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aiz-infographic

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An infographic skill for AI agents — works inside Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, OpenClaw, Cursor, and any agent host that loads skills. Create professional infographics as self-contained HTML files with PNG exports. Use when the user asks to create, design, generate, build, or make an infographic, data visualization, visual explainer, chart poster, cheatsheet, or pocket guide. Trigger phrases include "make this visual", "turn this into a graphic", "visualize this data", "infographic for X", "cheatsheet for X", or when the user provides structured data (tokenomics allocations, ecosystem/partner lists, timelines, comparisons, step-by-step processes) AND asks for a visual output. Covers tokenomics, ecosystem overviews, game overviews, cheatsheets, airdrop guides, comparisons, and process flows. Do NOT trigger for plain text answers, markdown tables, bulleted summaries, questions asking for advice or explanations about a topic (even when the topic is tokenomics, ecosystem, vesting, etc.), inline chat diagrams, or d

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Manus에서 실행

Create Infographics

Produces self-contained HTML infographics following a 5-layer reference system: canvases × snippets × styles × elements × templates. Output is HTML and PNG only — HTML for embedding/iteration, PNG for sharing. Works inside any AI-agent host that loads skills (Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, OpenClaw, Cursor, etc.).

Reference hierarchy

Layer	Lives in	Role
Canvas	`references/canvases/<name>.md`	The page architecture: how the whole infographic is composed. Defines slots that snippets plug into. (bento-box, editorial, dashboard, poster)
Snippet	`references/snippets/<name>.md`	An embeddable section pattern: timeline spine, fishbone, kpi-strip, comparison table — the content essence with no page chrome.
Style	`references/styles/<name>.md`	Visual identity: colors, fonts, spacing tokens. (aizfographics-style default)
Element	`references/elements/<name>.md`	Atomic UI primitives: text, charts, icons, connectors.
Template	`references/templates/<name>.md`	High-level preset = canvas + style + snippet picks for a content type. (allocation-breakdown, cheatsheet, etc.)

A canvas owns the page chrome (header, hero, footer, grid). A snippet is a thing on the page (a timeline, a fishbone, a kpi-strip) that plugs into a canvas slot. The user picks the canvas; the data picks the snippets.

The default visual identity is aizfographics-style — dark background, Bebas Neue + Montserrat, one accent color pair per infographic, gradient borders, glow effects, no emoji ever.

1. Mode Detection

Every request is either one-shot (generate immediately) or guided (ask questions first).

One-shot triggers — all three must be true:

Content or data is provided (paste, file, URL, or structured text)
Type is clear (explicit template name OR obvious content category like "tokenomics")
Enough data to fill required sections without major guessing

One-shot override phrases (force one-shot even with incomplete data):

one-shot, just make it, don't ask, generate directly, here's everything, quick, same as last time

Guided triggers — any one is enough:

Content is vague or incomplete
No clear type or layout match
User asks for help choosing

Guided override phrases:

help me, what canvas, what layout, walk me through, I'm not sure, what do you recommend

When ambiguous, prefer guided — it's easier to skip forward than to regenerate.

Out of Scope

This skill does NOT:

Generate animated or video infographics — output is static HTML/PNG.
Build live-data dashboards — output is a fixed snapshot, not a connected dashboard.
Produce slide decks or presentations — use the pptx skill.
OCR scanned source documents — provide structured data, not images of data.
Create technical architecture, UML, or sequence diagrams — use a diagram tool.
Export to SVG or Figma directly — this skill outputs HTML and PNG only.
Fabricate financial numbers, dates, or partner lists when missing (see §4).

If the request is one of the above, route to the appropriate skill or ask for the data shape this skill can render.

1.5 Compact Mode (user override)

When user requests compact/max 3 insights/one-row output, switch to compact mode. This overrides ALL template conventions, section counts, and standard density rules.

Compact mode rules:

ONE bento row max. Hero headline + 2-3 cards. Source attribution small at bottom-right. Nothing else.
Maximum 50 words total on canvas. Every pixel must earn its place.
Each card: max 12 words of copy. Force brevity.
No filler sections — remove "about this infographic", decorative elements, any text that doesn't drive action
Readability target: 5 seconds. If the viewer can't grasp the point in 5 seconds, it's too dense.
Actionable or dead. Every element must tell the reader to DO something differently.
No template loading required. Skip the full canvas/snippet/element load sequence. Build custom single-row HTML directly using the template in references/templates/compact-growth-hacking.md and the glassmorphism style in references/styles/glassmorphism.md.
Style: always glassmorphism for growth hacking content. Use references/styles/glassmorphism.md, NOT references/styles/growth-hacking.md (which is a different gold-serif style the user did not choose).
Selector: use --selector ".canvas" for export. Custom compact HTML uses .canvas class, not .infographic-canvas.

Layout pattern:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  HOOK (one line, surprising stat or question)       │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  [Card 1]     [Card 2]     [Card 3]                │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤  ← ONE ROW
│  Source attribution (small, bottom-right)           │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

See references/templates/compact-growth-hacking.md for the full pipeline spec including HTML template, glassmorphism style, and sequential Discord delivery workflow.

1.6 Canvas Pick (when no template matched)

After §4 Content Intake but before §5 Step 2, fire the canvas picker — but only when no template matched in §2 and the user hasn't named a canvas explicitly.

Skip this step when:

A template matched in §2 routing (the template dictates its canvas).
The user's initial message named a canvas explicitly: bento, bento-box, editorial, magazine, dashboard, poster, hero-led, single subject.
Agent context (§11) → default to bento-box, do not open the gallery, do not fire AskUserQuestion.

Otherwise:

Open the gallery — references/_gallery.html — using the same auto-open helper as §10:
- Windows: start references/_gallery.html
- macOS: open references/_gallery.html
- Linux: xdg-open references/_gallery.html
Fire AskUserQuestion with each option carrying a short text preview:
- Question: "Which canvas architecture? (Gallery just opened — see visual examples)"
- Header: Canvas
- Options:
  1. Bento-box (default) — preview: "Mixed-span grid. Hero + cards. Posters, overviews."
  2. Editorial / Magazine — preview: "Long-form columnar. Headlines + body + sidebar. Storytelling."
  3. Dashboard — preview: "KPI strip + chart panels. Metrics snapshots."
  4. Poster / Hero-led — preview: "One big diagram + supports. Single-subject deep-dive."
Load references/canvases/<picked>.md. Continue to §5 Step 2 (snippet selection) or to one-shot generation.

2. Routing Decision Tree

Request arrives
│
├─ Matches a known template? (allocation-breakdown, ecosystem-overview, cheatsheet…)
│   └─ YES → Load template → load its canvas + style + required snippets + elements
│
├─ User named a canvas explicitly? (bento, editorial, dashboard, poster)
│   └─ YES → Load that canvas → §5 step 2 (snippet pick) → style + elements
│
└─ Generic request ("make an infographic about X")
    └─ §1.5 Canvas Pick (open gallery + AskUserQuestion) → load picked canvas → continue

Template → canvas → snippet → style → elements mapping

Each template file specifies:

Its canvas: (almost always one of the 4)
Its snippets: (which section patterns to host inside the canvas)
Its default style (almost always aizfographics-style)
The exact element categories it requires

For bento-box / dashboard / poster canvases at 1920w, that's the default. Editorial canvas defaults to 1280w. Templates currently defaulting to bento-box canvas: cheatsheet, ecosystem-overview, game-overview, report, allocation-breakdown, concept-explainer, how-it-works, distribution-guide, collection-showcase, game-mechanics.

Never load the full references tree. Read only what the current request maps to.

Brand style auto-selection

When no style is explicitly named, check whether the content is about a brand that has a matching style file. If it is, load that brand style instead of aizfographics-style. The user can override with any style name.

Content signal	Auto-select style
OpenClaw release, changelog, OpenClaw features	`openclaw`
Hermes model, Nous Research, Hermes agent	`hermes`
OpenAI model/product (GPT, Sora, o-series, OpenAI research)	`openai-dark`
Grok model, xAI product or research	`grok-dark`
Vercel, Next.js deployment, Vercel infrastructure metrics	`vercel-dark`
Claude model, Anthropic research, Claude ecosystem	`claude-light`

Brand auto-selection applies only when: (a) the infographic is about that brand as its primary subject, and (b) no style was named. If the user is comparing multiple brands or just referencing a brand in passing, default to aizfographics-style and note the available brand styles in the intake recap.

3. Reference Loading Rules

Load the minimum set. Re-read nothing.

What you need	Where to find it
A known content type preset	`references/templates/<name>.md`
The page architecture	`references/canvases/<name>.md`
A section / content shape	`references/snippets/<name>.md`
Visual tokens (colors, fonts, spacing)	`references/styles/<name>.md`
Atomic UI building blocks	`references/elements/<name>.md`
Export mechanics	`references/export/<name>.md`
Canvas visual gallery	`references/_gallery.html` (auto-opened in §1.5 only)
Signal sheet extraction (§8.6)	`references/templates/_signals.md` (loaded only when §8.6 fires)
Social media copy generation (§8.1)	`references/social-media-copy.md` (loaded only when §8.1 fires for marketing infographics)
Standalone section extraction (§8.5)	`references/_standalone-extraction.md` (loaded only when §8.5 fires)
Brand color extraction (§5 Step 4 option 2 or 3)	`references/brand-extraction.md` (loaded only when option 2 or 3 chosen)
Pixel-locked sections (cross-cell connectors)	`references/elements/connectors.md` §Pixel-locked sections — already pulled in via the `connectors` element load when any snippet using arrows/leaders is selected

Typical load order for a one-shot tokenomics request:

references/templates/allocation-breakdown.md
references/canvases/<canvas named by template>.md (usually bento-box)
references/styles/aizfographics-style.md
Each snippet the template names — load from references/snippets/<name>.md. Typical for tokenomics: statistical, comparison. Donut/vesting-bar are inline <svg> patterns under references/elements/charts.md + data-widgets.md.
Each element the template names: charts.md, data-widgets.md, text.md, layout.md, connectors.md, decorative.md
In Claude Code context, also load references/creator-tools.md and references/viewer-features.md — these are mandatory inputs to the HTML skeleton (see §6).

Eight to ten files total in Claude Code, six to eight in agent contexts. Do not read other templates, other canvases, or other styles unless the user's request demands them.

New element conditional loads:

references/elements/sparklines.md — load when: stat-spotlight snippet selected, OR statistical snippet is used with a trend/delta requirement.
references/elements/progress-bars.md — load when: forge, terminal, or signal theme is selected.
references/elements/badges.md — load when: any of forge, terminal, signal, obsidian-ledger, glasspaper, or ash themes are selected; OR when step-connector snippet is used.

Canvas snippet routing hints:

Token flows / allocation flows with value transfer → sankey-flow (needs D3 + d3-sankey in <head>)
Ecosystem/partner/relationship maps with 5–20 entities → network-graph (needs D3 in <head>)
Multi-axis protocol comparison → radar chart in charts.md (needs Chart.js in <head>)
Hierarchical allocation with 6+ segments → treemap chart in charts.md (needs D3 in <head>)
3-variable scatter → bubble chart in charts.md (needs Chart.js in <head>)
Holder/allocation distribution as a grid → waffle chart in charts.md (raw canvas, no CDN)
Feature list with icons / benefit cards / callout cards / icon grid → callout-grid (3-9 cards, icon+headline+body)
Single hero metric / spotlight KPI / one number with trend context → stat-spotlight (needs sparklines.md)
Numbered steps / sequential process without decisions or branching → step-connector (needs badges.md)

Available references

Canvases (4): bento-box (default), editorial, dashboard, poster.
Styles (24 live + 1 scaffold): aizfographics-style (default), clean-minimal, blueprint (engineering schematic), editorial, corporate, cyberpunk, chalkboard, hand-drawn, retro, terminal (shell output, monospace), glasspaper (frosted opacity panels), scrapbook (physical evidence, warm), signal (ops monitoring, alert feed), forge (industrial batch, dense), ash (monochrome editorial), obsidian-ledger (antique accounting), openclaw (blue-black, hot-red accent, OpenClaw brand), hermes (green-black, gold+sage gradient borders, Hermes/Nous brand), openai-dark (neutral near-black, weight-300 numerals, OpenAI brand), grok-dark (true black, weight-900 ALL CAPS, zero radius, xAI/Grok brand), vercel-dark (pure black, square markers, slug copy, Vercel brand), claude-light (warm cream, terracotta, Lora serif body, Anthropic/Claude brand), glassmorphism (growth hacking social default), growth-hacking (gold serif, NOT glassmorphism). Plus _custom-template scaffold for new styles.
Snippets (27): statistical, grid-cards, process-flow, timeline, comparison, hierarchical, list, roadmap, funnel, flowchart, kpi-panel-grid (renamed from dashboard for disambiguation with the dashboard canvas), mind-map, journey-path, pyramid, circular-flow, iceberg, fishbone, venn, anatomical, geographic, quadrant, swimlane, sankey-flow, network-graph, callout-grid (icon+headline+body grid), stat-spotlight (single hero metric + sparkline + delta), step-connector (numbered linear sequence with connector emphasis). Each declares its slot fit and density cap. Bento-box is canvas-only — no bento-box snippet.
Templates (11): allocation-breakdown, ecosystem-overview, cheatsheet, game-mechanics, game-overview, how-it-works, report, case-study, concept-explainer (renamed from crypto-explainer), distribution-guide (renamed from airdrop-guide), collection-showcase (renamed from nft-showcase). Proposed-but-not-live templates live in references/_design-docs/new-templates-design-brief.md.
Elements (15): charts, text, layout, connectors, icons, data-widgets, decorative, maps, comparison, annotation, badges (status pills, state tags, numbered-step badges), progress-bars (flat fills for forge/terminal, no Chart.js), sparklines (inline SVG KPI sparklines, no Chart.js), callout-card (folded-corner emphasis card), tagged-header (banner-tab category strip). Unmapped content type → §1.5 canvas pick + snippets that match the content shape. Unlisted style → copy _custom-template.md, fill, note the substitution.

2.5 Case-Study Content Quality Standard

When generating a case-study template infographic, the content must contain four required layers — omitting any one reduces signal quality below acceptable threshold:

Outcome — specific, quantifiable result with named subject + timeframe
Mechanism — the specific tactics/methods used (2–3 items minimum)
Application — "How to Apply" with 4–5 numbered, concrete, executable steps for the reader to reproduce a similar result
Discovery — search keywords, resource names, or exact phrases so the reader can dig deeper on their own

If the source material lacks explicit Application steps, derive them conservatively by asking: "Given the mechanism described, what is the closest reproducible sequence for a founder with similar resources?" Do NOT skip this section to preserve visual density.

The case-study template layout enforces this via snippet selection: statistical (outcome KPIs), grid-cards or comparison (mechanism breakdown), process-flow or list (numbered variant, for application steps), and a final comparison (discovery table).

See references/templates/case-study.md for the full four-layer specification with section ordering, copy constraints, and card count rules.

Pitfall: Outcome-only infographics ("what happened") are 50% signal. Aiz will request regeneration if Mechanism and Application are missing.

4. Content Intake

Extract, then confirm in one short message:

Extracted:
  Topic: <title>
  Type: <template or layout name>
  Data points: <count + shape>
  Content density: <thin | medium | dense>
  Missing: <list anything critical that's absent>

If critical data is missing, ask before generating. Never fabricate financial numbers, dates, or partner lists. For cosmetic gaps (accent color preference, exact dimensions), pick a sensible default and proceed.

5. Guided Mode Step Flow

Only use in guided mode. In one-shot, skip to the Generation step.

MANDATORY TOOL USAGE. Every step below that offers options MUST be executed as a single AskUserQuestion tool call — not plain text with numbered options. The tool call is what renders the tappable UI in Claude Code. If AskUserQuestion is unavailable in the current host (agent contexts like OpenClaw/Hermes), fall back to numbered text options and wait for a reply.

Never bundle more than one question per AskUserQuestion call unless the questions are truly independent. One step = one call.

Step 1 — Intake

Confirm extraction as shown in §4. No tool call; this is a plain-text recap. If critical content is missing, ask for it before proceeding.

Step 1.5 — Canvas pick

Run §1.5 Canvas Pick (open gallery + AskUserQuestion). Skip when a template matched in §2 or the user named a canvas explicitly.

Step 2 — Template or snippet selection

Fire AskUserQuestion:

Template match found: question = "Use the template, customize, or pick different snippets?" — options = ["Use <name> template", "Customize sections", "Pick different snippets"].
No template match (canvas already picked in Step 1.5): question = "Which snippets should the host?" — list the 3-5 snippets that best fit the content (each option's preview shows the snippet name + one-line role) plus "Custom mix (I'll describe)". Multi-select is fine here. The picked snippets fill the canvas's slots per its slot rules.

Step 3 — Style

Fire AskUserQuestion. Question = "Keep aizfographics-style or switch?" — options = ["aizfographics-style (default)", "Clean minimal", "Blueprint", "Custom (I'll describe)"]. For most personal work this is a one-tap confirmation; skip only if the user already named a style in their request.

Content-type → recommended styles routing

When the user names a content type (or one is inferred from their request), surface the matching style options in this order — default first, then aesthetic alternatives:

Content type	Default	Aesthetic alternatives
Tokenomics / allocation	`aizfographics-style`	`clean-minimal`, `corporate`
Ecosystem / partner map	`aizfographics-style`	`ash`, `editorial`
Cheatsheet / reference	`aizfographics-style`	`clean-minimal`, `chalkboard`, `hand-drawn`
Case study	`aizfographics-style`	`glassmorphism` (growth angle), `editorial`
Concept explainer	`aizfographics-style`	`blueprint` (technical), `chalkboard` (casual)
Distribution / airdrop guide	`aizfographics-style`	`signal`, `glassmorphism`
Game mechanics / overview	`aizfographics-style`	`retro` (pixel-art), `cyberpunk`
How-it-works / mechanism	`aizfographics-style`	`blueprint`, `forge`
Report / metrics	`aizfographics-style`	`corporate`, `ash`, `vercel-dark`
Collection / NFT showcase	`aizfographics-style`	`scrapbook`, `obsidian-ledger`
Growth hacking / social	`glassmorphism` (mandatory)	—
Ops / monitoring / status	`signal`	`terminal`, `forge`
Ledger / accounting / archive	`obsidian-ledger`	`ash`, `editorial`
TUI / dev tools / CLI	`terminal`	`signal`, `forge`
Brand: OpenAI	`openai-dark`	—
Brand: xAI / Grok	`grok-dark`	—
Brand: Vercel	`vercel-dark`	—
Brand: Anthropic / Claude	`claude-light`	—
Brand: OpenClaw	`openclaw`	—
Brand: Hermes / Nous	`hermes`	—

If no row fits, default to aizfographics-style and offer 2-3 aesthetic alternates the user can browse.

Step 4 — Color

Fire AskUserQuestion. Question = "How should the accent color be chosen?" — options:

Use style default — keep the accent pair from the chosen style.
Pick brand color (auto-search) — Claude web-searches for the brand and extracts a primary pair.
Match a brand URL (extract) — the user gives a site URL; Claude scrapes a primary pair.
I'll give you the hex values — follow up with a free-text ask for the hex pair.
Surprise me — Claude picks a pair that fits the content topic.

For options 2 and 3, load references/brand-extraction.md and follow the flow there. Cite the source in Step 6's recap. Never silently ship a broken extraction — either the user sees the proposed pair, or they see a fallback.

Step 5 — Dimensions (width-only)

Fire AskUserQuestion. Question = "What width do you need?" — options = ["Wide (1920w, default)", "Social (1080w)", "Blog (1080w)", "Square (1080w)", "Custom width"]. Height is never asked — the canvas grows to fit content, no bottom padding. Default one-shot width depends on the chosen canvas: bento-box / dashboard / poster default to 1920; editorial defaults to 1280. Bento-box never goes below 1440. Editorial never goes below 720.

Step 6 — Generate

Write HTML, report paths and key decisions in 4–6 bullets (template, style, accent colors + source if brand-searched, width, section list).

Step 7 — Iteration loop

Accept natural-language edits; regenerate; ask "What else?"

Step 8 — Export

On completion signal (done, export, looks good, ship it, give me the PNG), run the export chain in §8.

Step 8.1 — Social Media Copy (conditional)

After successful PNG export, offer social media copy generation for marketing-focused infographics. Load references/social-media-copy.md and follow the platform templates. Skip if the infographic is purely technical, internal, or the user's completion signal included no copy, just the visual, or similar.

AskUserQuestion pattern

Keep options short and concrete — each label under ~40 chars. Never chain multiple questions into one call unless truly independent.

6. Generation Rules

HTML skeleton

Every output is a single self-contained .html file with:

<!DOCTYPE html> + <html lang="...">
<meta charset>, <meta viewport>
Google Fonts <link> for the exact pair the style specifies
Phosphor Icons CDN <link> whenever icons are used OR creator tools are included (required so the toolbar buttons render)
Canvas library <script> tags (conditional — add only when the output uses that element):
- Chart.js v4 (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chart.js@4/dist/chart.umd.min.js) when using radar or bubble charts
- D3 v7 (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/d3@7/dist/d3.min.js) when using treemap chart, sankey-flow snippet, or network-graph snippet
- d3-sankey (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/d3-sankey@0.12/dist/d3-sankey.min.js) after D3, only for sankey-flow
- Never add these globally — only when the specific element type is present in the output
All CSS inlined in a single <style> block
All JS (if any) inlined in a single <script> block (canvas chart scripts may be multiple <script> blocks, one per chart element, each IIFE-wrapped)
No external image hosts except Iconify API and user-provided image URLs
A root .infographic-canvas element with a fixed max-width per the chosen width preset and no fixed aspect-ratio or height — height grows with content
In Claude Code context (required, no exceptions): a <div class="creator-tools" data-creator-tools> block injected before </body> containing the accent color editor, inline text editing (e toggle), Save / Revert, undo/redo persistence, and floating export toolbar, exactly as specified in references/creator-tools.md. Omit only when the user explicitly asks for a clean / embed-ready HTML.
In Claude Code context (required): the viewer-features script block from references/viewer-features.md (hover tooltips, animated number counters, scroll-triggered reveals, expandable sections, optional dark/light toggle), gated by the feature flags noted in the generation recap. See §9 for the full inclusion policy. Generation MUST load references/creator-tools.md and references/viewer-features.md before emitting HTML in Claude Code context.

Canvas sizing

Width-only. Height is content-driven — the canvas grows to fit its sections, then stops. No fixed aspect ratio, no trailing blank space at the bottom.

Use case	Width
Wide (default)	1920
Presentation	1920
Social	1080
Blog	1080
Square	1080
Custom	user-specified

Default: 1920 width, content-driven height. Bento-box layouts require 1920+ — they collapse poorly under that.

Implementation: the .infographic-canvas root gets width: 100%; max-width: <chosen>px and no aspect-ratio / no fixed height. Set min-height: 100vh only if you want the canvas to at least fill the viewport on short content.

Universal output rules

These apply to every infographic regardless of style or canvas. They are NOT duplicated in style or canvas reference files — this is the only home.

No emoji. Ever. Not in headers, labels, bullets, icons, tooltips. Use Phosphor Bold or Iconify.
Never wrap icons in bg or borders. No icon badge, no bordered tile around an icon, no circular bg behind an icon — anywhere. Icons render as glyphs directly on the surface. Increase size or change color for emphasis, never give an icon its own container. Full rule + examples in references/elements/icons.md.
No em dashes or en dashes in rendered text. Em dash (—, U+2014) and en dash (–, U+2013) are AI-output tells and must never appear in the generated infographic copy — headlines, body, captions, tooltips, source citations, signal evidence, anything. Use a regular hyphen (-), comma, period, parentheses, or restructure the sentence. This applies to content Claude generates, not to this skill file's prose. Inline editing strips dashes silently the same way emoji are stripped.
4px grid. All spacing tokens, font sizes, node dimensions, and SVG coords must be multiples of 4. Existing --gap-* / --pad-* / --radius-* variables already comply — don't override them to odd values. Applies at generation time; the viewer's responsive scaling can still produce sub-pixel values at render.
Never single-sided thick borders. No border-top: 3px solid accent, no accent bar on one edge. Always full-perimeter or none. Use gradient borders for emphasis.
Responsive scaling. The canvas scales to the viewport width; height always follows content. No fixed aspect ratio, no trailing blank.
Image assets. When the user provides logo URLs or image URLs, embed them via <img> with appropriate alt text. When not provided, leave a styled placeholder (dashed border, centered label) — never invent image URLs.
Default to sparse copy. See §6.5 — caps are binding, not aspirational.

Theme-specific exceptions to universal rules

The following overrides are permitted only when the named theme is active:

scrapbook theme: transform: rotate(Xdeg) is permitted on cards (±1-3deg); mixed serif + cursive typography is correct; box-shadow on polaroid and sticky-note cards is permitted. All other universal rules still apply.
signal theme: box-shadow: 0 0 4px #FF4500 glow is permitted on active status dots only (see references/elements/badges.md dot-label variant).
terminal / forge / ash themes: border-radius: 0 is mandatory everywhere, overriding --radius-card. No gradient fills — solid var(--accent-1) only on progress bars.

Rules that live in reference files (loaded per §3)

Style rules (defaults — individual style files may override) — uppercase headers, two fonts, gradient text titles only, one accent pair, dark mode default → references/styles/<picked>.md. Each style file declares its own overrides where the aesthetic demands them (e.g. mono-only fonts in terminal/blueprint/forge/signal, title-case headers in editorial/chalkboard/scrapbook/hand-drawn/clean-minimal).
Density caps (cards/steps/nodes/items per snippet, accent emphasis caps per canvas) → each references/snippets/<name>.md and references/canvases/<name>.md declares its own ceiling. Past the cap, split into a second infographic.
Bento fluid-grid rule + no cross-card connectors → references/canvases/bento-box.md.
Pixel-locked sections (cross-cell connectors) → references/elements/connectors.md §Pixel-locked sections (covers flowchart, fishbone, swimlane, anatomical, quadrant, plus annotation leaders into grids).
Legend strip placement → references/elements/layout.md §Legend strip.
Callout / annotation limits (max 2 per infographic, leader rules) → references/elements/annotation.md.

When a relevant reference file is loaded per §3, treat its rules as binding — they are not optional.

6.5 Copy density (default)

Infographics are visual. Copy is captions on imagery, not paragraphs. These caps apply to EVERY output unless the user explicitly asks for more detail.

Per-atom word caps:

Hero title: ≤ 8 words
Section title: ≤ 6 words
Card title: ≤ 5 words
Card body: ≤ 14 words (one sentence or 1–2 bullets)
Bullet item: ≤ 10 words
Caption / footnote: ≤ 12 words
Badge / tag: ≤ 3 words

Rules:

Bullets over sentences. Strip articles ("the", "a") and hedges ("typically", "generally") from labels.
One fact per card. If a card has two ideas, split it or drop the weaker one.
No restating the section title in the body.
No closing summary sections, no "About this infographic" blocks unless requested.
Numbers and proper nouns earn space; adjectives and adverbs do not.
If a card body exceeds 14 words, REWRITE before generating — do not ship it.
The user can always ask "add detail to X" after seeing the result. Bias toward sparse first draft.

7. Iteration Grammar

Accept these command types without asking:

Command type	Example	Response
Content edit	"change team from 20% to 15%"	Edit HTML, regenerate, refresh
Layout edit	"swap chart and timeline"	Restructure sections
Style edit	"more orange, less teal"	Shift accent pair
Dimension edit	"make it landscape"	Reset canvas + reflow
Section-specific	"vesting section is cramped"	Adjust just that section
Font override	"use Orbitron for the title"	Swap display font
Density	"make it more compact"	Tighten spacing tokens

After each iteration, confirm in one line what changed. Don't narrate every step.

8. Export Chain

When the user signals completion (done, export, looks good, ship it, give me the PNG):

Output/
├── <name>.html   (always produced)
├── <name>.png    (via Playwright, 2x DPR)
└── <name>-posts.md (social media copy, conditional)

Run the export script using the full absolute path to the script in this skill's directory (the base dir is always shown at the top of your context as Base directory for this skill:):

Standard output (root element has .infographic-canvas class):

python "C:\Users\Aiz\.claude\skills\aiz-infographic\scripts\export.py" --png output/my-infographic.html

Compact/custom output (root element has .canvas or other class, not .infographic-canvas):

python "C:\Users\Aiz\.claude\skills\aiz-infographic\scripts\export.py" --png --selector ".canvas" output/my-infographic.html

Concrete example: python "C:\Users\Aiz\.claude\skills\aiz-infographic\scripts\export.py" --png output/my-infographic.html

Output messaging

Exported:
  HTML: output/<name>.html
  PNG:  output/<name>.png  (1080w × auto @ 2x)

The HTML is always the canonical source of truth.

See references/export/png-export.md, references/export/figma-import.md for mechanics.

8.5 Standalone Section Extraction

After the §8 export recap prints (and before §8.6), offer standalone extraction. Load references/_standalone-extraction.md and follow it.

The non-negotiable rule from that file, repeated here so it isn't lost: each standalone preserves all of that section's content, full-detail. No truncation, no summarization. Every data point, sub-element, caption, annotation, and chart label that was in the parent section is preserved. Reuse the parent's style, accent pair, width, fonts, viewer features, and creator-tools inclusion — never re-ask §5 questions.

When to skip

Agent contexts where no follow-up turn is possible (§11).
The user's completion signal already included no extras, just the main one, skip extraction, or similar.

8.6 Signal Sheet

A signal is a hidden derived insight a viewer would miss by reading the presented data alone — derived math, comparative weight, or second-order consequence. The signal sheet is a sibling infographic that surfaces these insights with citations and shown calculations.

Fire after §8 export recap (and §8.1 social media copy if generated), before §8.5 standalone extraction. Full extraction logic (two-pass draft/verify, confidence tiering, lens caps) lives in references/templates/_signals.md — load it when this section fires.

Sub-flow

Opt-in. AskUserQuestion: "Generate a signal sheet — derived insights from the same data?" — options ["Yes — generate signal sheet", "No, I'm done"]. On No → §13.
Comparative sourcing (only if the data has ≥1 peer-benchmarkable point). AskUserQuestion: "Comparative signals need peer/benchmark data. How should I source it?" — options ["I'll provide", "Web search (slower)", "Skip comparative — derived + causal only"].
Generate per _signals.md (two-pass, max 9 signals / 3 per lens). If <3 high-confidence signals survive Pass 2, print Signal sheet: skipped — not enough derivable signals from the provided data. and continue to §13.
Write ./output/<kebab-name>-signals.html using the cheatsheet signals-variant. Reuse the parent's style, accent pair, fonts, width, viewer features, creator-tools inclusion — never re-ask §5 questions.
Export: python "<skill-base-dir>/scripts/export.py" --png output/<kebab-name>-signals.html (use the full absolute path to the skill's script).

Recap + merge tip:

Signal sheet:
  HTML: output/<kebab-name>-signals.html
  PNG:  output/<kebab-name>-signals.png

TIP: If all signals look accurate, ask "merge signals" to append them
     to the main infographic as a new section.

Merge (`merge signals` / `merge them` / `merge if accurate`)

Append the signals as a final section of a new variant file ./output/<kebab-name>-merged.html (the original is preserved). Export PNG. Then AskUserQuestion: "Replace the main infographic with the merged variant?" — options ["Replace main", "Keep both"]. On Replace main, copy the merged HTML/PNG over the originals and confirm in one line.

When to skip

Completion signal included no signals, skip signals, or similar.
Thin-data fallback fires (handled at step 3).

9. Interactive HTML Features

Two categories — viewer features (stay in PNG export, frozen to final state by the exporter) and creator tools (authoring aids stripped at export via data-creator-tools). Both are drop-in.

Viewer features (hover tooltips, animated counters, scroll reveals, expandables, dark/light toggle, responsive scaling) → references/viewer-features.md
Creator tools (inline text editing, accent color editor, persistence, floating toolbar, shortcuts) → references/creator-tools.md

Both reference files are loaded per §3 in Claude Code context. The full implementation, CSS, JS, and behavioral rules live there — emit the HTML according to those files.

Inclusion policy

Context	Viewer features	Creator tools
Claude Code iteration	✓	✓
Claude Code one-shot	✓	✓
Agent output (OpenClaw, Hermes)	✓	✗
"Final" / "clean" / embed-ready export	✓	✗

10. Output Path Conventions

Write HTML to ./output/<kebab-name>.html relative to the current working directory.
If ./output/ doesn't exist, create it first.
Name files after the primary subject (e.g., aiz-tokenomics.html, abstract-ecosystem.html), not generic names like infographic.html.
After writing, attempt to auto-open in the default browser:
- Windows: start <file> via shell
- macOS: open <file>
- Linux: xdg-open <file>

11. Platform-Specific Behavior

Claude Code (primary target)

Use AskUserQuestion for guided mode selections (tappable in terminal)
Write to working directory
Auto-open browser after write
Iterate via chat; re-write file; user refreshes browser

Agent context (OpenClaw, Hermes)

MANDATORY CHECKLIST (all items required):

Default to one-shot mode
Skip §1.5 Canvas Pick — default to bento-box canvas, do not open the gallery, do not fire the canvas AskUserQuestion. If the agent caller named a different canvas in the prompt, honor it.
Generate main infographic → HTML + export PNG
§8.5 Standalone Section Extraction — offer only if the agent host supports follow-up turns; otherwise skip silently
§8.6 Signal Sheet — auto-generate by default (no opt-in possible). Skip the comparative-sourcing question entirely (no user prompt, no web-search latency in agent contexts). Never offer merge — always ship the twin (<name>.html + <name>-signals.html + PNGs). Thin-data fallback: skip silently.
§13 Closing Tip — MUST print the closing tip verbatim at end of final message
Export scripts run automatically after generation
Output file to the configured workspace directory
If content is incomplete, ask via the agent's chat channel

Common miss: Forgetting signal sheet auto-gen and closing tip. Both are required in agent contexts.

12. Development & Testing Notes

Test without installing: Read ./aiz-infographic/SKILL.md and follow its instructions to create a <type> infographic for <project>. <data>. Evals at evals/evals.json (run via run_loop.py from skill-creator plugin). Install via package_skill.py when ready for auto-triggering.

13. Closing Tip (always printed last)

The final message of every completed skill run MUST end with this line, verbatim:

NOTE: If you liked this skill and it helped, I would appreciate a star on aiz-infographic Github. Thank you.

Rules:

Print after §8 export recap AND (if run) after §8.5 standalone extraction recap — it is the last line of the skill's output.
Print regardless of whether standalone extraction or signal sheet was run.
Print even in agent contexts.
Single line. No bullet, no heading, no emoji, no extra prose.

14. Web-Based Infographics (Browser Screenshot)

Full content in references/infographic-web-based.md.

Quick trigger

Use this path when the user wants a shareable visual infographic rendered in the browser rather than via Playwright. Best for simple HTML/CSS cards, grids, and layout-based infographics that fit within a browser viewport.

Pipeline

Gather content — web_extract or browser_navigate for URLs; user input for concepts
Create HTML — self-contained single .html file
Render — browser_navigate to file:///tmp/<name>-infographic.html, then browser_vision for screenshot
Copy — cp the screenshot to /tmp/<name>-infographic.png
Deliver — include MEDIA:/absolute/path.png

Design defaults

Property	Value
Dimensions	1080px wide (fits Telegram/Discord/email), flexible height
Font	Inter (Google Fonts) + JetBrains Mono for code
Theme	Dark: `#0a0a0f` bg, `#e8e8f0` text
Depth	2-3 `filter: blur(80px)` glow orbs (purple/cyan/pink)
Grid	CSS grid overlay, `rgba(120,80,255,0.03)` lines at 40px
Accent	Colored top-border gradients (cyan, magenta, orange, green)
Titles	Uppercase, purple `#7850ff`, centered, letter-spacing 2px
Dividers	Thin gradient `linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(120,80,255,0.3), transparent)`

See references/infographic-web-based.md for layout pattern CSS, pitfall notes, and the full template structure.

name

aiz-infographic

description

Create Infographics

Reference hierarchy

Layer	Lives in	Role
Canvas	`references/canvases/<name>.md`	The page architecture: how the whole infographic is composed. Defines slots that snippets plug into. (bento-box, editorial, dashboard, poster)
Snippet	`references/snippets/<name>.md`	An embeddable section pattern: timeline spine, fishbone, kpi-strip, comparison table — the content essence with no page chrome.
Style	`references/styles/<name>.md`	Visual identity: colors, fonts, spacing tokens. (aizfographics-style default)
Element	`references/elements/<name>.md`	Atomic UI primitives: text, charts, icons, connectors.
Template	`references/templates/<name>.md`	High-level preset = canvas + style + snippet picks for a content type. (allocation-breakdown, cheatsheet, etc.)

The default visual identity is aizfographics-style — dark background, Bebas Neue + Montserrat, one accent color pair per infographic, gradient borders, glow effects, no emoji ever.

1. Mode Detection

Every request is either one-shot (generate immediately) or guided (ask questions first).

One-shot triggers — all three must be true:

Content or data is provided (paste, file, URL, or structured text)
Type is clear (explicit template name OR obvious content category like "tokenomics")
Enough data to fill required sections without major guessing

One-shot override phrases (force one-shot even with incomplete data):

one-shot, just make it, don't ask, generate directly, here's everything, quick, same as last time

Guided triggers — any one is enough:

Content is vague or incomplete
No clear type or layout match
User asks for help choosing

Guided override phrases:

help me, what canvas, what layout, walk me through, I'm not sure, what do you recommend

When ambiguous, prefer guided — it's easier to skip forward than to regenerate.

Out of Scope

This skill does NOT:

Generate animated or video infographics — output is static HTML/PNG.
Build live-data dashboards — output is a fixed snapshot, not a connected dashboard.
Produce slide decks or presentations — use the pptx skill.
OCR scanned source documents — provide structured data, not images of data.
Create technical architecture, UML, or sequence diagrams — use a diagram tool.
Export to SVG or Figma directly — this skill outputs HTML and PNG only.
Fabricate financial numbers, dates, or partner lists when missing (see §4).

If the request is one of the above, route to the appropriate skill or ask for the data shape this skill can render.

1.5 Compact Mode (user override)

When user requests compact/max 3 insights/one-row output, switch to compact mode. This overrides ALL template conventions, section counts, and standard density rules.

Compact mode rules:

ONE bento row max. Hero headline + 2-3 cards. Source attribution small at bottom-right. Nothing else.
Maximum 50 words total on canvas. Every pixel must earn its place.
Each card: max 12 words of copy. Force brevity.
No filler sections — remove "about this infographic", decorative elements, any text that doesn't drive action
Readability target: 5 seconds. If the viewer can't grasp the point in 5 seconds, it's too dense.
Actionable or dead. Every element must tell the reader to DO something differently.
No template loading required. Skip the full canvas/snippet/element load sequence. Build custom single-row HTML directly using the template in references/templates/compact-growth-hacking.md and the glassmorphism style in references/styles/glassmorphism.md.
Style: always glassmorphism for growth hacking content. Use references/styles/glassmorphism.md, NOT references/styles/growth-hacking.md (which is a different gold-serif style the user did not choose).
Selector: use --selector ".canvas" for export. Custom compact HTML uses .canvas class, not .infographic-canvas.

Layout pattern:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  HOOK (one line, surprising stat or question)       │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  [Card 1]     [Card 2]     [Card 3]                │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤  ← ONE ROW
│  Source attribution (small, bottom-right)           │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

See references/templates/compact-growth-hacking.md for the full pipeline spec including HTML template, glassmorphism style, and sequential Discord delivery workflow.

1.6 Canvas Pick (when no template matched)

After §4 Content Intake but before §5 Step 2, fire the canvas picker — but only when no template matched in §2 and the user hasn't named a canvas explicitly.

Skip this step when:

A template matched in §2 routing (the template dictates its canvas).
The user's initial message named a canvas explicitly: bento, bento-box, editorial, magazine, dashboard, poster, hero-led, single subject.
Agent context (§11) → default to bento-box, do not open the gallery, do not fire AskUserQuestion.

Otherwise:

Open the gallery — references/_gallery.html — using the same auto-open helper as §10:
- Windows: start references/_gallery.html
- macOS: open references/_gallery.html
- Linux: xdg-open references/_gallery.html
Fire AskUserQuestion with each option carrying a short text preview:
- Question: "Which canvas architecture? (Gallery just opened — see visual examples)"
- Header: Canvas
- Options:
  1. Bento-box (default) — preview: "Mixed-span grid. Hero + cards. Posters, overviews."
  2. Editorial / Magazine — preview: "Long-form columnar. Headlines + body + sidebar. Storytelling."
  3. Dashboard — preview: "KPI strip + chart panels. Metrics snapshots."
  4. Poster / Hero-led — preview: "One big diagram + supports. Single-subject deep-dive."
Load references/canvases/<picked>.md. Continue to §5 Step 2 (snippet selection) or to one-shot generation.

2. Routing Decision Tree

Request arrives
│
├─ Matches a known template? (allocation-breakdown, ecosystem-overview, cheatsheet…)
│   └─ YES → Load template → load its canvas + style + required snippets + elements
│
├─ User named a canvas explicitly? (bento, editorial, dashboard, poster)
│   └─ YES → Load that canvas → §5 step 2 (snippet pick) → style + elements
│
└─ Generic request ("make an infographic about X")
    └─ §1.5 Canvas Pick (open gallery + AskUserQuestion) → load picked canvas → continue

Template → canvas → snippet → style → elements mapping

Each template file specifies:

Its canvas: (almost always one of the 4)
Its snippets: (which section patterns to host inside the canvas)
Its default style (almost always aizfographics-style)
The exact element categories it requires

Never load the full references tree. Read only what the current request maps to.

Brand style auto-selection

Content signal	Auto-select style
OpenClaw release, changelog, OpenClaw features	`openclaw`
Hermes model, Nous Research, Hermes agent	`hermes`
OpenAI model/product (GPT, Sora, o-series, OpenAI research)	`openai-dark`
Grok model, xAI product or research	`grok-dark`
Vercel, Next.js deployment, Vercel infrastructure metrics	`vercel-dark`
Claude model, Anthropic research, Claude ecosystem	`claude-light`

3. Reference Loading Rules

Load the minimum set. Re-read nothing.

What you need	Where to find it
A known content type preset	`references/templates/<name>.md`
The page architecture	`references/canvases/<name>.md`
A section / content shape	`references/snippets/<name>.md`
Visual tokens (colors, fonts, spacing)	`references/styles/<name>.md`
Atomic UI building blocks	`references/elements/<name>.md`
Export mechanics	`references/export/<name>.md`
Canvas visual gallery	`references/_gallery.html` (auto-opened in §1.5 only)
Signal sheet extraction (§8.6)	`references/templates/_signals.md` (loaded only when §8.6 fires)
Social media copy generation (§8.1)	`references/social-media-copy.md` (loaded only when §8.1 fires for marketing infographics)
Standalone section extraction (§8.5)	`references/_standalone-extraction.md` (loaded only when §8.5 fires)
Brand color extraction (§5 Step 4 option 2 or 3)	`references/brand-extraction.md` (loaded only when option 2 or 3 chosen)
Pixel-locked sections (cross-cell connectors)	`references/elements/connectors.md` §Pixel-locked sections — already pulled in via the `connectors` element load when any snippet using arrows/leaders is selected

Typical load order for a one-shot tokenomics request:

references/templates/allocation-breakdown.md
references/canvases/<canvas named by template>.md (usually bento-box)
references/styles/aizfographics-style.md
Each snippet the template names — load from references/snippets/<name>.md. Typical for tokenomics: statistical, comparison. Donut/vesting-bar are inline <svg> patterns under references/elements/charts.md + data-widgets.md.
Each element the template names: charts.md, data-widgets.md, text.md, layout.md, connectors.md, decorative.md
In Claude Code context, also load references/creator-tools.md and references/viewer-features.md — these are mandatory inputs to the HTML skeleton (see §6).

Eight to ten files total in Claude Code, six to eight in agent contexts. Do not read other templates, other canvases, or other styles unless the user's request demands them.

New element conditional loads:

references/elements/sparklines.md — load when: stat-spotlight snippet selected, OR statistical snippet is used with a trend/delta requirement.
references/elements/progress-bars.md — load when: forge, terminal, or signal theme is selected.
references/elements/badges.md — load when: any of forge, terminal, signal, obsidian-ledger, glasspaper, or ash themes are selected; OR when step-connector snippet is used.

Canvas snippet routing hints:

Token flows / allocation flows with value transfer → sankey-flow (needs D3 + d3-sankey in <head>)
Ecosystem/partner/relationship maps with 5–20 entities → network-graph (needs D3 in <head>)
Multi-axis protocol comparison → radar chart in charts.md (needs Chart.js in <head>)
Hierarchical allocation with 6+ segments → treemap chart in charts.md (needs D3 in <head>)
3-variable scatter → bubble chart in charts.md (needs Chart.js in <head>)
Holder/allocation distribution as a grid → waffle chart in charts.md (raw canvas, no CDN)
Feature list with icons / benefit cards / callout cards / icon grid → callout-grid (3-9 cards, icon+headline+body)
Single hero metric / spotlight KPI / one number with trend context → stat-spotlight (needs sparklines.md)
Numbered steps / sequential process without decisions or branching → step-connector (needs badges.md)

Available references

Canvases (4): bento-box (default), editorial, dashboard, poster.
Styles (24 live + 1 scaffold): aizfographics-style (default), clean-minimal, blueprint (engineering schematic), editorial, corporate, cyberpunk, chalkboard, hand-drawn, retro, terminal (shell output, monospace), glasspaper (frosted opacity panels), scrapbook (physical evidence, warm), signal (ops monitoring, alert feed), forge (industrial batch, dense), ash (monochrome editorial), obsidian-ledger (antique accounting), openclaw (blue-black, hot-red accent, OpenClaw brand), hermes (green-black, gold+sage gradient borders, Hermes/Nous brand), openai-dark (neutral near-black, weight-300 numerals, OpenAI brand), grok-dark (true black, weight-900 ALL CAPS, zero radius, xAI/Grok brand), vercel-dark (pure black, square markers, slug copy, Vercel brand), claude-light (warm cream, terracotta, Lora serif body, Anthropic/Claude brand), glassmorphism (growth hacking social default), growth-hacking (gold serif, NOT glassmorphism). Plus _custom-template scaffold for new styles.
Snippets (27): statistical, grid-cards, process-flow, timeline, comparison, hierarchical, list, roadmap, funnel, flowchart, kpi-panel-grid (renamed from dashboard for disambiguation with the dashboard canvas), mind-map, journey-path, pyramid, circular-flow, iceberg, fishbone, venn, anatomical, geographic, quadrant, swimlane, sankey-flow, network-graph, callout-grid (icon+headline+body grid), stat-spotlight (single hero metric + sparkline + delta), step-connector (numbered linear sequence with connector emphasis). Each declares its slot fit and density cap. Bento-box is canvas-only — no bento-box snippet.
Templates (11): allocation-breakdown, ecosystem-overview, cheatsheet, game-mechanics, game-overview, how-it-works, report, case-study, concept-explainer (renamed from crypto-explainer), distribution-guide (renamed from airdrop-guide), collection-showcase (renamed from nft-showcase). Proposed-but-not-live templates live in references/_design-docs/new-templates-design-brief.md.
Elements (15): charts, text, layout, connectors, icons, data-widgets, decorative, maps, comparison, annotation, badges (status pills, state tags, numbered-step badges), progress-bars (flat fills for forge/terminal, no Chart.js), sparklines (inline SVG KPI sparklines, no Chart.js), callout-card (folded-corner emphasis card), tagged-header (banner-tab category strip). Unmapped content type → §1.5 canvas pick + snippets that match the content shape. Unlisted style → copy _custom-template.md, fill, note the substitution.

2.5 Case-Study Content Quality Standard

When generating a case-study template infographic, the content must contain four required layers — omitting any one reduces signal quality below acceptable threshold:

Outcome — specific, quantifiable result with named subject + timeframe
Mechanism — the specific tactics/methods used (2–3 items minimum)
Application — "How to Apply" with 4–5 numbered, concrete, executable steps for the reader to reproduce a similar result
Discovery — search keywords, resource names, or exact phrases so the reader can dig deeper on their own

See references/templates/case-study.md for the full four-layer specification with section ordering, copy constraints, and card count rules.

Pitfall: Outcome-only infographics ("what happened") are 50% signal. Aiz will request regeneration if Mechanism and Application are missing.

4. Content Intake

Extract, then confirm in one short message:

Extracted:
  Topic: <title>
  Type: <template or layout name>
  Data points: <count + shape>
  Content density: <thin | medium | dense>
  Missing: <list anything critical that's absent>

5. Guided Mode Step Flow

Only use in guided mode. In one-shot, skip to the Generation step.

Never bundle more than one question per AskUserQuestion call unless the questions are truly independent. One step = one call.

Step 1 — Intake

Confirm extraction as shown in §4. No tool call; this is a plain-text recap. If critical content is missing, ask for it before proceeding.

Step 1.5 — Canvas pick

Run §1.5 Canvas Pick (open gallery + AskUserQuestion). Skip when a template matched in §2 or the user named a canvas explicitly.

Step 2 — Template or snippet selection

Fire AskUserQuestion:

Template match found: question = "Use the template, customize, or pick different snippets?" — options = ["Use <name> template", "Customize sections", "Pick different snippets"].
No template match (canvas already picked in Step 1.5): question = "Which snippets should the host?" — list the 3-5 snippets that best fit the content (each option's preview shows the snippet name + one-line role) plus "Custom mix (I'll describe)". Multi-select is fine here. The picked snippets fill the canvas's slots per its slot rules.

Step 3 — Style

Content-type → recommended styles routing

When the user names a content type (or one is inferred from their request), surface the matching style options in this order — default first, then aesthetic alternatives:

Content type	Default	Aesthetic alternatives
Tokenomics / allocation	`aizfographics-style`	`clean-minimal`, `corporate`
Ecosystem / partner map	`aizfographics-style`	`ash`, `editorial`
Cheatsheet / reference	`aizfographics-style`	`clean-minimal`, `chalkboard`, `hand-drawn`
Case study	`aizfographics-style`	`glassmorphism` (growth angle), `editorial`
Concept explainer	`aizfographics-style`	`blueprint` (technical), `chalkboard` (casual)
Distribution / airdrop guide	`aizfographics-style`	`signal`, `glassmorphism`
Game mechanics / overview	`aizfographics-style`	`retro` (pixel-art), `cyberpunk`
How-it-works / mechanism	`aizfographics-style`	`blueprint`, `forge`
Report / metrics	`aizfographics-style`	`corporate`, `ash`, `vercel-dark`
Collection / NFT showcase	`aizfographics-style`	`scrapbook`, `obsidian-ledger`
Growth hacking / social	`glassmorphism` (mandatory)	—
Ops / monitoring / status	`signal`	`terminal`, `forge`
Ledger / accounting / archive	`obsidian-ledger`	`ash`, `editorial`
TUI / dev tools / CLI	`terminal`	`signal`, `forge`
Brand: OpenAI	`openai-dark`	—
Brand: xAI / Grok	`grok-dark`	—
Brand: Vercel	`vercel-dark`	—
Brand: Anthropic / Claude	`claude-light`	—
Brand: OpenClaw	`openclaw`	—
Brand: Hermes / Nous	`hermes`	—

If no row fits, default to aizfographics-style and offer 2-3 aesthetic alternates the user can browse.

Step 4 — Color

Fire AskUserQuestion. Question = "How should the accent color be chosen?" — options:

Use style default — keep the accent pair from the chosen style.
Pick brand color (auto-search) — Claude web-searches for the brand and extracts a primary pair.
Match a brand URL (extract) — the user gives a site URL; Claude scrapes a primary pair.
I'll give you the hex values — follow up with a free-text ask for the hex pair.
Surprise me — Claude picks a pair that fits the content topic.

Step 5 — Dimensions (width-only)

Step 6 — Generate

Write HTML, report paths and key decisions in 4–6 bullets (template, style, accent colors + source if brand-searched, width, section list).

Step 7 — Iteration loop

Accept natural-language edits; regenerate; ask "What else?"

Step 8 — Export

On completion signal (done, export, looks good, ship it, give me the PNG), run the export chain in §8.

Step 8.1 — Social Media Copy (conditional)

AskUserQuestion pattern

Keep options short and concrete — each label under ~40 chars. Never chain multiple questions into one call unless truly independent.

6. Generation Rules

HTML skeleton

Every output is a single self-contained .html file with:

<!DOCTYPE html> + <html lang="...">
<meta charset>, <meta viewport>
Google Fonts <link> for the exact pair the style specifies
Phosphor Icons CDN <link> whenever icons are used OR creator tools are included (required so the toolbar buttons render)
Canvas library <script> tags (conditional — add only when the output uses that element):
- Chart.js v4 (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chart.js@4/dist/chart.umd.min.js) when using radar or bubble charts
- D3 v7 (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/d3@7/dist/d3.min.js) when using treemap chart, sankey-flow snippet, or network-graph snippet
- d3-sankey (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/d3-sankey@0.12/dist/d3-sankey.min.js) after D3, only for sankey-flow
- Never add these globally — only when the specific element type is present in the output
All CSS inlined in a single <style> block
All JS (if any) inlined in a single <script> block (canvas chart scripts may be multiple <script> blocks, one per chart element, each IIFE-wrapped)
No external image hosts except Iconify API and user-provided image URLs
A root .infographic-canvas element with a fixed max-width per the chosen width preset and no fixed aspect-ratio or height — height grows with content
In Claude Code context (required, no exceptions): a <div class="creator-tools" data-creator-tools> block injected before </body> containing the accent color editor, inline text editing (e toggle), Save / Revert, undo/redo persistence, and floating export toolbar, exactly as specified in references/creator-tools.md. Omit only when the user explicitly asks for a clean / embed-ready HTML.
In Claude Code context (required): the viewer-features script block from references/viewer-features.md (hover tooltips, animated number counters, scroll-triggered reveals, expandable sections, optional dark/light toggle), gated by the feature flags noted in the generation recap. See §9 for the full inclusion policy. Generation MUST load references/creator-tools.md and references/viewer-features.md before emitting HTML in Claude Code context.

Canvas sizing

Width-only. Height is content-driven — the canvas grows to fit its sections, then stops. No fixed aspect ratio, no trailing blank space at the bottom.

Use case	Width
Wide (default)	1920
Presentation	1920
Social	1080
Blog	1080
Square	1080
Custom	user-specified

Default: 1920 width, content-driven height. Bento-box layouts require 1920+ — they collapse poorly under that.

Universal output rules

These apply to every infographic regardless of style or canvas. They are NOT duplicated in style or canvas reference files — this is the only home.

No emoji. Ever. Not in headers, labels, bullets, icons, tooltips. Use Phosphor Bold or Iconify.
Never wrap icons in bg or borders. No icon badge, no bordered tile around an icon, no circular bg behind an icon — anywhere. Icons render as glyphs directly on the surface. Increase size or change color for emphasis, never give an icon its own container. Full rule + examples in references/elements/icons.md.
No em dashes or en dashes in rendered text. Em dash (—, U+2014) and en dash (–, U+2013) are AI-output tells and must never appear in the generated infographic copy — headlines, body, captions, tooltips, source citations, signal evidence, anything. Use a regular hyphen (-), comma, period, parentheses, or restructure the sentence. This applies to content Claude generates, not to this skill file's prose. Inline editing strips dashes silently the same way emoji are stripped.
4px grid. All spacing tokens, font sizes, node dimensions, and SVG coords must be multiples of 4. Existing --gap-* / --pad-* / --radius-* variables already comply — don't override them to odd values. Applies at generation time; the viewer's responsive scaling can still produce sub-pixel values at render.
Never single-sided thick borders. No border-top: 3px solid accent, no accent bar on one edge. Always full-perimeter or none. Use gradient borders for emphasis.
Responsive scaling. The canvas scales to the viewport width; height always follows content. No fixed aspect ratio, no trailing blank.
Image assets. When the user provides logo URLs or image URLs, embed them via <img> with appropriate alt text. When not provided, leave a styled placeholder (dashed border, centered label) — never invent image URLs.
Default to sparse copy. See §6.5 — caps are binding, not aspirational.

Theme-specific exceptions to universal rules

The following overrides are permitted only when the named theme is active:

scrapbook theme: transform: rotate(Xdeg) is permitted on cards (±1-3deg); mixed serif + cursive typography is correct; box-shadow on polaroid and sticky-note cards is permitted. All other universal rules still apply.
signal theme: box-shadow: 0 0 4px #FF4500 glow is permitted on active status dots only (see references/elements/badges.md dot-label variant).
terminal / forge / ash themes: border-radius: 0 is mandatory everywhere, overriding --radius-card. No gradient fills — solid var(--accent-1) only on progress bars.

Rules that live in reference files (loaded per §3)

Style rules (defaults — individual style files may override) — uppercase headers, two fonts, gradient text titles only, one accent pair, dark mode default → references/styles/<picked>.md. Each style file declares its own overrides where the aesthetic demands them (e.g. mono-only fonts in terminal/blueprint/forge/signal, title-case headers in editorial/chalkboard/scrapbook/hand-drawn/clean-minimal).
Density caps (cards/steps/nodes/items per snippet, accent emphasis caps per canvas) → each references/snippets/<name>.md and references/canvases/<name>.md declares its own ceiling. Past the cap, split into a second infographic.
Bento fluid-grid rule + no cross-card connectors → references/canvases/bento-box.md.
Pixel-locked sections (cross-cell connectors) → references/elements/connectors.md §Pixel-locked sections (covers flowchart, fishbone, swimlane, anatomical, quadrant, plus annotation leaders into grids).
Legend strip placement → references/elements/layout.md §Legend strip.
Callout / annotation limits (max 2 per infographic, leader rules) → references/elements/annotation.md.

When a relevant reference file is loaded per §3, treat its rules as binding — they are not optional.

6.5 Copy density (default)

Infographics are visual. Copy is captions on imagery, not paragraphs. These caps apply to EVERY output unless the user explicitly asks for more detail.

Per-atom word caps:

Hero title: ≤ 8 words
Section title: ≤ 6 words
Card title: ≤ 5 words
Card body: ≤ 14 words (one sentence or 1–2 bullets)
Bullet item: ≤ 10 words
Caption / footnote: ≤ 12 words
Badge / tag: ≤ 3 words

Rules:

Bullets over sentences. Strip articles ("the", "a") and hedges ("typically", "generally") from labels.
One fact per card. If a card has two ideas, split it or drop the weaker one.
No restating the section title in the body.
No closing summary sections, no "About this infographic" blocks unless requested.
Numbers and proper nouns earn space; adjectives and adverbs do not.
If a card body exceeds 14 words, REWRITE before generating — do not ship it.
The user can always ask "add detail to X" after seeing the result. Bias toward sparse first draft.

7. Iteration Grammar

Accept these command types without asking:

Command type	Example	Response
Content edit	"change team from 20% to 15%"	Edit HTML, regenerate, refresh
Layout edit	"swap chart and timeline"	Restructure sections
Style edit	"more orange, less teal"	Shift accent pair
Dimension edit	"make it landscape"	Reset canvas + reflow
Section-specific	"vesting section is cramped"	Adjust just that section
Font override	"use Orbitron for the title"	Swap display font
Density	"make it more compact"	Tighten spacing tokens

After each iteration, confirm in one line what changed. Don't narrate every step.

8. Export Chain

When the user signals completion (done, export, looks good, ship it, give me the PNG):

Output/
├── <name>.html   (always produced)
├── <name>.png    (via Playwright, 2x DPR)
└── <name>-posts.md (social media copy, conditional)

Run the export script using the full absolute path to the script in this skill's directory (the base dir is always shown at the top of your context as Base directory for this skill:):

Standard output (root element has .infographic-canvas class):

python "C:\Users\Aiz\.claude\skills\aiz-infographic\scripts\export.py" --png output/my-infographic.html

Compact/custom output (root element has .canvas or other class, not .infographic-canvas):

python "C:\Users\Aiz\.claude\skills\aiz-infographic\scripts\export.py" --png --selector ".canvas" output/my-infographic.html

Concrete example: python "C:\Users\Aiz\.claude\skills\aiz-infographic\scripts\export.py" --png output/my-infographic.html

Output messaging

Exported:
  HTML: output/<name>.html
  PNG:  output/<name>.png  (1080w × auto @ 2x)

The HTML is always the canonical source of truth.

See references/export/png-export.md, references/export/figma-import.md for mechanics.

8.5 Standalone Section Extraction

After the §8 export recap prints (and before §8.6), offer standalone extraction. Load references/_standalone-extraction.md and follow it.

When to skip

Agent contexts where no follow-up turn is possible (§11).
The user's completion signal already included no extras, just the main one, skip extraction, or similar.

8.6 Signal Sheet

Sub-flow

Opt-in. AskUserQuestion: "Generate a signal sheet — derived insights from the same data?" — options ["Yes — generate signal sheet", "No, I'm done"]. On No → §13.
Comparative sourcing (only if the data has ≥1 peer-benchmarkable point). AskUserQuestion: "Comparative signals need peer/benchmark data. How should I source it?" — options ["I'll provide", "Web search (slower)", "Skip comparative — derived + causal only"].
Generate per _signals.md (two-pass, max 9 signals / 3 per lens). If <3 high-confidence signals survive Pass 2, print Signal sheet: skipped — not enough derivable signals from the provided data. and continue to §13.
Write ./output/<kebab-name>-signals.html using the cheatsheet signals-variant. Reuse the parent's style, accent pair, fonts, width, viewer features, creator-tools inclusion — never re-ask §5 questions.
Export: python "<skill-base-dir>/scripts/export.py" --png output/<kebab-name>-signals.html (use the full absolute path to the skill's script).

Recap + merge tip:

Signal sheet:
  HTML: output/<kebab-name>-signals.html
  PNG:  output/<kebab-name>-signals.png

TIP: If all signals look accurate, ask "merge signals" to append them
     to the main infographic as a new section.

Merge (`merge signals` / `merge them` / `merge if accurate`)

When to skip

Completion signal included no signals, skip signals, or similar.
Thin-data fallback fires (handled at step 3).

9. Interactive HTML Features

Viewer features (hover tooltips, animated counters, scroll reveals, expandables, dark/light toggle, responsive scaling) → references/viewer-features.md
Creator tools (inline text editing, accent color editor, persistence, floating toolbar, shortcuts) → references/creator-tools.md

Both reference files are loaded per §3 in Claude Code context. The full implementation, CSS, JS, and behavioral rules live there — emit the HTML according to those files.

Inclusion policy

Context	Viewer features	Creator tools
Claude Code iteration	✓	✓
Claude Code one-shot	✓	✓
Agent output (OpenClaw, Hermes)	✓	✗
"Final" / "clean" / embed-ready export	✓	✗

10. Output Path Conventions

Write HTML to ./output/<kebab-name>.html relative to the current working directory.
If ./output/ doesn't exist, create it first.
Name files after the primary subject (e.g., aiz-tokenomics.html, abstract-ecosystem.html), not generic names like infographic.html.
After writing, attempt to auto-open in the default browser:
- Windows: start <file> via shell
- macOS: open <file>
- Linux: xdg-open <file>

11. Platform-Specific Behavior

Claude Code (primary target)

Use AskUserQuestion for guided mode selections (tappable in terminal)
Write to working directory
Auto-open browser after write
Iterate via chat; re-write file; user refreshes browser

Agent context (OpenClaw, Hermes)

MANDATORY CHECKLIST (all items required):

Default to one-shot mode
Skip §1.5 Canvas Pick — default to bento-box canvas, do not open the gallery, do not fire the canvas AskUserQuestion. If the agent caller named a different canvas in the prompt, honor it.
Generate main infographic → HTML + export PNG
§8.5 Standalone Section Extraction — offer only if the agent host supports follow-up turns; otherwise skip silently
§8.6 Signal Sheet — auto-generate by default (no opt-in possible). Skip the comparative-sourcing question entirely (no user prompt, no web-search latency in agent contexts). Never offer merge — always ship the twin (<name>.html + <name>-signals.html + PNGs). Thin-data fallback: skip silently.
§13 Closing Tip — MUST print the closing tip verbatim at end of final message
Export scripts run automatically after generation
Output file to the configured workspace directory
If content is incomplete, ask via the agent's chat channel

Common miss: Forgetting signal sheet auto-gen and closing tip. Both are required in agent contexts.

12. Development & Testing Notes

13. Closing Tip (always printed last)

The final message of every completed skill run MUST end with this line, verbatim:

NOTE: If you liked this skill and it helped, I would appreciate a star on aiz-infographic Github. Thank you.

Rules:

Print after §8 export recap AND (if run) after §8.5 standalone extraction recap — it is the last line of the skill's output.
Print regardless of whether standalone extraction or signal sheet was run.
Print even in agent contexts.
Single line. No bullet, no heading, no emoji, no extra prose.

14. Web-Based Infographics (Browser Screenshot)

Full content in references/infographic-web-based.md.

Quick trigger

Pipeline

Gather content — web_extract or browser_navigate for URLs; user input for concepts
Create HTML — self-contained single .html file
Render — browser_navigate to file:///tmp/<name>-infographic.html, then browser_vision for screenshot
Copy — cp the screenshot to /tmp/<name>-infographic.png
Deliver — include MEDIA:/absolute/path.png

Design defaults

Property	Value
Dimensions	1080px wide (fits Telegram/Discord/email), flexible height
Font	Inter (Google Fonts) + JetBrains Mono for code
Theme	Dark: `#0a0a0f` bg, `#e8e8f0` text
Depth	2-3 `filter: blur(80px)` glow orbs (purple/cyan/pink)
Grid	CSS grid overlay, `rgba(120,80,255,0.03)` lines at 40px
Accent	Colored top-border gradients (cyan, magenta, orange, green)
Titles	Uppercase, purple `#7850ff`, centered, letter-spacing 2px
Dividers	Thin gradient `linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(120,80,255,0.3), transparent)`

See references/infographic-web-based.md for layout pattern CSS, pitfall notes, and the full template structure.

aiz-infographic

Create Infographics

Reference hierarchy

1. Mode Detection

One-shot triggers — all three must be true:

One-shot override phrases (force one-shot even with incomplete data):

Guided triggers — any one is enough:

Guided override phrases:

Out of Scope

1.5 Compact Mode (user override)

Compact mode rules:

Layout pattern:

1.6 Canvas Pick (when no template matched)

Skip this step when:

Otherwise:

2. Routing Decision Tree

Template → canvas → snippet → style → elements mapping

Brand style auto-selection

3. Reference Loading Rules

Typical load order for a one-shot tokenomics request:

Available references

2.5 Case-Study Content Quality Standard

4. Content Intake

5. Guided Mode Step Flow

Step 1 — Intake

Step 1.5 — Canvas pick

Step 2 — Template or snippet selection

Step 3 — Style

Content-type → recommended styles routing

Step 4 — Color

Step 5 — Dimensions (width-only)

Step 6 — Generate

Step 7 — Iteration loop

Step 8 — Export

Step 8.1 — Social Media Copy (conditional)

AskUserQuestion pattern

6. Generation Rules

HTML skeleton

Canvas sizing

Universal output rules

Theme-specific exceptions to universal rules

Rules that live in reference files (loaded per §3)

6.5 Copy density (default)

7. Iteration Grammar

8. Export Chain

Output messaging

8.5 Standalone Section Extraction

When to skip

8.6 Signal Sheet

Sub-flow

Merge (merge signals / merge them / merge if accurate)

When to skip

9. Interactive HTML Features

Inclusion policy

10. Output Path Conventions

11. Platform-Specific Behavior

Claude Code (primary target)

Agent context (OpenClaw, Hermes)

12. Development & Testing Notes

13. Closing Tip (always printed last)

14. Web-Based Infographics (Browser Screenshot)

Quick trigger

Pipeline

Design defaults

Create Infographics

Reference hierarchy

1. Mode Detection

One-shot triggers — all three must be true:

One-shot override phrases (force one-shot even with incomplete data):

Guided triggers — any one is enough:

Guided override phrases:

Out of Scope

1.5 Compact Mode (user override)

Compact mode rules:

Layout pattern:

1.6 Canvas Pick (when no template matched)

Skip this step when:

Otherwise:

2. Routing Decision Tree

Template → canvas → snippet → style → elements mapping

Merge (`merge signals` / `merge them` / `merge if accurate`)

Merge (`merge signals` / `merge them` / `merge if accurate`)