# Mono Color Posters

Generate one- or two-ink editorial print poster images.

- Repository: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent (259479 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill mono-color -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill mono-color -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill mono-color -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add NousResearch/hermes-agent --skill mono-color -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Generate one- or two-ink editorial print poster images.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Mono-Color Editorial Print Skill

Turn any user theme, sentence, or reference photo into an original printed editorial artifact with one stable visual language: adaptive neutral substrate + one or two inks + mechanically reproduced image + typographic tension + concise human voice.

This skill designs and generates the image; it does not imitate any one reference, copy a source composition, wording, logo, or artwork, and it never uses more than two printing inks.

## When to Use

The user asks for a monochrome editorial poster, duotone print, risograph/zine poster, halftone photo treatment, one-ink or two-ink cover, or names the mono-color style. Chinese trigger vocabulary includes 单色海报、双色印刷、单色调视觉、蓝色/绿色孔版印刷、网点照片、复古或当代编辑排版. Do not trigger merely because a request mentions a color.

## Prerequisites

- The Hermes `image_generate` tool (search/describe it via the deferred-tool catalog if not loaded). If image generation is unavailable, deliver prompt-only and say so.
- The `design-system/` catalogs bundled with this skill (see Quick Reference).

## Quick Reference

Print modes:

| Mode | When |
|---|---|
| Pure one-ink | User explicitly requests one ink, monochrome, or one named ink without a second color |
| Chromatic ink + black | Quiet, observational, natural, architectural, long-form subjects; chromatic plate carries the image, carbon/charcoal carries text |
| Complementary duotone | General default; dominant plate 70, 85%, accent 15, 30% with a specific role; fallback pair Cobalt + Terracotta `#2148B8` + `#C65F38` |
| Overprint duotone | Two plates deliberately overlap; the darker mixed zone is not a third ink |

Catalogs (source of truth, **when an exact value differs, the catalog wins over any prose**; read only the catalog relevant to the current decision):

The rest: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/HEAD/optional-skills/creative/mono-color/SKILL.md