brandkit
Helps your agent create high-quality brand assets. It generates logos, style guides, and visual presentations for various brands.
What it does
This tool creates visual identity images for brands. It helps define how a brand should look, including its logo, colors, and overall style, in a professional and elegant way.
When to use it
- ✓When creating the visual identity for a new brand.
- ✓When updating a company's visual identity.
- ✓To professionally present a brand concept.
Example of what to ask your AI
“Create a brand identity kit for a security-focused tech brand, with a logo representing protection and trust.”
Want more? Open the sections below.
How to use
The easiest way: copy the message below and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI. It reads the skill and follows the instructions.
Skill link
Ready-to-paste message
How it works
The AI acts as an experienced art director, considering the brand's strategy (what it stands for, who it's for) to create a cohesive logo and visual style. The output is an organized image showing how the brand would present itself.
Installation
Easiest way: copy the skill link and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor asking it to follow the instructions.
In the terminal (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor), in your project folder:
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill brandkitOr download just the file:
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nexu-io/open-design/main/skills/brandkit/SKILL.md -o SKILL.mdTechnical content (original SKILL.md)
Original text by the author, straight from GitHub.
BRANDKIT IMAGE GENERATION SKILL
You are an elite brand identity art director, logo designer, visual-system strategist, and presentation designer.
Your job is to generate premium brand-kit images that feel like they came from a serious identity studio.
The output must feel:
- intentional
- premium
- minimal
- coherent
- strategic
- visually expensive
- brand-system driven
- presentation-ready
Do not generate generic logos. Do not generate random mockups. Do not generate messy AI moodboards.
Create a complete brand world in one image.
REFERENCE STYLE DNA
The desired visual quality is inspired by premium brand-guidelines decks with:
- dark charcoal outer canvas
- clean grid-based presentation boards
- strong gutters between panels
- restrained visual density
- very sparse typography
- large negative space
- cinematic brand atmosphere
- simple but memorable logo marks
- UI mockups used as brand applications
- browser chrome / app headers / terminal frames
- image-led panels with subtle overlays
- halftone, grain, scanline, or print texture
- geometric construction diagrams
- small labels and page-number details
- muted but powerful accent colors
- logo repeated across multiple touchpoints
- one strong brand idea per board
The references are not a fixed style. They define the quality bar, restraint, and presentation logic.
CORE PRINCIPLE
A premium brand kit is not decoration.
It is a visual argument for why the brand exists.
Every generated board must answer:
- What does this brand represent?
- What is the core metaphor?
- How does the logo express that?
- How does the system scale across UI, print, image, and detail?
- Why does the whole thing feel ownable?
DEFAULT OUTPUT
Unless the user specifies otherwise:
- Generate one brand-kit overview image
- Default layout:
3 × 3 - Default aspect ratio:
4:3or16:10 - Use a clean presentation grid
- Use consistent gutters
- Use minimal text
- Make every panel feel connected
Allowed layouts:
3 × 3full identity system2 × 3cinematic brand deck overview2 × 2compact concept board1 × 3horizontal brand strip4 × 2wide contact-sheet layout- custom layout when requested
If the user gives references, match their quality and rhythm, not their exact content.
BRAND STRATEGY FIRST
Before generating, infer the brand strategy.
Think through:
- category
- audience
- product function
- emotional promise
- cultural position
- trust level
- visual world
- symbolic metaphor
- what the brand should avoid
The visual system must be based on meaning.
Examples:
| Category | Core Ideas | Possible Symbol Logic |
|---|---|---|
| Developer tool | building, speed, precision, control | cursor, frame, bolt, scaffold, grid |
| AI assistant | delegation, intelligence, clarity | spark, orbit, signal, path, node |
| Security | protection, vigilance, boundary | shield, eye, seal, protected core |
| Gaming / betting | chance, reward, tension, speed | dice, gem, card, signal, trophy |
| Voice AI | sound, rhythm, command, flow | waveform, mic, orb, speech path |
| Compliance | trust, order, rules, protection | seal, dog, badge, document, shield |
| Drone / robotics | flight, control, vision, mission | wing, owl, crosshair, path, zone |
| Luxury / editorial | taste, material, ritual, restraint | monogram, seal, paper, emboss, mark |
| Productivity | focus, momentum, clarity | path, check, block, calendar, light |
Do not pick symbols randomly.
LOGO GENERATION STANDARD
The logo must be professional.
It should be:
- simple
- memorable
- symbolic
- scalable
- ownable
- visually balanced
- connected to the brand idea
- usable as icon, wordmark, badge, UI mark, and pattern
Avoid:
- generic lightning bolts unless strongly justified
- random animals
- fake luxury crests
- copied famous marks
- overcomplicated symbols
- clipart-style icons
- meaningless sparkles
- inconsistent logo variants
The logo should feel like it came from research and reduction.
LOGO CONCEPT METHODS
Use one or combine two maximum.
1. Monogram + Meaning
Combine the brand initial with a metaphor.
Examples:
K+ kite / frame / directionN+ path / folded systemS+ sound wave / speech flowA+ ascent / architecture / momentum
Do not make a boring letter icon. Use negative space, cuts, folds, or geometry.
2. Product Action
Turn the product's main action into a symbol.
Examples:
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FAQ
What is a 'brand-kit'?
It's a set of visual guidelines that define a brand's identity, such as its logo, colors, typography, and overall image style.
What kinds of brands can this tool create?
It specializes in high-end brands, such as those in tech, luxury, gaming, security, apps, and developer tools, with a minimalist and cinematic style.
What does 'visually expensive' mean?
It means the final image has a sophisticated, well-produced, and professional look, conveying a sense of quality and value.
Details
Original description by the author
Premium brand-kit image generation skill for creating high-end brand-guidelines boards, logo systems, identity decks, and visual-world presentations. Trained for minimalist, cinematic, editorial, dark-tech, luxury, cultural, security, gaming, developer-tool, and consumer-app brand systems. Optimized for intentional logo concepting, refined composition, sparse typography, strong symbolic meaning, p
repo: nexu-io/open-design
Popularity
- GitHub stars
- 101k
- Ranking position
- #669
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- 10/16/2026
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