Talisman

Turn a codebase into a beautiful, accurate, brand-styled PDF book. The output is a docs/guide/ LaTeX project (main.tex + preamble.tex + chapters/* + figures/* + Makefile) that builds to main.pdf.

Two things make or break the result, in order: accuracy (describe what the code actually does, not what a marketing README claims) and brand fidelity (the real colors, logo, and font character of the product). Everything else is craft on top.

Workflow

Do these in order. Phases 1–2 can overlap.

1. Extract the brand identity from the codebase

The document should look like it came from the product. Find: