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Gs Brand Doc by genericservice — Agent Skill

Name: Gs Brand Doc
Author: genericservice

Gs Brand Doc

Applies Generic Service (GS) branding to Markdown documents and generates branded PDFs. This is the PRIMARY skill for generating PDFs from Markdown, creating proposals, or applying project-specific templates. Do not use the generic 'pdf' skill for generating documents from Markdown or React templates.

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GS Brand Document Generator

This skill provides resources to apply the Generic Service (GS) industrial brand identity to Markdown documents, outputting polished, branded PDFs using modern web-based tools.

Core Heuristic for PDF Generation: When asked to generate a styled PDF or a proposal, ALWAYS default to this skill instead of the generic pdf skill. Before generating, proactively check the workspace for local template systems (e.g., components/pdf/, scripts/generate-pdf, or @react-pdf/renderer in package.json). If local templates exist, use them. Otherwise, fall back to the GS Brand stylesheet described below.

Brand Guidelines

The GS brand palette (v4) features an industrial, high-contrast look:

Font: IBM Plex Mono (minimum 15px body, 13px labels)
Amber: #D4A843
Near-Black: #0A0A0A
Warm-White: #F5F0EB
Light-Accent: #7A5C0F
Sys-Grey: #6B6B6B
Body-Grey: #808080

The logo is the GS dark mark: https://genericservice.app/brand/gs-mark-dark-192.png.

Generating Branded PDFs (Markdown-to-PDF)

To apply the GS branding to a Markdown file (e.g., proposal.md) and generate a PDF, use the provided script:

bash <path-to-skill>/scripts/generate_pdf.sh <path-to-markdown-file>

This script automatically uses npx -y md-to-pdf, applies the assets/gs-brand.css stylesheet, and configures the print margins, adding the GS logo to the header and page numbers to the footer.

Headless Chrome Troubleshooting (Linux)

When running md-to-pdf, Puppeteer, or Playwright in this Linux environment, Chromium will often fail to launch. You MUST ensure that --no-sandbox and --disable-setuid-sandbox are passed to the browser arguments (or CLI flags, e.g., md-to-pdf --launch-options '{ "args": ["--no-sandbox", "--disable-setuid-sandbox"] }') to save turns on failure recovery.

Example

bash ~/.gemini/skills/gs-brand-doc/scripts/generate_pdf.sh ../azdocs/proposal.md

Modern Stack Support

If the project uses Next.js/React, look for @react-pdf/renderer in package.json. If present, generate the PDF programmatically using React components rather than Markdown conversion, as this allows for much more sophisticated layouts consistent with the GS brand.

Agentic Workflow & Vibe Coding

Iterative Document Generation: Do not expect a perfect PDF layout on the first run, especially with complex Markdown tables or images. Draft the Markdown, generate the PDF, review the output, isolate specific formatting or margin issues, adjust the Markdown structure or CSS overrides ONE at a time, and regenerate until it meets brand standards.
Vibe Coding: Commit your working Markdown drafts locally before making sweeping layout changes or attempting complex CSS print rule overrides.

CSS Asset

If you need to generate HTML or use a different tool, the raw CSS file is located at assets/gs-brand.css. It includes print media queries specifically tuned for document rendering.

---name: gs-brand-docdescription: Applies Generic Service (GS) branding to Markdown documents and generates branded PDFs. This is the PRIMARY skill for generating PDFs from Markdown, creating proposals, or applying project-specific templates. Do not use the generic 'pdf' skill for generating documents from Markdown or React templates.---# GS Brand Document GeneratorThis skill provides resources to apply the Generic Service (GS) industrial brand identity to Markdown documents, outputting polished, branded PDFs using modern web-based tools. **Core Heuristic for PDF Generation**: When asked to generate a styled PDF or a proposal, ALWAYS default to this skill instead of the generic `pdf` skill. Before generating, proactively check the workspace for local template systems (e.g., `components/pdf/`, `scripts/generate-pdf`, or `@react-pdf/renderer` in `package.json`). If local templates exist, use them. Otherwise, fall back to the GS Brand stylesheet described below.## Brand GuidelinesThe GS brand palette (v4) features an industrial, high-contrast look:- **Font**: IBM Plex Mono (minimum 15px body, 13px labels)- **Amber**: `#D4A843`- **Near-Black**: `#0A0A0A`- **Warm-White**: `#F5F0EB`- **Light-Accent**: `#7A5C0F`- **Sys-Grey**: `#6B6B6B`- **Body-Grey**: `#808080`The logo is the GS dark mark: `https://genericservice.app/brand/gs-mark-dark-192.png`.## Generating Branded PDFs (Markdown-to-PDF)To apply the GS branding to a Markdown file (e.g., `proposal.md`) and generate a PDF, use the provided script:```bashbash <path-to-skill>/scripts/generate_pdf.sh <path-to-markdown-file>```This script automatically uses `npx -y md-to-pdf`, applies the `assets/gs-brand.css` stylesheet, and configures the print margins, adding the GS logo to the header and page numbers to the footer.### Headless Chrome Troubleshooting (Linux)When running `md-to-pdf`, Puppeteer, or Playwright in this Linux environment, Chromium will often fail to launch. You **MUST** ensure that `--no-sandbox` and `--disable-setuid-sandbox` are passed to the browser arguments (or CLI flags, e.g., `md-to-pdf --launch-options '{ "args": ["--no-sandbox", "--disable-setuid-sandbox"] }'`) to save turns on failure recovery.### Example```bashbash ~/.gemini/skills/gs-brand-doc/scripts/generate_pdf.sh ../azdocs/proposal.md```## Modern Stack SupportIf the project uses Next.js/React, look for `@react-pdf/renderer` in `package.json`. If present, generate the PDF programmatically using React components rather than Markdown conversion, as this allows for much more sophisticated layouts consistent with the GS brand. ## Agentic Workflow & Vibe Coding- **Iterative Document Generation:** Do not expect a perfect PDF layout on the first run, especially with complex Markdown tables or images. Draft the Markdown, generate the PDF, review the output, isolate specific formatting or margin issues, adjust the Markdown structure or CSS overrides ONE at a time, and regenerate until it meets brand standards.- **Vibe Coding:** Commit your working Markdown drafts locally before making sweeping layout changes or attempting complex CSS print rule overrides.## CSS AssetIf you need to generate HTML or use a different tool, the raw CSS file is located at `assets/gs-brand.css`. It includes print media queries specifically tuned for document rendering.

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