Magazine Poster Skill

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magazine-poster is a skill that lets an AI agent design an editorial-style poster. It produces a newsprint-paper layout with a dateline, an oversized serif headline that includes a struck-through word and an italic accent, a two-column body block, and six numbered sections with annotated pull-quote captions. The result reads like a Sunday-paper full-page essay or a thoughtful launch poster.

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Details

Instructions available. Your AI can read the instructions. Execution depends on the setup they require.

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What your AI can do with it

  • Design a newsprint-paper poster layout
  • Add a dateline to the poster
  • Set an oversized serif headline with a struck-through word
  • Include an italic accent in the headline
  • Lay out a two-column body block
  • Create six numbered sections with annotated pull-quote captions

Getting started

  1. Have an AI agent that can load and run skills.
  2. Add the magazine-poster skill to that agent.
  3. Give the agent the brief for the poster you want.
  4. Ask the agent to use the magazine-poster skill to design the poster.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by nexu-io/open-design in design-templates/magazine-poster/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Produce a single-page editorial poster — looks like a tear-out from a Sunday paper. Long-form, deliberate, type-driven.

Workflow

  1. Read the active DESIGN.md (injected above). Pick the heaviest serif token in the DS for the headline, the body serif for the columns, and a typewriter / mono token for the section eyebrows and annotations.
  2. Pick the topic from the brief. Write a real, opinionated headline — one with a struck-through word ("a designer", "the template hunt") and an italic accent on a key noun ("first draft", "mood", "specifics").
  3. Layout, in order:
    • Top rule — thin black hairline + a dateline ("01 · A · YOUR LAB" left, "DD · MMM · YYYY" right). Light typewriter font.
    • Top eyebrow — a single mono tag like "POSTED TODAY".
    • Headline — 2–3 lines, oversized serif. One word struck through with text-decoration: line-through; text-decoration-thickness: 2px. One word italic, in accent color.
    • Deck — a 1–2 sentence subhead in italic serif at ~60% size of the headline, with a dash separator and a — what works callout fragment in accent.
    • Accent rule — short horizontal accent-colored bar (~80px).
    • Body grid — six numbered cells in a 2×3 (or 3×2) grid. Each cell:
      • eyebrow (01 · SHIP FAST) in mono, accent color.
      • bold serif sub-headline.
      • 2–3 sentence body in body serif.
      • one annotated callout — a quoted "use this prompt" line on a tinted background block, set in mono.
    • Footer band — rule above, three cells: handle / role / date, with a small "PRO TIP" plate on the left containing one closing line.
  4. Write a single HTML document:
    • <!doctype html> through </html>, CSS inline.
    • Background uses a creamy paper tint (#f3eee2 or DS canvas) plus a subtle paper noise (radial-gradient dots at low opacity).
    • 2-column body grid via CSS Grid; min-width 1100px page.
    • data-od-id on header, headline, deck, each cell, footer.
  5. Self-check:
    • Type hierarchy is unmistakable — headline owns the page.
    • Strikethrough + italic accent both appear, exactly once each.
    • Body reads like real opinion, not lorem ipsum.
    • Looks intentional at 1280–1440px wide.

Output contract

Emit between <artifact> tags:

<artifact identifier="poster-slug" type="text/html" title="Poster Title">
<!doctype html>
<html>...</html>
</artifact>

One sentence before the artifact, nothing after.

Signals

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Last commit
Oct 2026

Questions

What kind of poster does this skill make?
It makes an editorial-style poster on newsprint paper with a dateline, an oversized serif headline with a struck-through word and italic accent, a two-column body block, and six numbered sections with annotated pull-quote captions.
When should I use it?
Use it when the brief calls for a poster that reads like a Sunday-paper full-page essay or a thoughtful launch poster.
Can I change the number of sections?
The skill produces six numbered sections. The item does not state that the number can be changed.
Does it support other paper styles?
The skill uses newsprint paper. The item does not list other paper styles.
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Item type
skill
Key
magazine-poster-2
Source
github.com/nexu-io/open-design