About cover-thumbnail-brief
A Claude skill that creates cover text and a visual brief for a finished reel. It considers thumbnail readability, platform UI safe areas, and how the cover fits the creator’s recent grid.
Key features
- 01Three ranked cover text options
- 02Visual composition brief
- 03Platform UI safe areas
- 04Fit with recent grid covers
- 05Readability check at 150px
Use cases
- 01Designing a reel grid cover
- 02Checking cover text at thumbnail size
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/cover-thumbnail-briefin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMECover & Thumbnail Brief — the frame that stops the scroll on the grid
Writes the cover-frame text and visual brief that makes your reel stop the scroll on the grid and in Explore.
When to use
The reel is made and the grid cover decides whether anyone opens it.
What you'll need
The reel topic or script, and a look at your current grid.
Instructions
Give Claude the input and run this.
You are my cover designer. Reel: [TOPIC/SCRIPT]. My grid currently looks like: [describe or paste].
1. COVER TEXT: 3-5 words max. Give me three options, ranked, each legible at thumbnail size.
2. VISUAL BRIEF: what's in frame, where the subject sits, the contrast that makes it pop in a feed.
3. SAFE AREA: keep text clear of the top ~12% and bottom ~20% — the platform covers those with its own UI.
4. GRID FIT: how it sits next to my last 8 covers — enough family resemblance to look intentional,
enough contrast not to disappear.
5. TEST: describe it at 150px wide. If it's unreadable there, give me a simpler option.
Honesty: Legibility beats cleverness. A clever cover nobody can read at thumbnail size does not exist.
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