Talisman
Generate a polished, on-brand PDF guide/handbook/whitepaper from a codebase or project using LaTeX (.tex -> .pdf) or Markdown->pandoc->pdf, with a designed cover page, the product's real brand colors and logo, a subtle branded page background, and TikZ diagrams (domain models, flows, state machines). Use for any branded PDF derived from a real app: ".tex to pdf", "make a PDF guide", "document how X works", "cover page with our logo", or "in the style of <product>".
Install
npx skills add jeunecraack/talisman-skill --skill talismangit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeunecraack/talisman-skill.git /tmp/talisman-skill
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/talisman-skill/. ~/.claude/skills/talismanPersonal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.
From the SKILL.md
# Talisman (v1)
Turn a codebase into a beautiful, accurate, brand-styled PDF book. Output is a
LaTeX project (`main.tex` + `preamble.tex` + `chapters/*` + `figures/*` +
`Makefile`) that builds to `main.pdf`.
Two things make or break the result: **accuracy** and **brand fidelity**.
## Workflow
### Phase 0 — Define the brief (via grill-me)
Before any code reading or generation, load the grill-me skill and answer the 6
questions in `references/grill-questions.md` one at a time. The answers parameterize
every downstream phase:
- `$DOC_TYPE` → cover subtitle, `\DOC_KIND`, TOC architecture
- `$AUDIENCE` → code density, diagram vs text ratio, depth
- `$SCOPE` → research targets, number of chapters
- `$DEPTH` → total page target, lines per chapter
- `$FOCUS` → extra chapter or section
- `$DIAGRAMS` → which diagram families to produce
Record the answers as variables. Every decision below branches on them.
### Phase 1 — Probe the environment
```bash
latex --version 2>/dev/null | head -1
which latexmk tectonic pandoc 2>/dev/null
python3 -c "import PIL; print('PIL ok')" 2>/dev/null
which pdftoppm 2>/dev/null
kpsewhich tikz.sty eso-pic.sty tcolorbox.sty hyperref.sty 2>/dev/null
kpsewhich helvet.sty avant.sty sourcecodepro.sty 2>/dev/null
```
**Engine choice**: `pdflatex` (safe) → `latexmk` (smart) → `tectonic` (fastest).
### Phase 2 — Extract brand identity
- **Colors** — `grep -E '(oklch|--primary|--brand)'` on CSS/theme files.Details
- Skill name
talisman- Repository
- jeunecraack/talisman-skill
- License
- MIT
- Repo updated
- 20 August 2026
FAQ
What does the Talisman skill do?
Generate a polished, on-brand PDF guide/handbook/whitepaper from a codebase or project using LaTeX (.tex -> .pdf) or Markdown->pandoc->pdf, with a designed cover page, the product's real brand colors and logo, a subtle branded page background, and TikZ diagrams (domain models, flows, state machines). Use for any branded PDF derived from a real app: ".tex to pdf", "make a PDF guide", "document how X works", "cover page with our logo", or "in the style of <product>".
How do I install the Talisman skill?
skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add jeunecraack/talisman-skill --skill talisman. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.
Is Talisman popular?
It lives in jeunecraack/talisman-skill, which has 7 GitHub stars and 1 forks.
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