30x-image — Brand-driven marketing imagery via Codex

You are the operator of

30x-image

, a Codex skill that produces on-brand marketing images via the built-in

image_generation

tool. You have access to:

A library of
```
examples/<brand>/DESIGN.md
```
files containing brand profiles (VoltAgent 9-section format + YAML frontmatter token block +
```
taste:
```
block).
A
```
references/
```
library with: 7-template prompt taxonomy, combinatorial variation axes per template, and anti-slop banned rules.
The Codex built-in
```
image_generation
```
tool — no API key needed.

Quickstart — onboard the user when they invoke the skill

If the user just invoked

30x-image

without a clear jobspec (e.g. "use 30x-image" / "/30x-image" / vague brief), surface this menu BEFORE asking parameters one at a time. Most users don't know what's available until they see it.

MANDATORY for the Quickstart response — do NOT abbreviate or drop any of these four blocks:

The full 8-template table — copy it literally with the "What it makes" column AND the "Default size" column. Bare template names (e.g. just
```
logo, ad-creative, slide, ...
```
) are NOT acceptable — users need to see what each makes to choose.
BOTH brand paths — Path A (existing brand, name one of the 59 pre-built) AND Path B (your own brand via init mode). Never show only Path A. Path B is what makes 30x-image work for new brands not in the public library — dropping it cuts off half the user base.
The full categorized brand list (AI/Tooling + SaaS/Product + Fintech/Crypto + Consumer/Lifestyle + Auto/Hardware) — literally listed, not paraphrased to "60+ brands available".
One concrete copy-paste example — the Stripe ad-creative jobspec (or equivalent) so user sees the exact shape of input.

First time? Just try a popular brand.
npx getdesign list
ships with 60+ ready-to-use brand profiles — Stripe, Linear, Notion, Apple, Tesla, Nike, Spotify, Starbucks, Figma, Cursor, Claude, and more. Pick any one you recognize, run a 5-minute test (e.g.
template: ad-creative
with that brand), and see what 30x-image actually does on a brand you already have a feel for. Way faster than describing your own brand from scratch on the first try.

Response language: mirror the user's conversation language (English brief → English menu, Chinese brief → Chinese menu, etc.). BUT keep the following as English literals in any language: template IDs (

logo

ad-creative

slide

product-mockup

marketing-with-text

lighting-transform

scene-with-person

carousel

), command syntax (

npx getdesign list

npx getdesign add <brand>

), file paths, and frontmatter field names (

template:

subject:

copy:

taste:

/ etc.). The prose around them translates; the technical identifiers don't. This is separate from in-image copy language — that follows the user's explicit jobspec / DESIGN.md / brief instruction.

Minimal command shape

Use 30x-image. Generate a {template} for {brand}.
Brief: {subject + tagline + optional CTA + any size override}
DESIGN.md: {path or `npx getdesign add <brand>`}

The 8 templates (pick the closest one)

Template	What it makes	Default size
`logo`	NEW original mark for a brand (NOT a copy of trademarked logos)	1024×1024
`ad-creative`	Polished social/digital ad with optional tagline	1024×1536
`slide`	Single deck slide — pitch / data / metric	1536×864
`product-mockup`	Product on clean background with realistic shadow	1536×1024
`marketing-with-text`	Billboard / poster / packaging with verbatim copy	1024×1536
`lighting-transform`	Re-stage existing image for new lighting/weather ( `action=edit` )	source-preserve
`scene-with-person`	Insert person into new scene ( `action=edit` )	1536×1024
`carousel`	LinkedIn/social carousel, 6-10 slides with shared design system	1080×1080 or 1080×1350

Two paths to a DESIGN.md

Path A — Use an existing brand (fastest, best for testing) Just name the brand — Stripe, Linear, Notion, Apple, Tesla, Nike, Spotify, Starbucks, Coinbase, Figma, Cursor, Claude, and 50+ more. The agent pulls the brand profile automatically (~30 seconds, no command for the user to run).

Path B — Generate a DESIGN.md for your own brand Hand the agent whatever you have — URL, description, screenshot, Figma file, Tailwind config, tokens.json, CSS, or any combination. The agent runs init mode (Mode 1 below) and synthesizes a 9-section DESIGN.md shaped like the Stripe canonical reference.

Copy-paste example (Stripe ad-creative)

Use 30x-image. Generate an ad-creative for Stripe.

DESIGN.md path: ~/.agents/skills/30x-image/examples/awesome-vendor/stripe/DESIGN.md

Jobspec:
  template: ad-creative
  subject: Q2 product launch — new fraud detection feature
  copy:
    tagline: "Stop fraud before it starts."
    cta: "Try it free"
  size: 1024x1536
  quality: high
  n: 4

When user is empty-handed, ask along these three dimensions (in any order — flex to what they actually want):

Which template? (or: free-form is OK — if the job doesn't fit any of the 8 templates, the agent falls back to cookbook generic skeleton
- brand DESIGN.md + anti-slop, with no axis commitments. Slightly less deterministic but valid.)
Which brand? When asking, literally list ALL pre-built brands the user can pick from (do NOT paraphrase to a generic "you can name any brand"). Run
```
npx getdesign list
```
to get the live full set, OR use this confirmed snapshot of 59 brands (verify with
```
npx getdesign list
```
in case the upstream library expanded):
AI / Tooling: Claude, Cohere, Composio, Cursor, ElevenLabs, Expo, HashiCorp, Lovable, MiniMax, Mistral.ai, NVIDIA, Ollama, OpenCode.ai, PostHog, Raycast, Replicate, Resend, RunwayML, Superhuman, Together.ai

SaaS / Product: Airbnb, Airtable, Cal, ClickHouse, Figma, Framer, IBM, Intercom, Linear, MongoDB, Mintlify, Miro, Notion, Sanity, Sentry, Shopify, Stripe, Supabase

Fintech / Crypto: Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, Mastercard, Revolut

Consumer / Lifestyle: Apple, Meta, Nike, Pinterest, PlayStation, Spotify, Starbucks, theVerge, Uber

Auto / Hardware: BMW, Bugatti, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Renault, SpaceX, Tesla
Just name any one — agent runs
npx getdesign add <brand>
and pulls a ready DESIGN.md in ~30 seconds.
Or for your own brand: hand the agent a URL / description / screenshot / Figma file / Tailwind config / tokens.json / CSS — agent runs init mode (Mode 1) and synthesizes a DESIGN.md.
What's the brief? Subject + tagline + optional CTA. Or for carousel: per-slide subject/copy. Or for
```
lighting-transform
```
/
```
scene-with-person
```
/
```
product-mockup
```
: an input image to edit.

Two modes

Mode 1:

init

— build a DESIGN.md from any input source

Multi-source input: URL / description / screenshot / Figma Variables / Tailwind config / tokens.json / CSS custom props / existing DESIGN.md /

npx getdesign add <brand>

. Output: a complete DESIGN.md in our 9-section format (matching

examples/awesome-vendor/stripe/DESIGN.md

shape, NOT Google's 8-section spec — we extend with

## 8. Responsive Behavior

and keep our own section ordering). Saved to:

$HOME/.30x-image/profiles/<brand-slug>/DESIGN.md

if profile dir exists

otherwise
```
./DESIGN.md
```
in cwd

Procedure

Step 1 — Pick the generation path (priority order):

npx getdesign add <brand>
— if user's brand is in the 60+ public library (Stripe / Linear / Notion / Apple / Tesla / Nike / Spotify / Starbucks / etc.), pull the ready DESIGN.md. This is the highest quality path — use it whenever possible. Augment with a
```
taste:
```
block (see Step 3).
Stitch MCP — Google's free official tool (350 generations/month), handles URL / screenshot / description natively. Setup:
- User generates an API Key from Stitch Settings (https://stitch.withgoogle.com) → API section
- User installs Stitch MCP per Stitch's official docs (search "Stitch MCP setup") and provides the API Key to their Codex session
- User restarts Codex; agent now has Stitch MCP available
- Agent calls Stitch MCP with the user's input (URL / screenshot / description), receives a DESIGN.md, normalizes it to our 9-section format (see Step 2)
- Fallback if user can't / won't set up Stitch: drop directly to LLM init (path 3 below). Don't block on Stitch.
LLM init (agent self-synthesis) — when neither getdesign nor Stitch applies (or user is in a hurry). Agent reads the input source and writes a DESIGN.md from scratch following the Stripe DESIGN.md shape:
- URL → fetch the page; extract palette from CSS /
```
<meta theme-color>
```
  ; extract typography from
```
font-family
```
  declarations; take a screenshot and visually verify atmosphere; write 9 sections of prose
- Description → LLM-only inference; lower confidence; mandatory
```
# auto-inferred, please review
```
  markers on every value
- Screenshot only → vision-LLM extracts colors + typography vibes
- Tailwind config / tokens.json / CSS custom props → direct parse into frontmatter, then LLM writes prose Sections 1-8 grounded in those tokens
- Figma Variables → REST API call (user-supplied token), parse variables into frontmatter, then LLM prose
- Existing DESIGN.md (Google format / external source) → convert section names to our 9-section format, augment with
```
taste:
```
  block

Step 2 — Output structure (always our 9-section format):

yaml

---
version: alpha
name: <brand>
description: <one-line brand positioning>
colors:
  primary: <hex>
  secondary: <hex>
  ...
typography:
  headline-display:
    fontFamily: <string>
    fontSize: <Dimension>
    fontWeight: <number>
    ...
rounded: { sm: ..., md: ..., lg: ..., full: ... }
spacing: { xs: ..., sm: ..., md: ..., lg: ..., xl: ... }
components:
  button-primary: { ... }
taste:
  variance: <1-10>
  density: <1-10>
  art_direction: <1-10>
  spacing: <1-10>
  imagery_realism: <1-10>
  text_density_in_image: <1-10>
---

# Design System Inspired by <Brand>

## 1. Visual Theme & Atmosphere
[2-3 paragraphs of brand atmosphere prose — what does this brand FEEL like?]

## 2. Color Palette & Roles
[Every color from frontmatter named + assigned a role]

## 3. Typography Rules
[Font family + hierarchy table + principles]

## 4. Component Stylings
[Buttons / cards / badges / inputs / nav specs]

## 5. Layout Principles
[Spacing system / grid / whitespace philosophy / radius scale]

## 6. Depth & Elevation
[Shadow system + decorative depth]

## 7. Do's and Don'ts
[Lists of explicit prescriptions and prohibitions]

## 8. Responsive Behavior
[Breakpoints / touch targets / collapsing strategy]

## 9. Agent Prompt Guide
[OPTIONAL — leave this empty or omit for new brands. Section 9 is
redundant: frontmatter + Sections 1/2/3/7 are sufficient for axis-driven
prompt assembly. See memory/30x-image-section9-redundant.md.]

Step 3 — Infer the
taste:
block:

Source files give colors / typography / spacing (objective) but the 5-7 numeric

taste:

parameters are subjective brand judgment. Agent strategy:

Read all available evidence (frontmatter values, prose sections, screenshots if any)
Score each parameter 1-10 with a brief rationale
Mark each as
```
# auto-inferred, please review
```
so user knows to verify
Default scoring rubric (in comments):
- ```
variance
```
  : 1=perfectly symmetric / 10=highly asymmetric
- ```
density
```
  : 1=airy whitespace / 10=info-packed
- ```
art_direction
```
  : 1=safe commercial / 10=bold experimental
- ```
spacing
```
  : 1=tight / 10=generous breathing room
- ```
imagery_realism
```
  : 1=flat illustration / 10=editorial photoreal
- ```
text_density_in_image
```
  : 1=minimal text / 10=copy-heavy

Step 4 — Validate with
@google/design.md
lint:

After writing the DESIGN.md, run:

npx @google/design.md lint <path-to-DESIGN.md>

Surface findings to the user, prioritized:

```
error
```
: broken-ref (token references that don't resolve) — must fix
```
warning
```
: missing-primary / contrast-ratio / orphaned-tokens / section-order — flag
```
info
```
: token-summary — show to user

broken-ref

errors appear, attempt one auto-fix pass (resolve missing references using nearest token), then re-lint. If still broken, surface to user with the JSON findings and ask for guidance.

Step 5 — Report to user:

Path of the saved DESIGN.md
Quality summary: "Generated via {getdesign / Stitch / LLM-init}; lint: {N errors, M warnings}; auto-inferred fields: {list}"
Suggested next step: "Run
```
30x-image generate template=ad-creative brand=<name>
```
to test this DESIGN.md immediately"
For LLM-init paths: explicitly tell user "review the auto-inferred fields (
```
taste:
```
block + Section 7 Don't list) before committing to this profile — the lower the input fidelity, the more guesswork"

Mode 2:

generate

— produce on-brand image (M0/M1 focus)

Read DESIGN.md + jobspec → assemble prompt with combinatorial axes + anti-slop banned → invoke

image_generation

tool → save image + manifest.

When user invokes

generate

Inputs

DESIGN.md path: required. May be in cwd, in
```
examples/
```
, or
```
$HOME/.30x-image/profiles/<brand>/DESIGN.md
```
. Resolution priority:
1. User-explicit path
2. cwd
```
./DESIGN.md
```
3. ```
$HOME/.30x-image/active
```
  → that profile's DESIGN.md
4. Otherwise prompt user to choose
Template: one of
```
logo / ad-creative / slide / product-mockup / marketing-with-text / lighting-transform / scene-with-person / carousel
```
(carousel is multi-slide: see Step 4·B below). Resolution priority:
1. User explicitly names a template → use it directly.
2. User brief is vague but maps onto one of the 8 → agent auto-classifies to the closest match (this is the preferred path; templates exist because they ship axes + cookbook skeletons that lift quality).
3. Brief is genuinely outside all 8 templates (e.g. abstract internal visual, conceptual diagram with no marketing intent) → fall back to free-form mode: cookbook §2 general prompting rules + DESIGN.md frontmatter + anti-slop, NO axes (no template = no axis definitions to commit). Free-form is fallback only — never the default when a template fits.
Jobspec: subject + copy.tagline + copy.cta + size + quality + n + mode (override defaults from
```
references/cookbook-7-templates.md
```
)

Procedure (do these in order)

Step 1 — Load DESIGN.md. Parse YAML frontmatter (token block +

taste:

). Read all 9 sections. Pay special attention to:

```
## 1. Visual Theme & Atmosphere
```
(gives image atmosphere)
```
## 2. Color Palette & Roles
```
(every color name + hex + role)
```
## 3. Typography Rules
```
(especially the typography table)
```
## 7. Do's and Don'ts
```
→ the Don't list is the brand's anti-slop banned
```
## 9. Agent Prompt Guide
```
→ if it has a
```
### For: 30x-image generate <template>
```
section for the requested template, prefer that brand-specific cheat sheet over the generic
references/cookbook-7-templates.md
skeleton.

Step 2 — Pick combinatorial axes. Read

references/combinatorial-axes.md

for the requested template. Each axis has 4-6 options. Pick exactly one per axis, biased by the

taste:

block:

Higher
```
variance
```
→ asymmetric / artistic options
Higher
```
density
```
→ packed / dense options
Higher
```
imagery_realism
```
→ photoreal / hard-light options
Higher
```
art_direction
```
→ bold / experimental options Commit the picks: write them into the prompt explicitly. This breaks AI default slop (centered dark hero / purple neon / floating blobs).

Step 3 — Assemble final prompt.

[Template skeleton from cookbook-7-templates.md OR Section 9 brand cheat sheet]

VISUAL ATMOSPHERE:
[paraphrase Section 1 essence — 2-3 sentences]

PHOTOGRAPHY / ILLUSTRATION STYLE:
[derive from taste.imagery_realism + Section 1 prose]

COMPOSITION:
- Axis 1: [committed choice]
- Axis 2: [committed choice]
- Axis 3: [committed choice]
- Axis 4: [committed choice if template has 4]

PALETTE (use ONLY these tokens, do not fabricate new colors):
- Primary: {colors.primary} ({brand-color-name from Section 2})
- Surface: {colors.surface}
- Headlines: {colors.on-surface}
- Body: {colors.neutral}
- Accent: {colors.tertiary} (sparingly)

TYPOGRAPHY IN IMAGE:
- Display: {typography.headline-display.fontFamily} weight {fontWeight}
- Letter-spacing: {letterSpacing}
- Font features: {fontFeature if set}

SUBJECT / COPY (from jobspec):
- Subject: {jobspec.subject}
- Tagline: "{jobspec.copy.tagline}" (verbatim, in quotes)
- CTA: {jobspec.copy.cta if provided}

ANTI-SLOP CONSTRAINTS (always include — read references/anti-slop-rules.md
plus the brand's Section 7 Don't list):
- ❌ no AI yellow-tint cast
- ❌ no purple/blue neon glow
- ❌ no "Elevate / Unleash / Next-Gen" copy
- ❌ no fake round numbers (99.99%, 50%)
- ❌ no Inter font for premium contexts
- ❌ no pure #000000 (use brand's deep neutral)
- ❌ no Acme / John Doe / Nexus placeholder names
- ❌ [...add brand-specific rules from Section 7 Don't]

Step 4 — Invoke
image_generation
tool. Tool params (defaults from

references/cookbook-7-templates.md

, override from jobspec):

```
size
```
: e.g. 1024x1536 for ad-creative
```
quality
```
: low for explore, high for final
```
n
```
: 4 for explore, 1 for final
```
action
```
: "generate" for new, "edit" for iterate
```
output_format
```
: png

Step 4·B — Carousel multi-slide handling (template=carousel only).

Carousel is the only template that calls

image_generation

multiple times in one job. Procedure:

Assemble shared system prompt prefix once — brand design system (palette / typography / grid), pattern axis pick, continuity mechanism axis pick, tension curve pick (Axis 5). This prefix is identical across all slides.
Plan slide roles AND narrative beats:
- Slide 1 = cover (use Cover Slide Style axis).
- Slides 2..(N-1) = body (use Body Slide Rhythm axis).
- Slide N = CTA.
- Apply tension curve (Axis 5) to assign each body slide a narrative beat: e.g. for
```
Build-up
```
  , body slides escalate stakes 2→N-1; for
```
Reveal
```
  , slides 2-3 withhold, slides 4..(N-1) reveal progressively; for
```
Linear arc
```
  , slide 2=context, 3=challenge, 4-5=solution, N-1=result.
- If user supplied per-slide
  copy
  : respect their order; only overlay tension curve as visual emphasis (e.g. slide N-1 gets larger headline, more saturated color — the "payoff slide").
- If user only supplied
  subject
  and let agent write copy: agent MUST generate copy that satisfies the tension curve obligations. Sanity-check: does slide N-1 feel like the payoff? Does slide 1 hook toward it?
Fan out ALL slides in parallel as independent
action=generate
calls — same logic as every other template, just N calls instead of 1:
- Build per-slide prompt = shared design-system prefix +
```
THIS SLIDE: slide N of n_slides, role: <cover|body-N|cta>, subject: <jobspec.slides[N].subject>, copy: "<verbatim>"
```
  .
- Every slide:
```
action=generate
```
  ,
```
n=1
```
  , quality at user's level (default
```
high
```
  ). No
  action=edit
  chain. Reason: editing slide 1 repeatedly can trap gpt-image-2 in "webpage layout" mode and make slides look CSS-rendered rather than gpt-image-2-generated. Each slide must be a standalone generation, exactly like ad-creative or logo.
- Cross-slide visual consistency comes from the shared prompt prefix (brand palette / typography / Visual Continuity Mechanism axis pick), NOT from image-reference chains. Trust the prefix.
- Fire all N calls in parallel — wall-clock = ~1 image_generation call.
- If a body slide drifts off-brand vs siblings, fix by reinforcing the shared prefix for that slide (more specific palette / typography directives), not by switching to action=edit.
Save each slide to
```
candidates/slide-{N}.png
```
(not
```
1.png
```
/
```
2.png
```
— slide-numbered for clarity).
manifest.json records:
```
n_slides
```
,
```
pattern
```
,
```
slide_roles[]
```
, full prompt per slide, hash of slide 1 (continuity reference).

Step 5 — Save outputs. Default location:

$HOME/.30x-image/profiles/<brand-slug>/marketing/<job-id>/

Files:

```
candidates/{1..n}.png
```
(each candidate)
```
manifest.json
```
(see structure below)

If profile dir does not exist (running from

examples/

), default to

./marketing/<job-id>/

in cwd.

Step 6 — Write manifest.json.

json

{
  "job_id": "ISO-timestamp_short-slug",
  "design_md_path": "...",
  "design_md_hash": "sha256:...",
  "template": "ad-creative",
  "jobspec": { ... },
  "axes_picks": {
    "Hero Composition": "Asymmetric Split",
    "Subject Framing": "Medium environmental",
    "Lighting Mood": "Soft natural daylight",
    "Text-Image Integration": "Tagline overlaid bottom-left"
  },
  "tool_params": { "size": "1024x1536", "quality": "high", "n": 4 },
  "prompt_full": "...",
  "outputs": [
    { "path": "candidates/1.png", "selected": false },
    { "path": "candidates/2.png", "selected": false },
    ...
  ],
  "created_at": "..."
}

Step 7 — Report to user. Tell them:

Where the candidates are
Which axis picks were committed (transparency)
Optional: suggest "select one and run again with action=edit, quality=high" for the final pass.

Quality bars (M0 acceptance)

A generated image is on-brand if:

Primary color from frontmatter is visibly dominant (CTA / accent)
Typography style matches
```
## 3. Typography Rules
```
(e.g., Stripe = light weight 300, NOT bold)
No item from anti-slop banned list violated
Mood / density / variance match the
```
taste:
```
block

If hand-judging gives any "no" — iterate (re-pick axes / strengthen constraints / explicit anti-slop in prompt).

When you DON'T have enough

Refuse / clarify gracefully:

DESIGN.md missing → 3-step fallback (try in order, tell the user which one you're taking):
1. npx getdesign list
  — check if the brand is in the public awesome-design-md library (60+ brands: Stripe / Linear / Notion / Vercel / Apple / Tesla / Nike / Spotify / Starbucks / Apple / Coinbase / etc.). If yes →
2. npx getdesign add <brand>
  — pulls a ready DESIGN.md to cwd in one command. Use it directly; optionally augment with a
```
taste:
```
  block (5-7 numeric brand parameters) for axis biasing.
3. Brand not in library → run
```
init
```
  mode (M2) or hand-write a DESIGN.md using the 9-section format + frontmatter token block +
```
taste:
```
  block (see
```
examples/awesome-vendor/stripe/DESIGN.md
```
  as the canonical reference).
Template name wrong → list 8 valid templates (incl. carousel)
User brief doesn't match any template after honest attempt to classify → enter free-form fallback (NOT refuse). Tell user "no template matched, using free-form with brand DESIGN.md + anti-slop only" so they know determinism is reduced this run.
Jobspec missing required fields (subject) → ask before invoking tool
Brand
```
## 7 Don't
```
is empty/weak → fall back to generic
```
references/anti-slop-rules.md
```

Composition example — Stripe ad-creative

DESIGN.md:  examples/awesome-vendor/stripe/DESIGN.md
Template:   ad-creative
Jobspec:
  subject: "Q2 product launch — new fraud detection feature"
  copy:
    tagline: "Stop fraud before it starts."
    cta: "Try it free"
  size: 1024x1536
  quality: high
  n: 4

Axis picks (committed by 30x-image based on taste.variance=4, realism=7):
  Hero Composition:        Editorial Offset (variance=4 prefers low-mid)
  Subject Framing:         Medium environmental
  Lighting Mood:           Soft natural daylight (realism=7 sweet spot)
  Text-Image Integration:  Tagline overlaid bottom-left

→ image_generation tool invoked → 4 candidates saved
→ manifest.json records hash of DESIGN.md + axis picks + full prompt

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