visual-style
Create, extract, and apply portable visual design systems via visual-style.md files. Use when: (1) Creating a visual-style.md design system from scratch, (2) Extracting a visual style from a website URL, video, or PDF brand guide, (3) Applying a visual style to HeyGen videos, HTML slides, Figma, or
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npx skills add calesthio/openmontage --skill visual-style
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Visual Style
Create, extract, and apply portable visual design systems. A visual style.md file defines colors, typography, layout, motion, and mood in one file that any AI tool can consume.
Quick Reference
Mode Trigger What it does
Create "Create a visual style.md for..." Build a style from scratch via guided prompts
Extract "Extract a visual style.md from [URL/image/video]" Analyze a source and generate a style file
Apply "Apply this visual style.md to [tool]" Use a style with a specific connector
Gallery "Show me available visual styles" Browse and use example styles
Default Workflow
Create
1. Gather vibe — Ask about mood, era, references, inspiration
2. Define colors — Primary (2+), accent, neutrals with hex values and roles
3. Set typography — Display, body, caption families + weight/style rules
4. Layout & motion — Grid system, transitions, pacing
5. Generate — Output complete visual style.md using [references/templates/minimal.visual style.md](references/templates/minimal.visual style.md) or [references/templates/full.visual style.md](references/templates/full.visual style.md)
6. Preview — Show a small HTML swatch or describe the visual result
7. Optionally apply — Ask if user wants to use it with a connector
Questions to batch:
1. What's the vibe? (mood keywords, era, references)
2. Any specific colors? (or derive from the vibe?)
3. Typography preference? (clean, editorial, technical, playful?)
4. What tool will you use this with? (HeyGen, slides, paper.design, Figma?)
Extract
1. Receive source — URL, image, video, or PDF
2. Load extractor — Read the appropriate extractor reference file
3. Analyze — Identify colors, typography, layout, motion, mood
4. Generate — Output complete visual style.md with source url set
5. Validate — Ensure all required fields are present
Apply
1. Read the style — Load the visual style.md file
2. Ask which connector — Or detect from context
3. Load connector — Read the appropriate connector reference file
4. Transform — Map style fields to tool specific format
5. Generate output — Produce tool ready instructions or code
Gallery
1. List styles — Show available styles from [references/gallery/](references/gallery/)
2. Preview — Describe the selected style's visual character
3. Load — Read the full visual style.md
4. Apply — Use with a connector
Format Quick Reference
Required fields
style prompt full is king. If a tool can only read one field, it reads this one. Everything else is structured data for tools that want finer control.
Full spec: [references/spec.md](references/spec.md)
Reference Files
Connectors (Apply mode)
Connector Use case File
HeyGen Video Agent AI video generation [references/connectors/heygen video agent.md](references/connectors/heygen video agent.md)
HTML Slides Web presentations [references/connectors/html slides.md](references/connectors/html slides.md)
paper.design Design documents [references/connectors/paper design.md](references/connectors/paper design.md)
Figma Design tool styles [references/connectors/figma.md](references/connectors/figma.md)
Extractors (Extract mode)
Source File
Website URL [references/extractors/from website.md](references/extractors/from website.md)
Video keyframes [references/extractors/from video.md](references/extractors/from video.md)
PDF / Brand guide [references/extractors/from pdf.md](references/extractors/from pdf.md)
Gallery (pre built styles)
Style Era File
Müller Brockmann Swiss 1950s–70s [references/gallery/mueller brockmann swiss.visual style.md](references/gallery/mueller brockmann swiss.visual style.md)
Neville Brody Industrial Late 1980s–90s [references/gallery/neville brody industrial.visual style.md](references/gallery/neville brody industrial.visual style.md)
Saul Bass Cinematic 1950s–60s [references/gallery/saul bass cinematic.visual style.md](references/gallery/saul bass cinematic.visual style.md)
Game Boy Color 1998–2003 [references/gallery/game boy color.visual style.md](references/gallery/game boy color.visual style.md)
HeyGen AI Video 2020s [references/gallery/heygen ai video.visual style.md](references/gallery/heygen ai video.visual style.md)
Templates & Spec
[references/templates/minimal.visual style.md](references/templates/minimal.visual style.md) — Bare minimum template
[references/templates/full.visual style.md](references/templates/full.visual style.md) — Complete template with all fields
[references/spec.md](references/spec.md) — Full format specification
Best Practices
1. style prompt full is king — Always usable as a standalone generation prompt
2. One style, one file — No multi style bundling
3. Assets are URLs — Never embed binary data
4. Show, don't tell — Generate previews when creating styles
5. Opinionated defaults, flexible extensions — Core schema is fixed; x for tool specific config