--- name: nested-container-clean-agency description: "Create a clean agency design system built from nested containers, with an outer editorial shell, inset dark feature blocks, rounded premium cards, and restrained accent color." --- # Nested Container Clean Agency Skill ## Use When - Create a clean agency design system built from nested containers, with an outer editorial shell, inset dark feature blocks, rounded premium cards, and restrained accent color. ## Workflow ## Scope - Apply this as a full design-system direction across page shell, section framing, cards, pricing blocks, call-to-action areas, and layout rhythm. - Use it when the interface should feel clean, premium, and agency-led, with strong container hierarchy instead of flat page sections. - This is not generic card-grid SaaS and not only a framing utility. The whole composition should be organized through nested shells and inset feature blocks. ## Visual target - Start with a centered outer page container that defines the main boundaries of the design with visible vertical rails, corner squares, or light frame lines. - Inside that outer shell, place one or more inset containers with contrasting surfaces, especially dark rounded feature zones nested within a light editorial page. - Build hierarchy by stacking containers inside containers: outer shell, inner dark section, then smaller rounded cards or content panels inside that section. - Keep typography clean, modern, and agency-like, with confident headlines, restrained body copy, and minimal UI noise. - Use a soft accent color sparingly for pills, buttons, active dots, subtle gradients, and call-to-action emphasis rather than saturating the full layout. ## Implementation guidance - Prefer a max-width outer wrapper with consistent side padding, vertical boundary lines, and tiny corner markers to establish the global frame. - Use nested rounded containers to create depth: a darker major block inside the page, then lighter or darker cards inset within it depending on contrast needs. - Maintain generous whitespace between nested layers so each shell feels intentional and breathable. - Use border gradients, low-contrast strokes, and soft shadows to separate layers instead of heavy outlines everywhere. - Pricing sections, service groupings, or feature comparisons should feel like modular editorial blocks housed inside a larger premium container. - Motion should stay minimal and polished: masked text reveals, calm fade-ins, and light hover transitions are enough. ## Recommended patterns - White or off-white outer shell with border-x rails and tiny corner squares defining the page bounds. - Large dark rounded section acting as a featured pricing or capability block nested within the lighter page shell. - Premium inner cards with gradient-border wrappers, soft surface contrast, and clear content grouping. - Small uppercase labels, compact pills, and restrained accent buttons to preserve the clean agency tone. - Editorial spacing that lets each nested container breathe, with strong alignment and uncluttered copy blocks. ## Tuning knobs - Nesting depth: choose how many layers of shells to use before the system feels too busy. - Contrast balance: tune the jump between the outer shell and inset containers so the hierarchy feels strong but elegant. - Corner radius: keep rounded containers polished and premium, but avoid making them feel overly playful. - Accent strength: use the accent color as punctuation for key controls, tags, and highlights only. - Container density: give cards enough internal padding so the system reads premium instead of cramped. ## Avoid - Flat sections with no clear outer-to-inner container hierarchy. - Generic agency layouts that use one level of cards and call it structured. - Overdecorated gradients, glows, or excessive accent color that break the clean tone. - Equal visual weight on every nested block, which weakens hierarchy. - Cramped containers with insufficient spacing between shell levels.