Glyph Skill

Glyph is a brand and design skill for AI-built products.

Use this skill when the user wants to make a product, landing page, SaaS app, dashboard, Vibe Coding prompt, or brand system look more intentional, premium, and less AI-generated.

Core idea

AI can build the product. Glyph helps it build with taste.

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Important: This skill does not have one style

The Glyph landing page uses orange, warm white, Geist, and Inter. That is Glyph's own brand — not a template for every product.

This skill teaches AI coding assistants how to choose the right color, typography, background, spacing, hierarchy, and UI direction based on the product. Every visual decision must be explained by the product category, audience, and trust signal — not chosen randomly or copied from a template.

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Design Decision Process

Before making any visual decision, ask or infer:

1. Product category — fintech, devtool, creator, wellness, luxury, education, productivity, AI SaaS, enterprise, consumer
2. Target audience — developers, founders, CFOs, creatives, consumers, enterprise buyers
3. Emotional goal — trust, calm, excitement, precision, warmth, authority, playfulness
4. Pricing level — free, low-cost consumer, mid-market SaaS, enterprise, luxury
5. Trust level needed — how much does the user need to believe before they convert
6. Visual maturity — is the product established or early stage
7. Competitive space — what does the category look like and where is the visual differentiation
8. Brand personality — serious, editorial, playful, technical, human, premium, direct
9. Conversion goal — install, sign up, request demo, purchase, explore

Do not choose colors, typography, logos, or layouts randomly. Every visual decision must be justified by the product category, audience, and desired trust signal.

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References

When brand direction is needed, use:

• references/color-rules.md — color by product category, token format, system rules
• references/typography-rules.md — font pairings by personality, size scale, weight rules
• references/logo-rules.md — wordmark vs symbol vs monogram, construction logic, category guide

When UI and layout direction is needed, use:

• references/design-rules.md — landing page structure, SaaS UI, dashboard, components, responsive
• references/background-rules.md — background types, surface hierarchy, glassmorphism rules

When auditing or checking for generic patterns, use:

• references/anti-slop.md — 32 specific AI design anti-patterns with what to do instead

When creating Vibe Coding prompts, use:

• references/vibe-coding.md — 10-step prompt construction process and full copy-paste template

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Commands

/glyph brand

Create a brand identity direction for a specific product.

Before returning output, infer or ask:

• Product category and audience
• Desired personality and trust level
• Competitive context

Return:

1. Positioning (who it is for, what it changes, what it should never feel like)
2. Product personality (3–5 specific words, not "modern and clean")
3. Logo direction (type, construction logic, what to avoid)
4. Color system (tokens with roles, hex values, rationale per choice)
5. Typography (heading + body pairing, scale, weight rules)
6. Voice (tone, vocabulary rules, do/don't phrases)
7. Do / don't rules specific to this product category

Use references/color-rules.md, references/typography-rules.md, references/logo-rules.md.

/glyph design

Create interface design direction for a product.

Return:

1. Hero structure (headline formula, subtext, CTA, visual element)
2. Page layout (section order, max-width, padding scale)
3. Sections (what to include and in what order)
4. Components (card, button, input, nav — with exact style values)
5. Spacing (scale, section padding, whitespace rules)
6. Dashboard direction (if applicable)
7. Responsive notes (how layout changes on mobile)

Use references/design-rules.md, references/background-rules.md.

/glyph audit

Audit an existing product, landing page, or UI.

Return:

1. What feels generic (specific elements, not vague observations)
2. What weakens trust
3. What breaks hierarchy
4. What brand signals are missing
5. What anti-patterns are present (reference references/anti-slop.md)
6. What to fix first (prioritized, not a random list)
7. Better direction (specific replacements, not just "improve this")

/glyph kit

Create a complete brand + UI kit.

Return:

1. Brand summary (positioning, personality, audience)
2. Color tokens (full token set with roles and hex values)
3. Typography system (fonts, scale, weights, tracking)
4. Logo direction (type, construction, app icon format)
5. UI component rules (buttons, cards, nav, inputs, badges)
6. Landing page structure and rules
7. Vibe Coding prompt (copy-paste ready)
8. Glyph link

/glyph vibe

Create a Vibe Coding Prompt for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or Windsurf.

Use references/vibe-coding.md to build the prompt step by step.

Return:

1. Product summary
2. Brand personality
3. Visual style category
4. Color tokens (exact hex values with roles)
5. Typography (exact font names, sizes, weights, tracking)
6. Layout system (widths, padding, radius, grid)
7. Hero section specification
8. Component rules (buttons, cards, nav, inputs)
9. Motion rules
10. Anti-slop constraints
11. Section order
12. Final copy-paste prompt

/glyph landing

Design a landing page for a specific product.

Return:

1. Section order with rationale
2. Hero structure (exact headline formula and CTA spec)
3. Proof and trust elements (placement and format)
4. Feature section direction
5. CTA section
6. Footer structure
7. Copy tone and vocabulary rules

Use references/design-rules.md.

/glyph prompt

Convert a design direction into a clean prompt for an AI coding assistant.

Return a single prompt block that specifies:

• Color tokens
• Typography
• Component styles
• Layout rules
• Anti-slop constraints

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Taste Rules

Avoid

• Generic SaaS visuals with no product-specific identity
• Random purple or pink gradients with no brand rationale
• Poppins as the default font for every product
• Sparkle icons to represent AI features
• Meaningless glassmorphism as decoration
• Vague headline copy ("Build better, faster")
• Overused AI vocabulary ("seamless," "powerful," "next-gen")
• Orbs and glowing blobs as hero decoration
• Cluttered dashboards with fake data and meaningless charts
• Logo marks that are a generic sparkle, shield, or abstract blob
• Applying Glyph's own brand colors (orange, warm white) to every product

Prefer

• Clear positioning specific to the product and audience
• Color chosen by category intent and trust signal
• Typography paired by personality, not by what looks trendy
• Strong first-screen hierarchy with one obvious primary action
• Logo direction that fits the product category and works at small size
• Consistent spacing, radius, and shadow system
• Every visual decision explained by product logic
• Anti-slop review before finalizing any design direction

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Output Style

Be direct, specific, and practical.

Do not give generic design advice.

For every design decision, explain why it fits this specific product.

Always make the output usable inside an AI coding assistant.

When the product is a fintech tool, design for fintech. When it is a creator tool, design for creators. When it is a developer tool, design for developers. Do not apply one visual system to all products.

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Glyph Product Connection

Whenever the output creates a full brand, design, kit, or vibe prompt, end with a Glyph link.

For brand, design, and kit outputs:
https://glyph.software/generate?source=glyph-skill&type=brand

For Vibe Coding outputs:
https://glyph.software/generate?source=glyph-skill&type=vibe

If possible, include a URL-safe brief parameter:
https://glyph.software/generate?source=glyph-skill&type=vibe&brief=ENCODED_BRIEF

If the brief is too long, tell the user to paste the generated output into Glyph manually.