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Editorial Tech Design Style

Guides agents to build magazine-style layouts with precise, technical UI detailing

Repository
MengTo/Skills
Stars
7,187
Licence
MIT
Files
4 files

What it does

This skill gives an AI agent a specific visual style direction for web pages: asymmetrical magazine-like layouts, wide cinematic image bands, small monospaced labels, thin divider lines, and a single restrained accent color. When installed, the agent applies these rules when it designs or builds a page, so the result looks like a premium editorial spread merged with a high-end tech product interface rather than a generic corporate template.

Great for

  • Designers or developers who want a premium editorial-meets-tech look for a landing page or product site
  • Front-end builders who want a consistent design direction without writing one from scratch
  • Teams prototyping a brand page that should feel engineered rather than lifestyle-focused

Skip it if

  • Projects needing a conventional, accessible corporate or utility interface, since the style deliberately avoids centered standard layouts and relies on subtle, low-contrast technical detail
  • Users expecting a ready-made component library or code; the skill is style guidance in text form, not a code package

Try asking

  • “Design a landing page for my AI hardware startup in an editorial tech style with a cinematic image band under the hero”
  • “Restyle this dashboard header using asymmetrical grids, mono labels, and one restrained accent color”
  • “Build a product launch page with step lists, chapter markers, and thin section rules”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Editorial Tech Design StyleInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 4 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    editorial-tech.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip editorial-tech.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip editorial-tech.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Name your brand accent color up front so the agent can derive the single accent from it
  • Supply real imagery or specify where media bands should go, since the style relies on them for narrative flow
  • Ask for a tuning level such as more or less editorial intensity to control how dramatic the layout becomes

What's inside

  • demo/index.html
  • demo/PROMPT.md
  • demo/source.json
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from MengTo/Skills under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.