Details
Overview
Strategies: Branding Skill is an open-source Agent Skill from the kostja94/marketing-skills collection (MIT). It teaches AI coding agents focused marketing / SEO workflows so they can produce production-ready guidance instead of generic advice.
Guides brand strategy: purpose, values, positioning, storytelling, voice, and visual identity. Companies with consistent branding see 23–33% revenue lift; people remember stories ~22× more than facts alone. Use this skill when defining a new brand, auditing consistency, or aligning messaging across touchpoints.
Identify: 1. Scope: New brand, audit, or alignment 2. Touchpoints: Website, social, product UI, directories, content 3. Existing assets: Brand guide, logo, style guide
Official skill id: branding. Source path: skills/strategies/brand/branding.
Key Features
- B: rand strategy: Purpose, values, positioning, differentiation, target audience
- B: rand storytelling: Origin story, hero's journey, narrative arc, brand archetypes
- B: rand voice & tone: Voice, tone, avoid terms, preferred wording
- B: rand visual identity: Colors, typography, logo rules—strategy layer; implementation in brand-visual-generator, logo-generator
- W: hat: Journey, founding, milestones, personal experiences that shaped the company
- W: hy: Emotional connection; 58% of customers buy based on company values
How to Use
- Use a Skill-compatible agent such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex.
- Install from the terminal (Node.js required):
npx skills add https://github.com/kostja94/marketing-skills --skill branding
Or paste the install prompt from this tool page into your agent and ask it to install for you. 3. Restart / reload the agent so the new Skill is loaded. 4. Invoke the Skill with its slash commands or by asking the agent to run the workflow described in Overview / Key Features. 5. Review outputs before publishing — treat model-generated copy, images, and data as drafts.
Pricing
| Plan | Billing | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open source | — | Free | MIT license; install via npx skills add |
| Full pack | — | Free | Optional: install the entire marketing-skills repo |
No paid tiers. Check the GitHub repository for license and updates.
Best For
Marketers, indie hackers, ecommerce / SaaS founders, and SEO operators who want agents to execute a specific marketing task with structured best practices.
Trigger context from the skill author: When the user wants to define, audit, or apply brand strategy—purpose, values, positioning, storytelling, voice, narrative (not only visuals). Also use when the user mentions "brand strategy," "brand story," "brand storytelling," "brand voice," "brand identity," "brand guidelines," "brand purpose," "brand values,"…
FAQ
How do I install this skill?
npx skills add https://github.com/kostja94/marketing-skills --skill branding
Or copy the skill folder into .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, or .claude/skills/.
Does this skill run code on my machine?
No. Skills in this collection are pure Markdown instructions for agents — no executable payloads.
Can I install only this skill instead of the full pack?
Yes. Prefer --skill branding for a single task. Install 2–3 related skills per job rather than the entire library.
Where should I add project context?
Copy templates/project-context.md from the repo into .cursor/ or .claude/ and fill in product, audience, and brand details so outputs stay tailored.