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Updated Jun 28, 2026 · Affirmology_DesignBrief_ForAnyChat_v1.md
Generic AI design happens because the model falls back to safe defaults. Forbid these explicitly: - Purple/blue gradients, neon, or "techy" SaaS color schemes. - Inter (or any sans) at weight 400/500 for everything, no weight contrast. - Flat white sections stacked vertically, default shadcn/Tailwind look, default card shadows. - Everything centered, equal-sized, no hierarchy. Emoji as icons. Clip-art-style flat vector blobs. - One flat background with no depth. These read as "AI made this." We never ship them.
Palette: deep emerald #0a2014 (base), darker #061b10, card emerald #112e26; gold #c89b3c, soft gold #d9b15a, bright gold #ecd9a8; cream #faf6ee, muted cream #cdbfa3; lines #1f4536 / soft gold rgba(217,177,90,0.18).
(Light variant for docs/email: cream background #faf6ee, deep-emerald headers #0e3a24, darker gold accents #a8791b, body #2f3e36.)
Type: Headlines = Cormorant Garamond 600-700, italic on the emphasis word. Body = Inter 300-400 (LIGHT, never 500+ for body). Eyebrows/labels = JetBrains Mono, 10-11px, UPPERCASE, letter-spacing 0.28-0.34em. Extreme weight contrast is the point: heavy serif display over light sans body.
Aesthetic target: cinematic, spacey, like a film trailer. Deep space, golden constellation linework, a little witchy, classy, Greek Hellenistic idealism. A gold ✦ ornament recurs and slowly "breathes."
Layer at least two of these on any full-page experience: 1. Living starfield (200-340 stars, subtle twinkle + slow drift, ~28% gold-tinted). 2. Aura drift: soft radial emerald + faint gold blobs, slow 22-26s movement. 3. Film grain at ~5% opacity. 4. Vignette: transparent center to dark edges. 5. Gold thread: a 1px transparent-gold-transparent line on card top edges. 6. Buttons are ceremonies: gradient surface, hover lift, gold glow, a light sweep across on hover.
Breathe, never bounce. Scale pulses 1 to ~1.2 on a slow sine. Everything eases out (power2/power3.out). Entrances stagger in (opacity 0 + slight rise). Constellation lines DRAW ON, never just fade. Long experiences start cool/dim and warm toward gold near the call to action.
Always specify: cinematic, deep emerald-and-gold palette, volumetric light, film grain, shallow depth of field, golden constellation linework, Hellenistic/sacred-geometry motifs, painterly not clip-art. Negative: no flat vector, no stock-photo look, no neon, no purple, no generic UI mockups.
Tell the chat: "Using this brief, produce 3 distinct variations of [the thing]. Each must use the locked palette, the type system, and at least two texture layers. No purple, no flat white, no default shadcn. Render all three so I can choose." Then iterate on the winner. Always ask for 3, always reference this brief and the affirmology-design skill by name.