Project Brief

Project Brief Template

Use this template for weekly / periodic digests that should feel like a hand-assembled reporter's notebook — issue-numbered, taped, clipped, ruled, with a clear physical metaphor.

Use When

• The artifact is a recurring digest (周报 / VOL.NN / Issue N) with multiple grouped entries.
• Sections include: new features, optimizations, bug fixes, links, notes — i.e. a changelog-shaped narrative.
• The voice is product-team or editorial-team-internal, not corporate.
• The deliverable will be exported / shared as a high-res image or PDF, not just a scrolling page.

Avoid When

• The content is a one-off announcement (use a social card or blog-post).
• The audience expects a corporate formal report — this is intentionally crafty and warm.
• The user wants a presentation / deck (use ppt/).
• The content is a marketing landing — wrong carrier entirely.

Required Reading

Read this SKILL.md first. Do not read 清言周报-VOL18-notebook.html by default.

Read the pattern only when you need concrete geometry — spiral hole spacing, tape angle and deckle, binder-clip placement, receipt-grid pattern, the 31px ruled baseline. Extract patterns; do not copy placeholder issue numbers, dates, feature names, or class names wholesale.

Design Strategy

Lock the issue's spine before placing decoration:

1. Masthead — logo + date strip + 1-paragraph intro.
2. Issue mark — cobalt tape with VOL.NN + binder clip.
3. Table of contents — three-column grid pointing to numbered sections.
4. Sections — each with a kicker (uppercase Spanish / English label) + Chinese title + indexed entries.
5. One "physical" highlight block — receipt for optimizations, taped Polaroid for a feature, mint folder tab for an announcement.
6. Closing lockup + colophon — QR / ticket / page-number metadata.

Each issue should follow the same spine — that's how a weekly builds identity over time.

Layout Bias

Prefer:

• mixed serif (FlyFlowerSong / Noto Serif SC) + sans (Noto Sans SC) + mono (JetBrains Mono) — each carries a role
• ruled baseline grid for body copy; entries align to it
• dashed dividers between entries, not solid rules
• one or two "physical" elements per page (tape / clip / receipt / folder tab) — not all of them at once
• index numbers (01 / 02 / 03) on entries; uppercase Latin kickers above CJK section titles

Avoid:

• emoji icons (the physical metaphor already does the warmth work)
• glossy gradients, drop shadows on every element, plastic stickers
• forcing every entry into the same card shape — the charm is in varied physical props
• copying the cobalt blue / mint green palette verbatim if the brand has its own colors — keep the metaphor, retheme the palette

Platform / Size

A4-portrait-leaning long page, designed to render as a single tall artifact (image / PDF). Not optimized for mobile feeds; if the user wants a mobile-shareable version, export sections as separate social cards.