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Run npx skillmds@latest add archibate/social-carousel in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

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Is Social Carousel free to use?

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Who published Social Carousel?

archibate (@archibate) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Social Carousel by archibate — Agent Skill

Name: Social Carousel
Author: archibate

Social Carousel

A three-card social-media carousel laid out as 1080×1080 squares — three cinematic, on-brand panels with display headlines that connect across the series ("onwards." → "to the next one." → "looking ahead."). Each card has a brand mark, a number / total, a caption, and a "loop" affordance. Use when the brief asks for a "carousel post", "social carousel", "Instagram carousel", "LinkedIn series", "X thread cards", or "三连发".

archibate Updated Sep 17, 2026

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Social Carousel Skill

Produce a 3-panel social carousel on a single dark stage. Each panel is a 1080×1080 cinematic still — connected as a series, but each readable on its own.

Workflow

Read the active DESIGN.md (injected above). Pick the loudest serif token for the headline lockups and a mono token for stamps / counters.
Pick the theme + 3 captions from the brief. The captions must read as one sentence when stacked: ("onwards." → "to the next one." → "looking ahead." or "input." → "iterate." → "ship.").
Stage — full-bleed dark page. Top header strip:
- Left: serif italic display "Three posts. One beat."
- Just below the title: a one-line description in muted mono ("1080×1080 · cinematic video loops · minimal type. Drop into Instagram, LinkedIn, or X — each post stands on its own or runs as a three-part series.").
- Right: small mono badge "SERIES · 01 → 03".
Cards — 3 squares in a horizontal row (wraps to stack on narrow viewports). Each card is aspect-ratio: 1 / 1 with rounded 12px corners and a subtle 1px border, plus a soft drop shadow.
- Background: a layered gradient that suggests a cinematic photo — for example, panel 1 = warm dawn meadow (stacked greens with a cyan sky wash); panel 2 = forest dusk (warm oranges fading into deep teals); panel 3 = pink-mountain ridge (rosy peaks against a dim violet sky). Use radial-gradient + linear-gradient only — no images.
- Top-left chip: brand wordmark in serif italic ("Jerrod Lew") with a small accent dot.
- Top-left below chip: micro mono index "AI · 01 / 03" (and 02, 03).
- Bottom-left: the headline lockup in white serif display, italic accent on one word.
- Bottom-right corner: a 1× LOOP mono stamp inside a thin border.
- Bottom strip caption: small caps mono describing the imagined frame ("Man, walking forward — close.", "Woman, stepping into frame.", "Woman, overlooking the city.").
Write a single HTML document:
- <!doctype html> through </html>, CSS inline.
- Cards are sized via width: clamp(280px, 30vw, 380px) so 3 fit comfortably across most desktops and stack at < 1100px.
- data-od-id on stage, each card, each headline.
Self-check:
- The three headlines together form one sentence and feel cinematic.
- Mono is used only for the wordmark index, the loop stamp, and the bottom captions. The headlines stay serif.
- Each panel's color story is distinct — no two share a dominant hue.

Output contract

Emit between <artifact> tags:

<artifact identifier="carousel-slug" type="text/html" title="Carousel — Title">
<!doctype html>
<html>...</html>
</artifact>

One sentence before the artifact, nothing after.

---name: social-carouseldescription: A three-card social-media carousel laid out as 1080×1080 squares — three cinematic, on-brand panels with display headlines that connect across the series ("onwards." → "to the next one." → "looking ahead."). Each card has a brand mark, a number / total, a caption, and a "loop" affordance. Use when the brief asks for a "carousel post", "social carousel", "Instagram carousel", "LinkedIn series", "X thread cards", or "三连发".---# Social Carousel SkillProduce a 3-panel social carousel on a single dark stage. Each panel is a1080×1080 cinematic still — connected as a series, but each readable on itsown.## Workflow1. **Read the active DESIGN.md** (injected above). Pick the loudest serif token for the headline lockups and a mono token for stamps / counters.2. **Pick the theme + 3 captions** from the brief. The captions must read as one sentence when stacked: ("onwards." → "to the next one." → "looking ahead." or "input." → "iterate." → "ship.").3. **Stage** — full-bleed dark page. Top header strip: - Left: serif italic display "Three posts. One beat." - Just below the title: a one-line description in muted mono ("1080×1080 · cinematic video loops · minimal type. Drop into Instagram, LinkedIn, or X — each post stands on its own or runs as a three-part series."). - Right: small mono badge "SERIES · 01 → 03".4. **Cards** — 3 squares in a horizontal row (wraps to stack on narrow viewports). Each card is `aspect-ratio: 1 / 1` with rounded 12px corners and a subtle 1px border, plus a soft drop shadow. - Background: a layered gradient that *suggests* a cinematic photo — for example, panel 1 = warm dawn meadow (stacked greens with a cyan sky wash); panel 2 = forest dusk (warm oranges fading into deep teals); panel 3 = pink-mountain ridge (rosy peaks against a dim violet sky). Use `radial-gradient` + `linear-gradient` only — no images. - Top-left chip: brand wordmark in serif italic ("Jerrod Lew") with a small accent dot. - Top-left below chip: micro mono index "AI · 01 / 03" (and 02, 03). - Bottom-left: the headline lockup in white serif display, italic accent on one word. - Bottom-right corner: a `1× LOOP` mono stamp inside a thin border. - Bottom strip caption: small caps mono describing the imagined frame ("Man, walking forward — close.", "Woman, stepping into frame.", "Woman, overlooking the city.").5. **Write** a single HTML document: - `<!doctype html>` through `</html>`, CSS inline. - Cards are sized via `width: clamp(280px, 30vw, 380px)` so 3 fit comfortably across most desktops and stack at < 1100px. - `data-od-id` on stage, each card, each headline.6. **Self-check**: - The three headlines together form one sentence and feel cinematic. - Mono is used only for the wordmark index, the loop stamp, and the bottom captions. The headlines stay serif. - Each panel's color story is distinct — no two share a dominant hue.## Output contractEmit between `<artifact>` tags:```<artifact identifier="carousel-slug" type="text/html" title="Carousel — Title"><!doctype html><html>...</html></artifact>```One sentence before the artifact, nothing after.

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