Module 4 - Create your brand book

Module contents

What you will create

In this module, you will create a simple brand book Life OS can use for visual work.

By the end, you will have:

  1. A one-page brand reference with your colours, fonts, logo, and visual style.
  2. A reusable brand asset Life OS can use later.
  3. A clearer visual direction for creative work.

Core idea:

Life OS can make better creative work when it knows what your business should look and feel like.

Before you start

You need one brand reference.

It can be:

You do not need a perfect brand system. The goal is to give Life OS enough visual context to start making things that feel like your business.

The big picture

A brand book gives Life OS a visual reference for your business.

Once it exists, you can use natural language to point future creative work back to the same visual style.

Step 1: Install the design system

The design system helps Life OS create a simple brand book with your colours, fonts, logo, and visual style.

This tool only needs to be installed once. After that, Life OS can use it whenever you want to make brand assets.

If the design system is already installed, Life OS should tell you and move on.

A note on installing tools: Life OS will usually guide the setup. Sometimes it may show you a command to copy and paste into your terminal. If you are not comfortable doing that yet, ask your trainer. You do not need to understand the command to complete the module safely.

If something goes wrong during install: Do not worry. Tool installs can fail for normal reasons: permissions, missing software, an old version, or a folder being in the wrong place. Ask Life OS to explain the problem in plain English and recommend the next safest step.

Use this prompt:

I want to install the design system from https://github.com/robonuggets/design-system.

Before installing anything, tell me:
- What this tool does
- Where it will be installed
- Whether it looks safe and appropriate

Wait for my approval before proceeding.

Step 2: Gather your brand reference

Choose the strongest brand reference you have.

If you have a website, use that first. If not, use a screenshot, logo, existing brand assets, or a short description.

Use this prompt:

I want to create a simple brand book for my business.

My brand reference is:
[Give my website URL, screenshot, existing brand assets, or short brand description.]

Before creating anything, tell me:
- What brand elements you can see or infer
- What seems clear
- What seems missing or uncertain
- Whether this is enough to create a useful first brand book

Wait for my approval before creating files.

Step 2 complete. You have given Life OS enough brand context to work from.

Step 3: Create the brand book

Now ask Life OS to create the brand book.

Use this prompt:

Create a simple one-page brand book for my business using the design system.

Use this brand reference:
[Give the same website URL, screenshot, assets, or description.]

Before creating anything, tell me:
- What you plan to include in the brand book
- The file name you recommend
- Where you recommend saving it
- Why it belongs there

Keep it to one page.
Wait for my approval before creating files.

The brand book should be simple. It does not need to be a full agency-style guide.

It should usually include:

Teach Life OS where brand belongs: Life OS should usually recommend saving your brand book somewhere inside Areas/Business, because your brand is an ongoing business asset, not a one-off project. If it recommends somewhere else, ask why. If the answer does not make sense, direct it back to Areas/Business and ask it to explain why that is the better home. This is part of teaching your Life OS how your business is organised.

Step 3 complete. You now have a one-page brand reference.

Step 4: Review the brand book

Open the brand book and look at it as a normal business owner, not a designer.

Ask yourself:

If something feels wrong, say so in plain English.

Examples:

The colours feel too corporate. Make the brand book warmer and more human while staying professional.
The font direction feels too playful. Make it calmer and more premium.
The brand book is missing my logo. Please add the logo I placed in Inbox.
This is good enough. Use this brand book for future creative work.

Step 4 complete. You have reviewed the brand book and made it usable.

Step 5: Teach Life OS to reuse your brand book

Use this prompt:

Please confirm where you saved my brand book.

Also tell me one simple sentence I can use later when I want Life OS to use this brand book for creative work.

As a general rule in Life OS, you do not need to memorise or save full file paths. You can use natural language to direct Life OS to the thing you need.

You can say something like:

Use my current business brand book from Areas/Business.

Or simply:

Use my Transformation Coaching brand book.

Next module, you will use it to turn a talking-head video into a polished ad.

Module 4 win

Write one sentence:

The brand book my Life OS can now use is...

Then write how you will refer to it next time:

The simple instruction I can use next time is...