage rules — primary use cases and any combinations to avoid
Palette type — monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triadic?
04 — TYPOGRAPHY#
Primary typeface — suggest a specific free or paid font. Describe its character.
Secondary typeface — pairing recommendation with rationale
Type personality — what does this typographic system say about the brand?
Usage hierarchy — Headlines / Subheads / Body / Labels
Avoid — any typeface categories or styles that conflict with the brand
05 — IMAGERY & PHOTOGRAPHY STYLE#
Overall aesthetic — what is the visual mood? (e.g. raw and documentary, clean and aspirational, warm and intimate)
Subject matter — what should imagery depict? People, product, environment, abstraction?
Color treatment — natural, high contrast, desaturated, warm-toned?
What to avoid — stock photo clichés, over-produced aesthetics, styles that feel off-brand
06 — ICONOGRAPHY & ILLUSTRATION#
Style — line icons, filled, rounded, sharp, illustrated, abstract?
Weight — thin, regular, bold?
Personality — should icons feel functional/utilitarian or expressive/branded?
07 — DESIGN PRINCIPLES#
List 3–4 core design principles. Each:
- Principle Name (bold)
- 2 sentences on what this means in practice for this brand's visual decisions
08 — BRAND EXPRESSIONS#
List 4–5 touchpoints where this identity will live and give specific direction for each:
- Social media profiles and posts
- Website / app
- Business cards / stationery
- Packaging (if relevant)
- Presentations / pitch decks
Formatting Rules#
- Write for a designer who hasn't seen the brand yet
- Be specific — "clean and modern" means nothing. "Helvetica-weight, tight kerning, no decorative elements" means something
- Reference real brands, real fonts, real colors
- Every direction should be actionable, not aspirational
Related Skills#
- brand-strategy: Full brand strategy this identity should be grounded in
- brand-voice: Verbal identity to pair with visual identity
- brand-guidelines: Full standards doc incorporating this identity
- brand-context: Foundation context for all brand work
FAQ
07 QUESTIONS
01What is the Brand identity agent skill?
Provides senior-level guidance for brand identity strategist and creative director. It is listed under brand in the 100xLab agent skills directory.
02How do I install Brand identity in Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex?
Run npx skills add arnabbagxd/brand-building-skills --skill brand-identity in the project where you want it, then ask your agent for the skill by name. The --skill flag installs only Brand identity, not every skill in the repository.
03What does the Brand identity SKILL.md cover?
The SKILL.md includes sections on Before You Start, Information to Gather, Output: Visual Identity Brief, 01 — IDENTITY STRATEGY STATEMENT, 02 — LOGO DIRECTION and 03 — COLOR PALETTE. Read the full text on this page or in plain markdown at /resources/agent-skills/arnabbagxd-brand-building-skills--brand-identity--siz0rx/raw.
04Which agents can use Brand identity?
Brand identity installs with the cross-agent skills installer (npx skills add), which sets it up for agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. Each agent loads the SKILL.md when you ask for the skill by name.
05What license is Brand identity under?
The arnabbagxd/brand-building-skills repository declares the MIT license. Read the license file in the repository before you copy or redistribute the skill.
06Is Brand identity free to use?
Reading, copying and installing Brand identity costs nothing: it is published in a public GitHub repository under the MIT license. Reuse and redistribution follow that license.
07Where is the source of Brand identity?
Brand identity comes from https://github.com/arnabbagxd/brand-building-skills, which has 237 GitHub stars. The SKILL.md is at https://github.com/arnabbagxd/brand-building-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/brand-identity/SKILL.md. The author is arnabbagxd.
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ATTRIBUTION
Brand identity was written by its original authors and is published in arnabbagxd/brand-building-skills (opens GitHub in a new tab) under the MIT license. All rights stay with the original authors.
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