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nutlope__hallmark/references/macrostructures/13-index-first.md
Youssef aedca8cb03 Refactor · move SKILL.md + references/ to repo root so 'npx skills add nutlope/hallmark' works
The published install command in the README — npx skills add nutlope/hallmark — was failing for users because the skills CLI looks for SKILL.md at the repo root, not at skill/SKILL.md where Hallmark kept it. The clone succeeded but the CLI reported "No skills found." Manual cp was the only working install path.

Flattened the layout:
- skill/SKILL.md            → SKILL.md
- skill/references/         → references/
- (skill/ directory removed; was empty after moves)

git mv preserved rename history for all 76+ files (SKILL.md + 28 reference files + 21 macrostructures + 46 components + 7 verb/genre subfolders).

Updated every cross-reference (36 occurrences across 9 files):
- README.md — 4 links (SKILL.md + references/ + the install snippet still reads the same)
- ROADMAP.md — 4 links to reference files
- package.json — "files" field + "skill" entry/references paths
- site/js/main.js — 3 source comments
- references/design-md.md — one broken link (was pointing skill/references/export-formats.md from inside references/ — now just export-formats.md as a sibling)
- site/_tests/verbs/study/notes.md, diagnosis.md and verbs/audit/audit-report.md, custom/README.md — test-artifact relative paths shortened by one segment (e.g. ../../../skill/SKILL.md → ../../../SKILL.md)

No skill content changes. After this lands, 'npx skills add nutlope/hallmark' should clone + install correctly without any manual cp fallback.
2026-05-19 12:12:45 +01:00

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13 · Index-First

The page IS a list of links. No hero image, no narrative flow. Pure navigation as design.

  • Heading: one short paragraph at the top introducing the index, no display type.
  • Body: vertical list of categorised links; sometimes a sidebar of filters.
  • Divider: hairline rules between rows; or zero rules with paper-colour bands.
  • Button: the links themselves are the buttons.
  • Image: none, or tiny favicons by each entry.
  • Reveal: none.

Reach for it for documentation hubs, knowledge bases, archive front pages, design system entries, link-in-bio pages with substance.

Avoid for marketing pages. Index-First is for browsing audiences; selling needs structure.

Reference: Are.na's homepage feel, archive sites, documentation indices.

Sample opening lines (imitate the specificity — Index-First openings are headers for what's below, sometimes nothing more than a label):

"Selected work · 2018 — 2026." — date range, no preamble "Things Become Other Things · Lightness above weightiness." — craigmod.com — two phrases joined by a divider "Writer + Photographer." — craigmod.com — three words, summarises the whole site