X Post

x-post: X / Twitter post image

Goal: produce the PNG asset of a tweet image, at the chosen ratio, aligned with the guidelines.

This is a specialization of new-template with the X constraints hard-coded. Same conventions: the Template contract, assets through brand(), fonts discovered in fonts/, export default ... satisfies Template.

Status of the dimensions. X documents no dimensions for organic tweet images; only the weight (5 MB) is official. The sizes below are conventions aligned with the ratios X lists for its advertising formats.

0. Prerequisites (blocking)

The chain project -> template folder -> guidelines must exist:

• Resolve <project> (from the arguments, otherwise ask).
• Check templates/<project>/ and brands/<project>/brand.md.
• Missing guidelines or project -> STOP: ask for /new-project <project> first. No visual without guidelines (CLAUDE.md rule).

1. Frame it

• Which orientation? Ask. Default: 16:9 landscape (the classic format of the X feed). Otherwise square (1:1) or portrait (4:5).
• Default slug x-post (or x-post-<orientation> if there are several). Check that the target .tsx does not exist.
• Read brands/<project>/brand.md: palette, type, logo variants, don'ts.
• Read brands/<project>/project.md if it exists: set the tone and the claims (don't invent figures or promises). If absent -> ask for the tone and the message rather than guessing.
• Ask for the message: short headline + standfirst (1 sentence). No paragraph.

2. X constraints (to respect)

• Format: PNG or JPG, opaque background, ≤ 5 MB (the official limit for tweet images; trivial with flat rendering).
• The tweet's text lives outside the image, in the post: don't write everything into the visual. One idea per image.
• Legible when small: the X feed scrolls fast and narrow on mobile. Large headline, short standfirst, strong contrast, safe area of about 80 px.
• X tone: direct, punchy, concise. The feed rewards a sharp line.

3. Write the template

templates/<project>/<slug>.tsx, with colors as constants taken from the guidelines. Pick SIZE according to the orientation. Skeleton:

import type { ReactNode } from "react";
import { brand, type Template } from "brand-artisan";
// import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises"; // if you load the mark

// Pick according to the orientation:
const SIZE = { width: 1600, height: 900 }; // Landscape 16:9 (default)
// const SIZE = { width: 1080, height: 1080 }; // Square 1:1
// const SIZE = { width: 1080, height: 1350 }; // Portrait 4:5

// <Project> guideline palette (from brands/<project>/brand.md).
const INK = "#......";

function render(): ReactNode {
	return (
		<div
			style={{
				width: "100%",
				height: "100%",
				display: "flex",
				flexDirection: "column",
				justifyContent: "center",
				padding: 80, // safe area
				backgroundColor: INK, // opaque background
			}}
		>
			{/* logo + large headline + short standfirst, strong contrast */}
		</div>
	);
}

export default { size: SIZE, title: "<Project> X post", render } satisfies Template;

Shared conventions: assets through brand("<project>/..."), fonts discovered in fonts/; a missing font -> the "missing font" appendix in new-template, never silently. Keep the code minimal.

4. Verify

• npm run typecheck -> green.
• npm run build -> writes out/<project>/<slug>.png.
• Check the PNG: exact dimensions for the orientation, opaque background, correct ratio (16:9 / 1:1 / 4:5).
• Preview: npm run dev then /<project>/<slug>; check legibility shrunk to the width of a mobile feed.

Success criterion: a PNG at the dimensions of the chosen orientation, opaque, legible when small, punchy in tone, and using only colors and type from brand.md.