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ve-midnight-editorial

Prepares a detailed financial presentation on a project's sustainability. It's aimed at the board and leadership, aiding strategic decision-making.

What it does

This plugin creates presentations with an elegant and cinematic look, using dark and gold colors. It defines how text and elements appear on screen, with smooth transitions between slides.

When to use it

  • ✓Creating a presentation with a professional and impactful design.
  • ✓Presenting financial or business data clearly and visually attractively.
  • ✓Developing marketing or corporate material with a unique style.

Example of what to ask your AI

“Create a presentation about last quarter's financial results using the 'midnight-editorial' theme.”

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

https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/blob/main/plugins/_official/examples/ve-midnight-editorial/SKILL.md

Ready-to-paste message

Use this skill to help me: https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/blob/main/plugins/_official/examples/ve-midnight-editorial/SKILL.md Read the SKILL.md file at that link and follow its instructions for my task.
How it works

It works by defining a fixed set of colors, fonts, and styles for each presentation element. Slide transitions are animated to provide a professional effect.

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 ve-midnight-editorial

Or download just the file:

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nexu-io/open-design/main/plugins/_official/examples/ve-midnight-editorial/SKILL.md -o SKILL.md
Technical content (original SKILL.md)

Original text by the author, straight from GitHub.

Midnight Editorial(午夜金辉)

A single-aesthetic deck plugin: the midnight-editorial preset from the upstream MIT-licensed nicobailon/visual-explainer skill (templates/slide-deck.html), pinned and shipped as one self-contained seed — example.html. The upstream mermaid diagram slide has been replaced by a pure CSS/SVG pipeline page; the deck has zero external JS dependencies (Google Fonts @import is the only external reference).

Signature combination (what makes this skin this skin):

  1. Deep navy + warm gold — #0f1729 page, #d4a73a accent, parchment text #e8e4d8. Cinematic, magazine-grade, dramatic.
  2. Serif display → mono label drop — Instrument Serif at up to 120px (clamp(48px,10vw,120px), weight 400, -2px tracking, 0.95 line-height) falling directly to 13–14px uppercase JetBrains Mono labels with 1.5px letter-spacing. No intermediate sans anywhere.
  3. Gold radial accent glow — every content slide carries one radial-gradient(ellipse at X% Y%, var(--accent-dim) 0%, transparent ~40%) inline background, with the ellipse anchor moving per slide.
  4. Gold SVG corner marks + ghost numerals — 2px gold corner line marks at opacity 0.15 on the title slide; dividers carry a ghost clamp(100px,22vw,260px) gold numeral at opacity 0.06.
  5. Cinematic staggered transitions — slides enter with fade + translateY(40px) + scale(0.98) on cubic-bezier(0.16,1,0.3,1); .reveal children stagger at 0.1s increments (max 6).
  6. SlideEngine dual theme — explicit dark/light toggle (T key + ◐ chrome button, html[data-theme]), defaulting to the OS preference. The light mode is a locked cream/gold skin, not an afterthought.

Start from example.html. Replace content only — never rewrite the design system or the runtime script, and never introduce colors or fonts outside the token sheets below.

Locked token sheet — dark (default)

:root {
  --font-body: 'Instrument Serif', Georgia, serif;
  --font-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', 'SF Mono', Consolas, monospace;
  --bg: #0f1729;
  --surface: #162040;
  --surface2: #1d2b52;
  --surface-elevated: #243362;
  --border: rgba(200, 180, 140, 0.08);
  --border-bright: rgba(200, 180, 140, 0.16);
  --text: #e8e4d8;
  --text-dim: #9a9484;
  --accent: #d4a73a;
  --accent-dim: rgba(212, 167, 58, 0.1);
  --code-bg: #0a0f1e;
  --code-text: #d4d0c4;
  --green: #4ade80;  --green-dim: rgba(74, 222, 128, 0.1);
  --red: #f87171;    --red-dim: rgba(248, 113, 113, 0.1);
  --blue: #60a5fa;   --blue-dim: rgba(96, 165, 250, 0.1);
}

Locked token sheet — light (html[data-theme="light"])

html[data-theme="light"] {
  --bg: #faf8f2;
  --surface: #ffffff;
  --surface2: #f5f0e6;
  --surface-elevated: #fffdf5;
  --border: rgba(30, 30, 50, 0.08);
  --border-bright: rgba(30, 30, 50, 0.16);
  --text: #1a1814;
  --text-dim: #6e685c;
  --accent: #b8860b;
  --accent-dim: rgba(184, 134, 11, 0.08);
  --code-bg: #2a2520;
  --code-text: #e8e4d8;
  --green: #16a34a;  --green-dim: rgba(22, 163, 74, 0.08);
  --red: #dc2626;    --red-dim: rgba(220, 38, 38, 0.08);
  --blue: #2563eb;   --blue-dim: rgba(37, 99, 235, 0.08);
}

The same light block is mirrored under @media (prefers-color-scheme: light) { html:not([data-theme]) { … } } as a no-JS fallback. Both themes are part of the contract — every slide you author must read correctly in both. Semantic colors (--green/--red/--blue) are for status only (trends, before/after labels, diagram node families) — never decorative.

Fonts (locked — Google Fonts @import only)

Slot Font Usage
--font-body Instrument Serif (400 + italic), Georgia fallback display, headings, body, KPI values, quotes
--font-mono JetBrains Mono 400/500/600/700 labels, subtitles, counters, axis/edge labels, code

No third font. No bold serif — drama comes from size, not weight.

Typography scale (locked)

Element Spec
.slide__display clamp(48px,10vw,120px), 400, -2px, lh 0.95, gold on title
.slide__heading clamp(28px,5vw,48px), 400, -0.5px, lh 1.15
.slide__body clamp(16px,2.2vw,22px), lh 1.6, --text-dim
.slide__subtitle mono clamp(12px,1.5vw,18px), uppercase, 1px tracking
.slide__label mono clamp(10px,1.2vw,13px), 600, uppercase, 1.5px, gold
Divider ghost numeral clamp(100px,22vw,260px), opacity 0.06, gold

…

FAQ

Can I change the colors?

The main colors are fixed to maintain the 'midnight-editorial' style. You can use semantic colors (green, red, blue) to indicate status, but not for general decoration.

Do I need programming to use it?

No, the goal is for you to replace the existing content in the example file. The design and animations are already set up.

Can I use any font type?

No, the plugin uses only two specific fonts: 'Instrument Serif' for titles and body text, and 'JetBrains Mono' for labels and captions. This ensures visual consistency.

Details

Original description by the author

OpenDesign's financial review: runway, burn, and the sustainability plan that keeps the project independent. Built as a decision-grade data & finance deck for board, leadership.

repo: nexu-io/open-design

Popularity

GitHub stars
101k
Ranking position
#586
License
Apache-2.0
Updated
10/16/2026

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