moda-social-tiktok

moda-social-tiktok

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PREREQUISITE — load moda-core once per session (step-0, write contract, free/metered map). Already loaded? Skip ahead. If you cannot load it, the non-negotiables: run moda doctor --json before anything; moda brand list before creating; writes that pin a revision use your last read's — on stale_revision, re-read and retry once (it heals); send the canvas link the moment it exists; stuck or failed? moda ask "<question>" — free and fast, never guess.

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Sizes and defaults

Format	Size	--category	Notes
Cover frame / photo-mode page	1080×1920	social	9:16 — everything on TikTok is this size
Photo-mode set	1080×1920 × N	carousel	one page per photo; ships as a zip of pngs

Safe areas — design full-bleed; only text, logos, CTAs, and focal points stay inside:

• Post: UI covers top y 0–190, the right icon rail x 900–1080 (y 190–1780), and the caption band y 1780–1920. Safe zone x 120–840, y 252–1742.
• Ad: extra CTA chrome — bottom reserved from y 1400. Safe zone x 120–840, y 252–1280. Assume a normal post unless the user says ad.
• Cover frames are also shown as a small grid tile on the profile: the subject and any title must survive at ~1/6 scale.
• Type: body ≈ 48px at 1080 wide, floor 32px — vertical video is read in motion.

This skill owns the STILL: the cover frame and photo-mode pages. An actual TikTok video is moda-video (render format wins over platform).

Recipe — cover frame or single photo-mode page

1. moda canvas create --name "[Topic] — TikTok" --intent "[one-line brief]" --size 1080x1920 --category social --brand [KIT] — send the link immediately.
2. Image-led? moda media generate-image --prompt "[subject, brand palette]" --model [MODEL] for the backdrop; type-led is equally strong.
3. Author in ONE apply: moda canvas markup [CANVAS_REF] --file - --page [PAGE_ID] — title inside x 120–840, y 252–1742 (references/markup.md).
4. Look ONCE — --screenshot PATH on that apply returns the capture (or moda canvas screenshot [CANVAS_REF]): check the right rail and caption band are clear, then judge the title at tile scale; at most ONE repair write, captured the same way, then ship.
5. moda export [CANVAS_REF] --format png --pixel-ratio 2 -o [topic]-tiktok.png.

Recipe — photo-mode set

1. moda canvas create --name "[Topic] — photo set" --size 1080x1920 --category carousel --brand [KIT] — link immediately.
2. Prove page 1 alone (author → look → at most one fix) before adding pages: it sets the system every later page repeats — 2–4 colors, two fonts, one motif.
3. moda canvas add-pages [CANVAS_REF] --count [N-1], then one markup apply per page, serial on the one canvas; vary composition so neighbours differ.
4. moda canvas screenshot [CANVAS_REF] in ≤3-page batches; judge as a set, fix in ONE repair round, then export.
5. moda export [CANVAS_REF] --format png --pixel-ratio 2 -o [topic]-tiktok.zip — the zip of page images IS the photo-mode deliverable.

Examples

• "a cover for our new TikTok" → cover recipe at 1080×1920.
• "a 5-photo TikTok post about [Topic]" → photo-mode set, 5 pages, zip.
• "a TikTok ad still" → cover recipe with the ad safe zone (bottom clear from y 1400).
• "make the TikTok video itself" → not this skill: load moda-video.

Errors

Any typed error → load moda-core and read its recovery reference. Most likely here: text drifting under the right rail — capture the fixing write (--screenshot PATH); still one repair round, not a loop. stale_revision heals — re-read and retry once.

Make it recurring

A cover-frame series on a posting cadence → moda-automate; the proven cover layout → moda-templates, so every upload starts from the winner.

See also: moda-social — other platforms, carousel theory, one-off graphics · moda-core — the contract, recovery, everything Moda can do.

References

Doc	Load when
references/tiktok.md	depth: safe-area map, cover-vs-photo craft, tile-scale legibility
references/markup.md	before any markup apply
references/no-brand-design.md	no kit is active — inventing the identity: palette law, type, imagery, layout system