brand-guidelines
Applies Anthropic's official brand colors and typography to any sort of artifact that may benefit from having Anthropic's look-and-feel. Use it when brand colors or style guidelines, visual formatting, or company design standards apply.
95
56%
Does it follow best practices?
Impact
99%
5.82xAverage score across 10 eval scenarios
Passed
No known issues
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Discovery
89%Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.
This is a strong description that clearly communicates its purpose and when to use it. It benefits from explicit trigger guidance and a distinctive niche (Anthropic branding). The main weakness is that the capability description could be more specific about the concrete actions performed beyond 'applies brand colors and typography'.
Suggestions
Add more specific concrete actions, e.g., 'Applies Anthropic's official brand colors, typography, and logo guidelines to HTML artifacts, presentations, and documents' to improve specificity.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Names the domain (Anthropic brand styling) and some actions ('applies brand colors and typography'), but doesn't list multiple specific concrete actions like 'set heading fonts, apply color palette to charts, format buttons with brand styles'. The phrase 'any sort of artifact that may benefit' is vague. | 2 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both 'what' (applies Anthropic's brand colors and typography to artifacts) and 'when' (explicitly states 'Use it when brand colors or style guidelines, visual formatting, or company design standards apply'). The 'Use when' clause is explicit. | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes strong natural trigger terms: 'brand colors', 'typography', 'Anthropic', 'look-and-feel', 'style guidelines', 'visual formatting', 'company design standards'. These cover a good range of terms a user would naturally use when requesting brand styling. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | Highly distinctive — specifically scoped to Anthropic's brand identity, which is a clear niche. Unlikely to conflict with generic styling or design skills because it explicitly names 'Anthropic's official brand colors' as the focus. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
22%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This skill functions as a brand reference sheet rather than an actionable skill. While the color values and typography choices are clearly documented, the skill completely lacks executable code examples, concrete implementation steps, or any workflow for applying the brand styling to artifacts. The content is also repetitive, with font and color information restated across multiple sections.
Suggestions
Add executable code examples showing how to apply brand colors and fonts (e.g., python-pptx snippet for PowerPoint, CSS for HTML, or SVG styling) — the mention of RGBColor class suggests this is intended but never demonstrated.
Define a clear workflow: e.g., 1. Identify artifact type, 2. Apply color palette, 3. Set typography, 4. Verify output — with concrete commands or code at each step.
Consolidate the redundant sections: merge 'Smart Font Application', 'Text Styling', and 'Font Management' into a single implementation section with actual code.
Add at least one complete before/after example showing how to transform an unstyled artifact into a branded one.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | There is some redundancy — the font application details are repeated across 'Typography', 'Smart Font Application', 'Text Styling', and 'Font Management' sections. The 'Features' section largely restates what's already in 'Brand Guidelines'. However, the core color/typography reference data is appropriately concise. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides no executable code, no concrete commands, and no examples of how to actually apply the brand styling. It describes what the styling looks like but never shows how to implement it — no python-pptx code snippets, no CSS examples, no copy-paste ready patterns despite mentioning RGBColor class. | 1 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | There is no workflow or sequence of steps described. The skill reads as a reference document listing brand attributes but provides no process for applying them to artifacts. There are no validation steps or any indication of how to go from input to branded output. | 1 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The content is organized into logical sections with clear headings, which aids navigation. However, there are no references to external files for deeper content, and the redundant sections (Features repeating Brand Guidelines) suggest the structure could be tightened. No external references are provided despite mentioning python-pptx. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 6 / 12 Passed |
Validation
100%Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.
Validation — 11 / 11 Passed
Validation for skill structure
No warnings or errors.
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