* feat: general-purpose skills with @-mention composition and user import
Lift skills from "one mode-bound skill per project" to a generic capability
the user can compose per turn:
- Daemon: scan multiple skill roots (user-skills under runtime data, then
the bundled `skills/`); user-imported skills can shadow built-ins by id.
- New `POST /api/skills/import` and `DELETE /api/skills/:id` endpoints,
with CONFLICT/BAD_REQUEST/NOT_FOUND error codes and built-in delete
protection.
- ChatRequest gains `skillIds: string[]`; the chat run concatenates each
picked skill's body (and merges craftRequires) into the system prompt
for that turn only — the project's persistent `skillId` is untouched.
- Web composer: `@` popover now lists skills alongside project files;
picks render as removable chips above the textarea and ride along with
the request as `skillIds`.
- Settings → Library: import form (name/description/triggers/body),
per-card delete for user skills, "user" origin badge.
* chore(web): drop welcome pet teaser + add ds→prompt-template mapping util
- SettingsDialog: remove the inline pet adoption teaser from the welcome
panel so the first-run modal stays focused on configuration.
- New `inferPromptTemplateCategoriesForDs(ds)` helper that maps a design
system's authored metadata to prompt-template gallery categories.
Imported by the design-system gallery wiring on a sibling branch; no
callers in this branch yet.
* feat: split skills/design-templates and add finalize-design API
Phase 0 of the skills/design-templates refactor (specs/current/
skills-and-design-templates.md):
- Move ~104 rendering catalogue entries from skills/ to design-templates/
and keep skills/ for the small set of functional skills that *do work*
on user input (utilities, briefs, packagers).
- Add design-templates/AGENTS.md and skills/AGENTS.md describing the
contract, and a brand-agnostic craft/ surface for opt-in craft rules.
- Daemon: add DESIGN_TEMPLATES_DIR / USER_DESIGN_TEMPLATES_DIR roots and
an /api/design-templates surface mirroring /api/skills. Asset/example
routes still span both registries so existing srcdoc URLs keep
resolving across the rename.
- Web: split LibrarySection into SkillsSection + DesignSystemsSection,
rename the EntryView "Examples" tab to "Templates", and update locales
+ the New-project picker accordingly.
Adds the finalize-design endpoint:
- New apps/daemon/src/finalize-design.ts and packages/contracts/src/api/
finalize.ts — one-shot synthesis of a project's transcript + active
design system + current artifact into <projectDir>/DESIGN.md via the
Anthropic Messages API. Per-project .finalize.lock mirrors the
transcript-export hygiene from PR #493; provider credentials are not
persisted by the daemon.
Other supporting changes:
- README + AGENTS.md updates to document the new directory split and
craft/ surface, plus i18n strings across 13 locales.
- Test refactors and new coverage (finalize-design, runs, sidecar
server, plus refreshed daemon integration tests).
- .gitignore: scope the *.exe ignore to /OpenDesign.exe so legitimate
vendor binaries are no longer hidden.
* fix(merge): move clinical-case-report to design-templates/
Origin/main added the clinical-case-report skill under skills/ before
the skills/design-templates split landed. Its od.mode is prototype, so
per specs/current/skills-and-design-templates.md it is a design template
and belongs alongside the other rendering catalogue entries — not under
the slimmed-down functional skills/ root. Moving it keeps the EntryView
Templates tab consistent with origin/main's intent.
* feat(skills): curated design/creative catalogue + collapsible Settings rows
Seed ~100 curated design/creative skill stubs under skills/ sourced from
awesome-claude-skills (ComposioHQ) and awesome-agent-skills (VoltAgent).
Each stub carries an od.category tag so the new filter pill row in
Settings -> Skills can group them. The seed script
(scripts/seed-curated-design-skills.ts, pnpm seed:curated-design-skills)
is idempotent: it only creates folders that don't already exist, so
hand-edited stubs are never overwritten.
- Daemon: parse and surface od.category on SkillInfo with a strict slug
normaliser; mirror the field on SkillSummary in @open-design/contracts.
Category is purely a UI hint — system-prompt composition is unchanged.
- Web: rewrite SkillsSection from a left-list / right-detail grid into a
vertical stack of collapsible rows mirroring the External MCP panel
(header always visible with name + mode/source/category pills + per-row
enable toggle; SKILL.md preview, file tree and inline edit form expand
on demand). Add a Category filter row above the list. Reorder Settings
nav so Skills + External MCP sit above the Composio/MCP cluster. Update
composer placeholder/hint across 17 locales to advertise '@ files or
skills · / for commands'.
- Docs: extend skills/AGENTS.md with the curated catalogue rules
(idempotency, category vocabulary, no upstream vendoring).
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
* test(skills): teach localized-content + system-prompt tests about the skills/design-templates split
mrcfps blocking review on PR #955: the skills/design-templates split
(b5993385) moved ~110 SKILL.md entries out of `skills/` and into
`design-templates/`, but two repo-level tests still hard-coded the
single-root layout, so CI gates went red on the merged branch:
- `e2e/tests/localized-content.test.ts` only scanned `<repo>/skills`
while the locale `skillCopy` map keeps id-keyed entries spanning
both roots (ExamplesTab/Templates uses one lookup regardless of
origin). Teach the helper to read both `skills/` and
`design-templates/`, deduplicating ids so the union matches the
localized claim.
- `apps/daemon/tests/prompts/system.test.ts` read
`skills/live-artifact/SKILL.md`, which now lives under
`design-templates/live-artifact/`. Update the absolute path so
composeSystemPrompt's coverage of the live-artifact preamble is
exercised again.
Also enroll the curated design/creative catalogue (PR #955, ~91
stubs sourced from awesome-claude-skills / awesome-agent-skills) in
the DE / FR / RU `_SKILL_IDS_WITH_EN_FALLBACK` lists. The stubs are
English-only by design (frontmatter advertises an upstream URL); the
fallback list is exactly the place to acknowledge "we know this id
exists, English copy is fine here" so the localized-content coverage
gate passes without forcing a translation task per locale.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
* fix(skills): always quote frontmatter name so importUserSkill round-trips numeric / boolean ids
mrcfps PR #955 review: `buildSkillMarkdown` emitted `name:
${escapeYamlString(name)}` without quotes, so YAML coerced names
like `123`, `true`, `false`, or `null` into non-string scalars on
re-parse. listSkills() then read `data.name` as a number/boolean
and the import flow's follow-up `findSkillById(skills, result.id)`
missed it, falling into `/api/skills/import`'s "imported skill
could not be re-read" 500 path for those ids.
Switch the emitter to a quoted scalar (`name: "..."`) — the
double-escape already in `escapeYamlString` makes the quoted form
safe — and add a round-trip test covering `123`, `true`, `false`,
`null`, and `0` to lock in the contract.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
* fix(web): drop staged-skill chips when the matching @<id> token leaves the draft
mrcfps PR #955 review: `submit()` always forwarded every id in
`stagedSkills`, but that state was only mutated on picker click and
chip removal. Hand-deleting an `@<id>` token from the textarea left
the chip staged, so the request still carried `skillIds: [<id>]` and
the daemon composed a skill the prompt no longer referenced.
Sync the chips with the draft inside `handleChange()` by pruning
`stagedSkills` whenever the new value no longer contains the
`@<id>` token (using the same whitespace boundary as
`removeStagedSkill`'s strip regex). Comment explains why this
prune does not run for `staged` file attachments — users frequently
add files via the upload button without leaving an `@<path>` token,
so a symmetric prune there would erase legitimate uploads.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
* fix(daemon): stage @-composed skills' side files alongside the active skill
codex PR #955 review: composing a per-turn `@`-picked skill into the
system prompt appended its body (with the `withSkillRootPreamble`
guidance pointing at relative paths under `<cwd>/.od-skills/<folder>/`)
but never staged the actual folder. `startChatRun` only copied
`activeSkillDir`, so when the project's primary skill was different
(or absent) the composed skill's references/, examples/, and scripts/
files lived only at their absolute repo path — agents that honour
the cwd-relative form (or that don't get `--add-dir`, e.g. Codex with
allowlisted gpt-image projects) couldn't reach them.
Thread the composed skills' dirs out of `composeDaemonSystemPrompt`
as `extraSkillDirs` and stage each one through the same
`stageActiveSkill` API used for the primary skill. Dedupe by folder
basename so a project whose primary skill is also `@`-composed isn't
copied twice. Each preamble already advertises its own folder, so the
prompt and the staged tree stay aligned without further changes.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
* fix(web): respect the Library disable toggle in the project @-mention picker
codex PR #955 review: only `EntryView` received `enabledSkills`
(filtered against `config.disabledSkills`); active projects still
got `skills={skills}` raw, so a skill the user disabled in Settings
kept appearing in the project's `@`-mention popover and could ride
along to the daemon via `skillIds`. That broke the Library toggle
for any project opened on the post-split branch.
Compute a functional-skills-only enabled subset
(`enabledFunctionalSkills`) and pass it into `<ProjectView>` instead.
Templates stay separate — design-templates are filtered through their
own `enabledDesignTemplates` memo for the Templates gallery — so
ProjectView's chat composer still only sees skills, never templates,
matching the pre-split prop surface.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
* test(e2e): mock /api/design-templates for example-use-prompt flow
The Templates tab in EntryView fetches from /api/design-templates after
the skills/design-templates split (specs/current/skills-and-design-templates.md).
The example-use-prompt Playwright scenario only mocked /api/skills, so the
gallery card never appeared and the test timed out waiting on
example-card-warm-utility-example. Serve the same fixture summary on both
endpoints so the templates gallery renders the card the test clicks.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
* test(tools-pack): create design-templates fixture for resources test
The packaging resources copy now bundles the new design-templates tree
alongside skills (see resources.ts BUNDLED_RESOURCE_TREES). The
copyBundledResourceTrees fixture only created skills, design-systems,
craft, etc., so the recursive copy crashed with ENOENT on
design-templates before it could check the prompt-templates assertion.
Add the missing fixture directory so the test exercises the same set
of resource trees the packaged build does.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
* fix(skills): clone built-in side files into the shadow on first edit
mrcfps PR #955 review: editing a built-in skill wrote a USER_SKILLS_DIR
shadow folder that contained only a new SKILL.md. The next listSkills()
pass surfaced the shadow as the active dir, but every side-file resolver
(/api/skills/:id/files, /example, /assets/*, the system-prompt preamble,
and the per-turn cwd staging) reads through skill.dir. With nothing but
SKILL.md in the shadow, the bundled assets/, references/, scripts/, and
examples/ disappeared the moment the user hit save — a built-in like
last30days or live-artifact would break immediately after edit instead
of just having its body overridden.
Teach updateUserSkill() to take a `sourceDir` and clone every entry
except SKILL.md / dotfiles into the shadow on the very first edit. The
shadow stays self-contained, so all the resolvers keep working without
fallback bookkeeping. Subsequent edits detect the existing shadow and
skip the clone, so user tweaks under the side tree survive a re-save.
Wire `sourceDir: skill.dir` from server.ts's PUT /api/skills/:id handler
and add two regression tests:
- 'clones built-in side files into the shadow on the first edit' walks
the file tree after save and asserts assets/template.html, references/
notes.md, and scripts/helper.sh all round-trip from the built-in.
- 'preserves user-edited side files on subsequent edits' edits the
staged assets/template.html, re-saves, and confirms the user content
is still there.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
* test(e2e): rename home tab from Examples to Templates
The Examples tab was renamed to Templates in EntryView (b5993385's
skills/design-templates split — entry.tabExamples became entry.tabTemplates
and the tab value moved from 'examples' to 'templates'), but
entry-chrome-flows still asserted the old label and testId. Update both.
* fix(skills+web): preserve template body in API mode and dir-based skill delete
Two follow-ups from PR #955 review:
1. ProjectView only received `enabledFunctionalSkills`, but
`composedSystemPrompt()` still resolved `project.skillId` through that
prop and `fetchSkill()`. Projects created from the new
`/api/design-templates` surface keep a template id in `project.skillId`,
so opening one in API mode dropped the template body from the system
prompt and the upstream request ran without the project's primary
template instructions. Now ProjectView takes a separate
`designTemplates` prop (the unfiltered template list, so a
later-disabled template still loads for projects already created from
it) and `composedSystemPrompt()` plus the metadata / `isDeck` lookups
fall back to that list, with `fetchDesignTemplate()` as the body-fetch
fallback to `fetchSkill()`. The chat composer's `@`-picker keeps
receiving only the enabled functional skills.
2. `DELETE /api/skills/:id` used `deleteUserSkill(USER_SKILLS_DIR, skill.id)`
which re-slugified the frontmatter id and removed
`<userSkillsDir>/<slug>/`. That matched the import shape but missed the
install shape — `installFromTarget` writes the folder at
`sanitizeRepoName(url)` (GitHub) or `path.basename(realpath)` (local
symlink), neither of which is guaranteed to equal the slugified
frontmatter `name`. A duplicate `app.delete('/api/skills/:id', ...)`
handler at the install routes never fired because Express resolved the
earlier registration first, leaving the install/uninstall path without
working teardown. The handler now removes `skill.dir` (the absolute
path listSkills already discovered) under a USER_SKILLS_DIR safety
check, using `lstat` + `unlinkSync` so symlinked local installs unlink
cleanly without recursing into the user's source tree. The dead
duplicate handler is removed; `deleteUserSkill` is dropped from the
server.ts import set (still exported and unit-tested in skills.ts).
Regression coverage in `apps/daemon/tests/skills-delete-route.test.ts`
pins both shapes plus the symlink-preserves-source case.
* test(daemon): point hyperframes system-prompt test at design-templates
The merge with main brought in a hyperframes system-prompt test that
reads `skills/hyperframes/SKILL.md`, but this branch's split moved
`hyperframes` into `design-templates/` (same migration as `live-artifact`
already handled above in this file). CI was failing with ENOENT on the
old path.
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Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Visual Style Library
Named visual identities for HyperFrames videos. Each style is grounded in a real graphic design tradition. Use them to give your video a specific visual personality, not just generic "clean" or "bold."
How to pick: Match mood first, content second. Ask: "What should the viewer FEEL?"
How to use: Reference the style in your scene plan. Translate the style's principles into concrete composition decisions — palette choice, font selection, entrance patterns, transition type, ambient motion feel.
Quick Reference
| Style | Mood | Best for | Primary shader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss Pulse | Clinical, precise | SaaS, data, dev tools, metrics | Cinematic Zoom or SDF Iris |
| Velvet Standard | Premium, timeless | Luxury, enterprise, keynotes | Cross-Warp Morph |
| Deconstructed | Industrial, raw | Tech launches, security, punk | Glitch or Whip Pan |
| Maximalist Type | Loud, kinetic | Big announcements, launches | Ridged Burn |
| Data Drift | Futuristic, immersive | AI, ML, cutting-edge tech | Gravitational Lens or Domain Warp |
| Soft Signal | Intimate, warm | Wellness, personal stories, brand | Thermal Distortion |
| Folk Frequency | Cultural, vivid | Consumer apps, food, communities | Swirl Vortex or Ripple Waves |
| Shadow Cut | Dark, cinematic | Dramatic reveals, security, exposé | Domain Warp |
1. Swiss Pulse — Josef Müller-Brockmann
Mood: Clinical, precise | Best for: SaaS dashboards, developer tools, APIs, metrics
- Black (
#1a1a1a), white, ONE accent — electric blue (#0066FF) or amber (#FFB300) - Helvetica or Inter Bold for headlines, Regular for labels. Numbers large (80–120px)
- Grid-locked compositions. Every element snaps to an invisible 12-column grid
- Animated counters count up from 0. Hard cuts, no decorative transitions
- Transitions: Cinematic Zoom or SDF Iris (precise, geometric)
GSAP signature: expo.out, power4.out. Entries are fast and snap into place. Nothing floats.
Swiss Pulse: Black/white + one electric accent. Grid-locked compositions.
Numbers dominate the frame at 80-120px. Counter animations from 0.
Hard cuts or geometric transitions. Nothing decorative.
2. Velvet Standard — Massimo Vignelli
Mood: Premium, timeless | Best for: Luxury products, enterprise software, keynotes, investor decks
- Black, white, ONE rich accent — deep navy (
#1a237e) or gold (#c9a84c) - Thin sans-serif, ALL CAPS, wide letter-spacing (
0.15em+) - Generous negative space. Symmetrical, centered, architectural precision
- Slow, deliberate. Sequential reveals with long holds. No frantic motion
- Transitions: Cross-Warp Morph (elegant, organic flow between scenes)
GSAP signature: sine.inOut, power1. Nothing snaps — everything glides with intention.
Velvet Standard: Black, white, one rich accent. Thin ALL CAPS type with wide tracking.
Generous negative space. Sequential reveals, long holds.
Cross-Warp Morph transitions. Slow and deliberate — luxury takes its time.
3. Deconstructed — Neville Brody
Mood: Industrial, raw | Best for: Tech news, developer launches, security products, punk-energy reveals
- Dark grey (
#1a1a1a), rust orange (#D4501E), raw white (#f0f0f0) - Type at angles, overlapping edges, escaping frames. Bold industrial weight
- Gritty textures: scan-line effects, glitch artifacts baked into the design
- Text SLAMS and SHATTERS. Letters scramble then snap to final position
- Transitions: Glitch shader or Whip Pan (breaks the rules, feels aggressive)
GSAP signature: back.out(2.5), steps(8), elastic.out(1.2, 0.4). Intentional irregularity.
Deconstructed: Dark grey #1a1a1a + rust orange #D4501E. Type at angles, escaping frames.
Scan-line glitch overlays. Text SLAMS and scrambles into place.
Glitch shader transitions. Industrial and raw — nothing should feel polished.
4. Maximalist Type — Paula Scher
Mood: Loud, kinetic | Best for: Big product launches, milestone announcements, high-energy hype videos
- Bold saturated: red (
#E63946), yellow (#FFD60A), black, white — maximum contrast - Text IS the visual. Overlapping type layers at different scales and angles, filling 50–80% of frame
- Everything is kinetic: slamming, sliding, scaling. 2–3 second rapid-fire scenes
- Text layered OVER footage — never empty backgrounds
- Transitions: Ridged Burn (explosive, dramatic, impossible to ignore)
GSAP signature: expo.out, back.out(1.8). Fast arrivals, hard stops.
Maximalist Type: Red, yellow, black, white — max contrast. Text IS the visual.
Overlapping at different scales, 50-80% of frame. Everything in motion.
Ridged Burn transitions. No static moments — kinetic energy throughout.
5. Data Drift — Refik Anadol
Mood: Futuristic, immersive | Best for: AI products, ML platforms, data companies, speculative tech
- Iridescent: deep black (
#0a0a0a), electric purple (#7c3aed), cyan (#06b6d4) - Thin futuristic sans-serif — floating, weightless, minimal
- Fluid morphing compositions. Extreme scale shifts (micro → macro)
- Particles coalesce into numbers. Light traces data paths through the frame
- Transitions: Gravitational Lens or Domain Warp (otherworldly distortion)
GSAP signature: sine.inOut, power2.out. Smooth, continuous, organic. Nothing hard.
Data Drift: Deep black #0a0a0a with electric purple #7c3aed and cyan #06b6d4.
Thin futuristic type, minimal text. Particles coalesce into numbers.
Gravitational Lens or Domain Warp transitions. Fluid, immersive, otherworldly.
6. Soft Signal — Stefan Sagmeister
Mood: Intimate, warm | Best for: Wellness brands, personal stories, lifestyle products, human-centered apps
- Warm amber (
#F5A623), cream (#FFF8EC), dusty rose (#C4A3A3), sage green (#8FAF8C) - Handwritten-style or humanist serif fonts. Personal, lowercase, delicate
- Close-up framing feel: single element fills the frame. Nothing feels corporate
- Slow drifts and floats, never snaps. Soft organic motion throughout
- Transitions: Thermal Distortion (warm, flowing, like heat shimmer)
GSAP signature: sine.inOut, power1.inOut. Everything breathes.
Soft Signal: Warm amber, cream, dusty rose, sage green. Humanist or handwritten type.
Single elements fill the frame — intimate, never corporate.
Slow drifts and floats throughout. Thermal Distortion transitions.
Nothing should feel hurried or polished.
7. Folk Frequency — Eduardo Terrazas
Mood: Cultural, vivid | Best for: Consumer apps, food platforms, community products, festive launches
- Vivid folk: hot pink (
#FF1493), cobalt blue (#0047AB), sun yellow (#FFE000), emerald (#009B77) - Bold warm rounded type. Pattern and repetition — folk art rhythm and density
- Layered compositions with rich visual texture. Every frame feels handcrafted
- Colorful motion: elements bounce, pop, and spin into place with joy
- Transitions: Swirl Vortex or Ripple Waves (hypnotic, celebratory)
GSAP signature: back.out(1.6), elastic.out(1, 0.5). Overshoots feel intentional.
Folk Frequency: Hot pink #FF1493, cobalt blue, sun yellow, emerald. Bold rounded type.
Pattern and repetition throughout. Layered, dense, handcrafted feeling.
Swirl Vortex or Ripple Waves transitions. Joyful, celebratory energy.
8. Shadow Cut — Hans Hillmann
Mood: Dark, cinematic | Best for: Security products, dramatic reveals, investigative content, intense launches
- Near-monochrome: deep blacks (
#0a0a0a), cold greys (#3a3a3a), stark white + blood red (#C1121F) or toxic green (#39FF14) - Sharp angular text like film noir title cards. Heavy contrast, no softness
- Heavy shadow — elements emerge from darkness. Reveal is the narrative
- Slow creeping push-ins, dramatic scale reveals, silence before the hit
- Transitions: Domain Warp (dissolves reality itself before revealing the next scene)
GSAP signature: power4.in for exits, power3.out for dramatic reveals. The pause before the hit matters.
Shadow Cut: Deep blacks #0a0a0a, cold greys, stark white + one accent (blood red or toxic green).
Sharp angular type, film noir aesthetic. Elements emerge from darkness.
Slow creeping push-ins. Domain Warp transitions. The reveal IS the story.
Mood → Style Guide
| If the content feels... | Use... |
|---|---|
| Data-driven, analytical, technical | Swiss Pulse |
| Premium, enterprise, luxury | Velvet Standard |
| Raw, punk, aggressive, rebellious | Deconstructed |
| Hype, loud, high-energy launch | Maximalist Type |
| AI, ML, speculative, futuristic | Data Drift |
| Human, warm, personal, wellness | Soft Signal |
| Cultural, fun, consumer, festive | Folk Frequency |
| Dark, dramatic, intense, cinematic | Shadow Cut |
Creating Custom Styles
These 8 styles are examples — not constraints. Create your own by:
- Name it after a designer, art movement, or cultural reference
- Palette: 2-3 colors max. Declare explicit hex values
- Typography: One family, two weights. State the role of each
- Motion rules: How fast? Snappy or fluid? Overshoot or precision?
- Transition: Which shader matches the energy?
- What NOT to do: 2-3 explicit anti-patterns for this style
The pattern: named style → palette → typography → motion rules → transition → avoids.