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replica-brand Checked

Names and rebrands an app clone so it is the user's own: name candidates with the trademark, doma…
🎨 Design & Creative skills By Jakeschincariol Version v1.0.0 Added 2026-10-12 Updated 2026-10-12 Source ↗
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Installation

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Copy the prompt below and send it to your AI assistant (e.g. Claude Code) — it will follow the instructions and install automatically.

Install the "replica-brand" skill by following the instructions at https://skill123.me/install/replica-brand.
⌨️ Command line install

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curl -fsSL https://skill123.me/install/replica-brand.sh | bash
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📊 Static rating
9.0/10
Trigger
8.0
Structure
8.0
Workflow
9.2
Content
10.0
Engineering
9.0
Security
10.0

Six-dimension rubric with reviewer rationale.

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About this skill

Names and rebrands an app clone so it is the user's own: name candidates with the trademark, domain, store and handle checks to run, a new palette checked for contrast, a logo brief, a voice guide, and a sweep tool that finds anything of the original left in the codebase. Use when the user says "name my app", "rebrand the clone", "make it mine", "pick a name and colours", "logo brief", "brand voice", "check for leftovers", or after /replica-entrepreneur. Always runs before /replica-launch.

replica-brand

Nothing launches under the original's identity. This skill is the line

between "a clone" and "your app".

Tool in this folder:


python3 sweep.py . --avoid "Original Name,Its Company" --domains original.com --colors "#006bff"
python3 sweep.py . --config replica/brand.json        # same, from the brand file

Writes replica/brand.md and replica/brand.json (avoid, domains,

colors, used by sweep.py, listing.py and replica-deploy).

Documentation

Names and rebrands an app clone so it is the user's own: name candidates with the trademark, domain, store and handle checks to run, a new palette checked for contrast, a logo brief, a voice guide, and a sweep tool that finds anything of the original left in the codebase. Use when the user says "name my app", "rebrand the clone", "make it mine", "pick a name and colours", "logo brief", "brand voice", "check for leftovers", or after /replica-entrepreneur. Always runs before /replica-launch.

replica-brand

Nothing launches under the original's identity. This skill is the line

between "a clone" and "your app".

Tool in this folder:


python3 sweep.py . --avoid "Original Name,Its Company" --domains original.com --colors "#006bff"
python3 sweep.py . --config replica/brand.json        # same, from the brand file

Writes replica/brand.md and replica/brand.json (avoid, domains,

colors, used by sweep.py, listing.py and replica-deploy).

Step 1: the name

Read the angle from replica/fixes.md. Generate 20 candidates across styles:

descriptive (Booklink), compound (Slotwise), invented (Calvo), metaphor

(Harbor), verb (Book). Then cut to 5 with these filters:

  • **Not confusingly similar to the original** in sound, look or meaning, and

not to any other app in the same category. That is the test trademark

offices use, so it is the test here. No puns on their name, no "-ly" twin.

  • Short, spellable after hearing it once, no awkward meaning in big languages.
  • Says something about the angle, or at least does not fight it.

Step 2: the checks, run, not assumed

For each of the 5, a row per check. Mark each **to run**, or the result with

the date it was run. Never write "available" for a check nobody ran.

| check | where |

| --- | --- |

| US trademark | tmsearch.uspto.gov, the app's class (usually 9 and 42) |

| EU trademark | euipo.europa.eu eSearch, or TMview for many offices |

| Canada | ised-isde.canada.ca trademarks database |

| global | WIPO Global Brand Database |

| domain | whois name.com, or the registrar's search |

| App Store and Play | search the exact name |

| handles | X, Instagram, TikTok, GitHub |

| the web | search "name + category" |

These are screening checks, not legal clearance. Before spending money on

the name, a trademark lawyer should do a proper search.

Step 3: palette

A new palette, written into the same token roles replica-design set up.

Pick a primary brand hue from a different family than the original's (if

theirs is blue, yours is not a nearby blue). Then:


python3 ../replica-design/contrast.py replica/design/tokens.json

Zero AA failures. Add the original's brand colours to brand.json so the

sweep catches any that survive.

Step 4: logo brief

Not a logo, a brief for whoever makes it (the user, a designer, an image

model):

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  • the idea in one line, tied to the name and angle
  • mark type: wordmark, symbol plus wordmark, or monogram
  • must work at 16px (favicon) and as a 1024px app icon
  • deliverables: SVG, app icon 1024x1024 with no transparency for iOS,

favicon set, social image 1200x630

  • **must not resemble the original's mark**: no shared shape, colour pair or

letterform trick. Put the original's logo next to the drafts and check.

Step 5: voice

Three words for how it sounds, with what each does not mean ("direct, not

blunt"). Five do and don't pairs. Then rewrite the 10 most-seen strings in

the clone (sign up, empty states, the main button, the confirmation, the

error) in that voice. All fresh, none echoing the original's phrasing.

Step 6: the sweep

Replace every placeholder name, colour and string. Then:


python3 sweep.py . --config replica/brand.json

It searches file contents and file names for the original's name (also inside

identifiers like CalendlyEmbed), domains and colours, skipping

node_modules, build output and the replica/ planning folder. Exit 1 means

something is left. Fix until it says clean. Also check by eye: the favicon,

the page titles, the email templates, the OG image, the app icon.

Output

replica/brand.md (name with checks, palette, logo brief, voice),

replica/brand.json, updated tokens, rewritten strings, and a clean sweep.

Next: /replica-launch.

Score breakdown

Trigger
8.0
What/When clear with many trigger phrasings ('name my app', 'rebrand the clone', 'pick a name and colours', 'check for leftovers') and pipeline positions (after /replica-entrepreneur, always before /replica-launch); no explicit When-Not in description.
Structure
8.0
110-line SKILL.md plus one script; script placed at skill root rather than scripts/ (rubric 2.2); no redundant docs.
Workflow
9.2
Six ordered steps; low-freedom deterministic verification (sweep.py exit code blocks, contrast.py must show zero AA failures, fix until clean) mixed with high-freedom creative work (name generation, voice); the checks table enforces 'run, not assumed' with dated results; manual eye-check list for favicon/titles/OG image.
Content
10.0
Every line actionable; concrete commands with arguments; consistent imperative style.
Engineering
9.0
Valid frontmatter; sweep.py has shebang, stdlib-only, well-documented; step 3 references ../replica-design/contrast.py across skill boundaries (fragile if sibling skill absent).
Security
10.0
Capability manifest: sweep.py only reads files under the given root (skips .git/node_modules/build dirs, binaries, lock files) and prints results; writes limited to replica/brand.md, brand.json and design tokens; no network, no credential access, no persistence. External URLs in text are official trademark offices (USPTO, EUIPO, WIPO, Canada ISED). Capabilities match declared scope.
Branding stage of the replica-* suite: naming with real trademark/domain screening discipline, palette, logo brief, voice, and a stdlib-only sweep.py that greps the codebase for any trace of the original app's names/domains/colors and exits 1 to block launches. Standout details: 'run, not assumed' check table with an honesty rule (never mark a check available that nobody ran), identifier-aware name matching (CalendlyEmbed), cross-form hex matching. Weaknesses: description lacks explicit When-Not; sweep.py sits at skill root instead of scripts/; step 3 depends on ../replica-design/contrast.py, a cross-skill file path that breaks if replica-design is not installed alongside.