Carousel Factory

62 template families. Each is named for the job it does and tagged with what it needs — pick by the shape of the content, not by the sample copy.

Component roster

agent-lineup

One named component per page with three tools under it and a result line. Only for a system made of named parts — it has no slot for an argument. Near-black cards.

3 per pageneeds named tools
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Before / after with figures

before-after

Two panes per page, a bad figure against a good one. Unusable unless the subject is a genuine before-and-after with real numbers. Warm paper, clay against green.

needs named toolsneeds real figures
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One paragraph per page

beige-paper

A title and a single paragraph. No lists, no data, no logos — the lowest-capacity prose family here. For a slow first-person reflection. Soft beige, serif, drawn swash.

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Five-pill list

black-mindmap

Five short pills per page and nothing else — no paragraph, no glosses. Black with a green marker. Still carries an uppercase eyebrow and a swipe arrow from the original set.

5 per page
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Statement and callout

black-warning

One paragraph plus one callout per page. Almost no structure, which is the point — for blunt rules and things people get wrong. Near-white with heavy black marks.

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Three figures, editorial

blue-italic

Three figure-and-label pairs plus a paragraph and a strip line. Needs real numbers. Pale stone, a half-circle bleeding off one edge, italic accent.

needs real figures
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Three figures, split panel

bold-split

Three figure-and-label pairs and a paragraph. Needs real numbers. Ink on cream cut by a deep angled slate panel — stronger diagonal than the other figure families.

needs real figures
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Three-step method

claude-target

Three titled steps per page, each with one line under it. No figures or tools required. For a method or sequence. Saturated colour mesh with one drawn object.

3 per page
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Time saved per tactic

condensed-pill

One tactic per page with a savings figure and two tool marks. Needs both to work. Built specifically for hours-back subjects. Warm paper, one solid pill.

needs named toolsneeds real figures
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Three figures, magazine

coral-mag

Three figure pairs, a paragraph and one named tool. Needs numbers and a tool worth naming. Coral mesh, large editorial display.

needs named toolsneeds real figures
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Three figures and a tip

cream-3d

Three figure pairs, a paragraph and a separate tip block, with one named tool. Needs numbers. Cool stone gradient, terracotta accent, very large type.

needs named toolsneeds real figures
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Tool shortlist

cream-best

One headline figure and one tile per page over a logo row. Only for a shortlist where the tools themselves are the subject. Cream and green meshes.

needs named toolsneeds real figures
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Three blocks with metrics

cream-claude

Three titled blocks, each carrying its own metric, plus four tool marks. Needs a figure per block. Cream mesh with a terracotta strip.

3 per pageneeds named toolsneeds real figures
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Screenshot and use metric

cream-desk

One real product screenshot per page with the tool name, a use metric and a note. Unusable without actual screenshots. Bright cream, screen set flat.

needs real screenshotsneeds named toolsneeds real figures
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Three pillars and a price

cream-gold

Three pillars, a price figure and a pull quote. Needs a number worth naming out loud — built for rates and money. Cream with a single gold bar.

3 per pageneeds real figures
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Annotated screenshot

cream-notes

One real screenshot per page annotated with three short lines. Unusable without actual screenshots. For showing a setup rather than describing it. Cream, margin-note feel.

3 per pageneeds real screenshots
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Screenshot and statement

cream-shots

One real screenshot per page under a large statement, plus a use metric. The cleanest of the screenshot set. Cream, screen held square in the frame.

needs real screenshotsneeds named toolsneeds real figures
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Screenshot, captioned

cream-slab

One real screenshot per page with a single caption line — the least copy of the screenshot set apart from cream-tilt. Cream with a dark slab behind the screen.

needs real screenshotsneeds named tools
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Compatibility table

cream-table

Two use blocks with metrics over a five-logo compatibility row. For what a tool works with, not what it does. Cream mesh with docked tiles.

3 per pageneeds named tools
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Screenshot, no copy

cream-tilt

One real screenshot per page with a tool name and tagline and nothing else. The lowest text capacity in the set. Cream, device tilted and bleeding off frame.

needs real screenshotsneeds named tools
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Three figures, dark

dark-blob

Three figure pairs and a paragraph with one named tool. Needs numbers. Near-black with a hot orange mass per page — the loudest of the dark figure families.

needs named toolsneeds real figures
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Three points, serif

dark-green-serif

Three titled points and a paragraph. No figures required. Reflective register — good for the parts of a job nobody writes down. Deep green-black, mint, serif display.

3 per pageneeds named tools
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Three figures and an insight

dark-navy

Three figure pairs, a paragraph and a separate insight line. Needs numbers. Navy proportional bands with a filled panel closing the foot.

needs named toolsneeds real figures
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Two-sided comparison

dark-pill-glow

A left/right pill pair with a value on each side. Very compact and needs a genuinely two-sided figure. Very dark blue with a cool blue accent.

needs named toolsneeds real figures
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Four-bar chart

data-table

Four labelled bars with percentages and values in their own column. Completely unusable without real quantities. Paper with a blue accent.

needs named toolsneeds real figures
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Right against wrong

design-tile

Three wrong practices set against three right ones, each side with a claim. Only for subjects that split cleanly in two. Cool grey with teal tiles.

needs named tools
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Chart, flow and table

edu-bright

Its body pages are three different shapes — a five-bar chart, a flow and a table. Needs real figures. For explaining how something works and where it breaks. Warm off-white, amber.

needs named toolsneeds real figures
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Three figures, monochrome

ember-dark

Three figure pairs, a paragraph and an insight line, centred on one mark. Needs numbers. Near-black run monochrome in bone — no second colour anywhere.

needs named toolsneeds real figures
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Decision tree

flowchart

A root question splitting into two branches with a card under each. Only for a real either/or — it cannot hold three options. Pale lilac, violet, drawn flow.

2 per pageneeds named tools
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Three metrics and bullets

grid-italic

Three metrics plus three bullets and a paragraph. Needs numbers. Warm paper, deep red, a ruled grid with italic display — old-print feel.

3 per pageneeds named toolsneeds real figures
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Three facts, highlighted

highlight-box

Three facts each carrying a metric, plus one statement with a highlighted clause. Needs a figure per fact. Black with acid yellow as the only colour.

3 per pageneeds named toolsneeds real figures
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Three figures and a named tool

indigo-mag

Three figure pairs, a paragraph, and one tool with its role spelled out. Needs numbers. Indigo mesh with a stat dock along the foot.

needs named toolsneeds real figures
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Three blocks, dark

leak-dark

Three titled blocks and a subtitle. No figures required. Cold and forensic — suits things that only break once real users arrive. Almost pure black, pale cyan.

3 per pageneeds named tools
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Calendar week

lime-accent

Three rows read against a calendar grid, plus a takeaway. Only for something genuinely scheduled — a launch week, a sprint. Near-black with a lime wedge.

3 per page
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Four-paragraph essay

linkedin-pro

Four paragraphs, a standfirst and a pull line. Prose, not lists — no figure or logo slots at all. The most conservative family here. Grey paper, navy, serif display.

4 per page
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Magazine feature

mag-editorial

Two columns with a dropcap, a quote and three margin notes. The highest word count in the set. For a long argued piece. Cream spread with hairlines.

2 per page
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Three points and a pull quote

minimal-beauty

Three titled points and a pull quote. No data, no logos, very little on the page. Pick it when restraint is itself the argument. Warm putty, type and space.

3 per page
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Two points, condensed

mint-condensed

Three body lines and two titled points — deliberately low capacity. For attention, focus, saying less. Pale mint-grey with condensed display type.

2 per page
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In / act / out flow

mono-pattern

Two notes plus a three-part input-action-output flow. For a small mechanical process with a clear shape. Warm paper, rust, a repeating field as texture.

2 per page
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Three points, no imagery

noir-yellow

Three titled points, two display lines and a closing line. Nothing drawn anywhere. Hard and adult — built for negotiating, money and refusal. Black and gold.

3 per page
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Two points, light

paper-fold

Two titled points and a paragraph. Deliberately sparse — do not force a third. For instructions and briefs. Warm paper folded, forest green.

2 per page
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Two points and a pull line

pastel-soft

Two titled points and a pull line. Gentle register; suits persistence and slow subjects. Lilac-white with soft shapes held out at the corners.

2 per page
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Two-paragraph essay

personal-essay

Two paragraphs and a pull line — prose only, no list slots at all. The most first-person family here. Warm gradient with contour drawings, serif display.

2 per page
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Three rows and a gauge

photo-split

Three key/value rows plus a percentage gauge and an aside. Needs one real figure for the gauge. For decisions made without enough information. Cold slate against sand.

3 per pageneeds real figures
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Four captioned plates

photo-tag

Four captioned plates per page, each with a real gloss — one of the highest item counts here. For a set of methods. Off-white grid, one plate raised in purple.

4 per page
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One figure, in blocks

pixel-block

Two points and a single headline figure drawn as blocks. Needs something countable. For estimates and whole numbers. Pale grey with a red accent.

2 per pageneeds real figures
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Three points, orbit

purple-mist

Three titled points and a paragraph. No data required. Deep aubergine with tilted ellipses stroked and never filled, kept clear of the type.

3 per page
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Three points, informal

retro-groovy

Three titled points and a paragraph. Loosest register of the three-point families. Sand and burnt orange with curved shapes at the edges.

3 per page
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Three plates, product

rounded-card

Three captioned plates and a paragraph. Product-flavoured without needing screenshots. For first impressions and onboarding. Cool grey, slate blue, soft corners.

3 per page
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Three points, filed

second-brain

Three titled points under a filing tab. For systems, notes and anything meant to survive being left alone. Warm paper with olive.

3 per page
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One statement per page

shout-orange

A title, an accent phrase and one paragraph. Nothing else fits — the lowest capacity and the highest impact in the set. A flooded orange page, type at maximum size.

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Three layers

stack-tour

Three key/value pairs read top to bottom as layers, plus a paragraph. Only for genuinely layered subjects. Cold slate with a pale blue accent.

3 per page
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Three points and a stamp

stencil-stamp

Three titled points plus a two-line stamp phrase per page. Paper with crop marks, a registration frame and one band inked red. Suits process and approval subjects.

3 per page
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Three points, Swiss grid

swiss-grid

Three key/value pairs and a long paragraph set narrow — it wants more words than the other three-point families. Strict six-column grid with visible hairlines, white and one red.

3 per page
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Three figures, teal

teal-mag

Three figure pairs, a paragraph and one named tool with its role. Needs numbers. Teal mesh with a stat dock — the brightest of the magazine families.

needs named toolsneeds real figures
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Six-cell taxonomy

tech-stack-grid

Six paired cells per page — the highest item count in the set. Keep the same six angles on every page or it stops reading as a taxonomy. Near-black and pale gold, no logos.

6 per page
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Three points, phosphor

terminal-glow

Three key/value pairs and a paragraph. True black with scan lines as the ground and one register lit green. No terminal chrome, so it suits method rather than code.

3 per page
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Three points, punched

terracotta

Three key/value pairs and a paragraph. Two flat fields split hard with perfect circles punched through both. No shadows, no gradients — cut paper.

3 per page
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Four-item checklist

tool-list

Four hanging entries and a paragraph — more items per page than the three-point families. Paper and deep olive, everything hung off one line, no boxes at all.

4 per page
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Type specimen

typo-sample

One enormous phrase per page over three small key/value notes. The phrase does all the work, so it has to be short and good. Black on white only, no third colour.

3 per page
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Three figures, wine

wine-mag

Three figure pairs, a paragraph and one named tool with its role. Needs numbers. Wine mesh with a pink accent — the warmest magazine family.

needs named toolsneeds real figures
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Four-cell grid

y2k-window

Four paired cells in a two-by-two grid. Silver bevelled chrome plates, one inverted per page. No window chrome, so it reads as machined rather than as a desktop.

4 per page
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