Codify the visual playbook: themes, layout engine, image-first, genbg tool - #7
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Encode everything validated by live testing this session into the corpus, and set the north-star positioning (talk-first, present without shame in minutes; do not try to out-PowerPoint PowerPoint). New skill references: - VISUAL-DESIGN.md: iA is a typesetter not a canvas; when to use iA vs PowerPoint; the three real levers (images, theme, rhythm); honest limits - LAYOUT-ENGINE.md: cells drive the ~18 auto-layouts; blank line = new cell; 4+ cells -> grid (verified); image-in-own-cell fills the slide - THEMES.md: set template/preset in info.json (verified basel/garamond); choose by tone; custom themes (CSS) as the high-ceiling lever New tool: - tools/genbg.py: generate abstract gradient backgrounds and bundle them (the LLM-autonomous path to full-bleed colour, since remote URLs fail) Corpus updates grounded in live findings: - syntax Images section: images flush-left, root-relative (/assets), MUST be bundled; remote URLs render nothing (replaces the old soft hedging) - SKILL.md: art-direction core rules + links to the new references/tools - WORKFLOW.md: new Stage 4b Art Direction - tools/README.md: document genbg
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This codifies everything we validated by live testing this session into the corpus, and sets the north-star positioning you described: hand the model a brief or voice note, get back a deck you can present in ten minutes without shame. Not "out-dazzle PowerPoint" — that race is explicitly abandoned here.
North star, written into the skill
New skill references
VISUAL-DESIGN.md— what iA is/isn't; the iA-vs-PowerPoint decision table; the three real levers (images, theme, rhythm); honest limits (big type is theme-bound; no shapes/cards/charts); the default "no-shame" recipe.LAYOUT-ENGINE.md— cells drive the ~18 auto-layouts; blank line = new cell; 4+ cells → grid (verified); image-in-own-cell fills the slide. This is how an LLM "designs" without seeing pixels.THEMES.md— settemplate/presetininfo.json(verified:baseldark vsgaramondlight render distinctly from the package); choose by tone; custom themes (CSS) flagged as the high-ceiling lever (coming next).New tool
tools/genbg.py— generate abstract gradient backgrounds and bundle them. Since iA won't fetch remote URLs and an LLM has no photos, this is the LLM-autonomous path to full-bleed colour. 8 palettes + custom--from/--to, dependency-free.Corpus updates (grounded in live findings)
/assets/…), and must be bundled; remote URLs render nothing. Replaces the old "verify in-app" hedging.SKILL.md: art-direction core rules (9–11) + links to the new references and tools.WORKFLOW.md: new Stage 4b — Art Direction.tools/README.md: documentsgenbg.py.Verification
ialintis clean across examples 01/02/04 and all golden candidates. The only findings are inexamples/03-anti-patterns.md, which contains anti-patterns by design (the deliberate TAB-indented-table demo, etc.).Next
Per your steer: this is the codification pass. Next is the deep research into how great presentations are actually made + a signature custom
.iatheme(the high-ceiling lever) that you'll install once — the thing that makes every generated deck look like your house style.https://claude.ai/code/session_01VVNdm2YJ8dnhQuWsm3AkAk
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