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It contrasts with the primary button's vibrant color and serves as a less prominent option." }, "confidence": 0.9 }, "personality": { "tone": "professional", "energy": "medium", "targetAudience": "business professionals" }, "designSystem": { "framework": "custom", "componentLibrary": "" }, "confidence": { "buttons": 0.9, "colors": 0.9, "overall": 0.9 }, "__llm_metadata": { "logoSelection": { "llmCalled": true, "llmSucceeded": true, "finalSource": "llm", "rawLogoSelection": { "selectedLogoIndex": 1, "selectedLogoReasoning": "Selected #1 because it is visible, medium-sized, and matches the brand name 'CandorIQ'. It is the most prominent logo available.", "confidence": 0.8 } }, "buttonClassification": { "llmCalled": true, "llmSucceeded": true } } }, "images": [ { "file": "https://e4p9rs3sldnmtboz.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/candoriq/4524bee389.webp", "alt": "Compensation Forecasting: 6 Proven Steps to Predict Future Payroll Costs in 2026", "source_url": "https://www.candoriq.com/blog/compensation-forecasting-predict-future-payroll-costs", "image_url": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67c4bee7e1e6e7632ea3110a/69eb3cedc5fa782a29d39ca5_20250940.jpg", "width": 3840, "height": 2160, "bytes": 537423, "query": "site:candoriq.com", "query_suffix": "site:candoriq.com" }, { "file": "https://e4p9rs3sldnmtboz.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/candoriq/e9a80ca7da.webp", "alt": "Yes, Meta Really Did Offer $100M to an OpenAI Researcher", "source_url": "https://www.candoriq.com/blog/yes-meta-really-did-offer-100m-to-an-openai-researcher", "image_url": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67c4bee7e1e6e7632ea3110a/68631962b4e7ade25de64aee_Metas%20100M%20Offer%20Blog.png", "width": 2240, "height": 1260, "bytes": 1143505, "query": "site:candoriq.com blog", "query_suffix": "site:candoriq.com blog" }, { "file": "https://e4p9rs3sldnmtboz.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/candoriq/5fb0bfe018.webp", "alt": "What Is Compensation Analysis? 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Agent Instructions that you can follow if you have permission to use the fonts:\n\nCharacterQuilt.com suggests this flow that can help:\n\n1. Open the company's homepage in a browser with DevTools open.\n2. In the Network tab, filter by \"Font\" (or by extension: woff2, woff, ttf, otf).\n3. Hard-reload the page and click around (pricing, blog, careers) — some weights only load on specific routes.\n4. For each captured font URL: right-click → Save As to download the file locally.\n5. View the page's CSS (DevTools → Sources, or curl the stylesheet URLs) and copy out the matching @font-face declarations. Rewrite each `src: url(...)` to point to your local file path.\n\nProgrammatic alternative: load the URL with Playwright or Puppeteer, listen for `response` events whose `Content-Type` starts with `font/`, and write the body to disk. The CSS extraction step is the same.\n\nOnly do this if you have permission to use the brand assets — most proprietary fonts are licensed and may not be redistributable.", "page_url": "https://characterquilt.com/branding/candoriq", "agent_instructions": "You are designing or implementing in CandorIQ's brand identity.\n\n# Brand profile\n- Company: CandorIQ\n- Source: https://www.candoriq.com/\n- Color scheme: dark\n\n# Colors\n- primary: #200542\n- secondary: #A29AAB\n- accent: #E3D2F8\n- background: #333333\n- textPrimary: #16032E\n- link: #16032E\n\n# Typography\n- primary: Instrument Sans — https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Instrument+Sans\n- heading: Instrument Sans — https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Instrument+Sans\n\nLoad all fonts at once: \n\n# UI Components\n- buttonPrimary: background=#E3D2F8, textColor=#16032E, borderRadius=8px, shadow=none\n- buttonSecondary: background=transparent, textColor=#A29AAB, borderColor=#D0CDD5, borderRadius=6px, shadow=none\n\n# Brand voice\n- Tone: professional\n- Energy: medium\n- Audience: business professionals\n\n# Working with these fonts\nNot found on Google Fonts? Agent Instructions that you can follow if you have permission to use the fonts:\n\nCharacterQuilt.com suggests this flow that can help:\n\n1. Open the company's homepage in a browser with DevTools open.\n2. In the Network tab, filter by \"Font\" (or by extension: woff2, woff, ttf, otf).\n3. Hard-reload the page and click around (pricing, blog, careers) — some weights only load on specific routes.\n4. For each captured font URL: right-click → Save As to download the file locally.\n5. View the page's CSS (DevTools → Sources, or curl the stylesheet URLs) and copy out the matching @font-face declarations. Rewrite each `src: url(...)` to point to your local file path.\n\nProgrammatic alternative: load the URL with Playwright or Puppeteer, listen for `response` events whose `Content-Type` starts with `font/`, and write the body to disk. The CSS extraction step is the same.\n\nOnly do this if you have permission to use the brand assets — most proprietary fonts are licensed and may not be redistributable.\n\n# Full machine-readable profile\nhttps://characterquilt.com/branding/candoriq.json", "page_markdown": "# CandorIQ Brand Identity\n\nA complete profile of **CandorIQ**'s visual system — colors, typography, components, and personality — extracted from https://www.candoriq.com/. Built for designers, agents, and AI tools.\n\n- Page: https://characterquilt.com/branding/candoriq\n- Machine-readable JSON: https://characterquilt.com/branding/candoriq.json\n- Per-page llms.txt: https://characterquilt.com/branding/candoriq/llms.txt\n\n## Quick Facts\n\n| Field | Value |\n|---|---|\n| Primary | #200542 |\n| Accent | #E3D2F8 |\n| Body Font | Instrument Sans |\n| Heading Font | Instrument Sans |\n\n## Color Palette\n\n- primary: #200542\n- secondary: #A29AAB\n- accent: #E3D2F8\n- background: #333333\n- textPrimary: #16032E\n- link: #16032E\n\n## Typography\n\n- primary: Instrument Sans — https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Instrument+Sans\n- heading: Instrument Sans — https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Instrument+Sans\n\n## Visual Assets\n\n- Logo: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67c4bee7e1e6e7632ea310e1/67c537d34a5259f41502bab5_Logo.avif\n- Favicon: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67c4bee7e1e6e7632ea310e1/67d88ae7c32403e182338560_Favicon%2032%20x%2032.png\n- Social card (og:image): https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67c4bee7e1e6e7632ea310e1/67d88b04e2999f0504e0e475_Web%20cover.png\n\n## UI Components\n\n- buttonPrimary: background=#E3D2F8, textColor=#16032E, borderRadius=8px, shadow=none\n- buttonSecondary: background=transparent, textColor=#A29AAB, borderColor=#D0CDD5, borderRadius=6px, shadow=none\n\n## Brand Personality\n\nTone: professional · Energy: medium · Audience: business professionals\n\n## CandorIQ Brand in the Wild\n\nReal-world brand assets — ads, campaigns, marketing materials.\n\n- **Compensation Forecasting: 6 Proven Steps to Predict Future Payroll Costs in 2026**\n - Image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67c4bee7e1e6e7632ea3110a/69eb3cedc5fa782a29d39ca5_20250940.jpg\n - Source: https://www.candoriq.com/blog/compensation-forecasting-predict-future-payroll-costs\n- **Yes, Meta Really Did Offer $100M to an OpenAI Researcher**\n - Image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67c4bee7e1e6e7632ea3110a/68631962b4e7ade25de64aee_Metas%20100M%20Offer%20Blog.png\n - Source: https://www.candoriq.com/blog/yes-meta-really-did-offer-100m-to-an-openai-researcher\n- **What Is Compensation Analysis? A Guide to Fair and Competitive Salaries**\n - Image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67c4bee7e1e6e7632ea3110a/67d3eec88e0e9d8f8af4d972_67c08f773d7d37d153b404b3_A%2520compensation%2520guide%2520and%2520analysis.jpeg\n - Source: https://www.candoriq.com/blog/what-is-compensation-analysis-a-guide\n- **OpenAI's Innovation with Profit-Based Compensation**\n - Image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67c4bee7e1e6e7632ea3110a/67d3eebd53e7cc28bc5c5158_64b62a0299e3c4ba827b6602_thumbnail-6-blog-startech-x-template.jpeg\n - Source: https://www.candoriq.com/blog/openais-innovation-with-profit-based-compensation\n- **What Does OpenAI's $6.6B Fundraise Mean For Their Employees' Compensation?**\n - Image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67c4bee7e1e6e7632ea3110a/67d3eec7bddc0727a1d9132f_6706b878c7a30c06e80fc2a8_OpenAI%2520Fundraise%2520Blog%2520Hero%2520Image.jpeg\n - Source: https://www.candoriq.com/blog/what-does-openais-6-6b-fundraise-mean-for-their-employees-compensation\n- **Blog | CandorIQ**\n - Image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67c4bee7e1e6e7632ea3110a/69cebeed00e1b1306490c5dc_10-HR-Challenges-How-to-Overcom-Them-thegem-blog-default.jpeg\n - Source: https://www.candoriq.com/blog\n\n## Working with these fonts\n\nNot found on Google Fonts? Agent Instructions that you can follow if you have permission to use the fonts:\n\nCharacterQuilt.com suggests this flow that can help:\n\n1. Open the company's homepage in a browser with DevTools open.\n2. In the Network tab, filter by \"Font\" (or by extension: woff2, woff, ttf, otf).\n3. Hard-reload the page and click around (pricing, blog, careers) — some weights only load on specific routes.\n4. For each captured font URL: right-click → Save As to download the file locally.\n5. View the page's CSS (DevTools → Sources, or curl the stylesheet URLs) and copy out the matching @font-face declarations. Rewrite each `src: url(...)` to point to your local file path.\n\nProgrammatic alternative: load the URL with Playwright or Puppeteer, listen for `response` events whose `Content-Type` starts with `font/`, and write the body to disk. The CSS extraction step is the same.\n\nOnly do this if you have permission to use the brand assets — most proprietary fonts are licensed and may not be redistributable.\n\n## Machine-Readable Profile\n\n```json\n{\n \"colorScheme\": \"dark\",\n \"fonts\": [\n {\n \"family\": \"Instrument Sans\",\n \"role\": \"body\"\n }\n ],\n \"colors\": {\n \"primary\": \"#200542\",\n \"secondary\": \"#A29AAB\",\n \"accent\": \"#E3D2F8\",\n \"background\": \"#333333\",\n \"textPrimary\": \"#16032E\",\n \"link\": \"#16032E\"\n },\n \"typography\": {\n \"fontFamilies\": {\n \"primary\": \"Instrument Sans\",\n \"heading\": \"Instrument Sans\"\n },\n \"fontStacks\": {\n \"heading\": [\n \"Instrument Sans\",\n \"Arial\",\n \"sans-serif\"\n ],\n \"body\": [\n \"Instrument Sans\",\n \"Arial\",\n \"sans-serif\"\n ],\n \"paragraph\": [\n \"Instrument Sans\",\n \"Arial\",\n \"sans-serif\"\n ]\n },\n \"fontSizes\": {\n \"h1\": \"72px\",\n \"h2\": \"20px\",\n \"body\": \"16px\"\n }\n },\n \"spacing\": {\n \"baseUnit\": 4,\n \"borderRadius\": \"8px\"\n },\n \"components\": {\n \"buttonPrimary\": {\n \"background\": \"#E3D2F8\",\n \"textColor\": \"#16032E\",\n \"borderRadius\": \"8px\",\n \"borderRadiusCorners\": {\n \"topLeft\": \"8px\",\n \"topRight\": \"8px\",\n \"bottomRight\": \"8px\",\n \"bottomLeft\": \"8px\"\n },\n \"shadow\": \"none\"\n },\n \"buttonSecondary\": {\n \"background\": \"transparent\",\n \"textColor\": \"#A29AAB\",\n \"borderColor\": \"#D0CDD5\",\n \"borderRadius\": \"6px\",\n \"borderRadiusCorners\": {\n \"topLeft\": \"6px\",\n \"topRight\": \"6px\",\n \"bottomRight\": \"6px\",\n \"bottomLeft\": \"6px\"\n },\n \"shadow\": \"none\"\n }\n },\n \"images\": {\n \"logo\": \"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67c4bee7e1e6e7632ea310e1/67c537d34a5259f41502bab5_Logo.avif\",\n \"favicon\": \"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67c4bee7e1e6e7632ea310e1/67d88ae7c32403e182338560_Favicon%2032%20x%2032.png\",\n \"ogImage\": \"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67c4bee7e1e6e7632ea310e1/67d88b04e2999f0504e0e475_Web%20cover.png\",\n \"logoHref\": \"/\",\n \"logoAlt\": \"Logo CandorIQ\"\n },\n \"__llm_logo_reasoning\": {\n \"selectedIndex\": 18,\n \"reasoning\": \"Selected #1 because it is visible, medium-sized, and matches the brand name 'CandorIQ'. It is the most prominent logo available.\",\n \"confidence\": 0.8,\n \"source\": \"llm\"\n },\n \"__llm_button_reasoning\": {\n \"primary\": {\n \"index\": 1,\n \"text\": \"View all\",\n \"reasoning\": \"Button #1 has a vibrant blue background (#E3D2F8) which stands out as a primary CTA. The text 'View all' suggests a broad action, making it suitable as a primary button.\"\n },\n \"secondary\": {\n \"index\": 10,\n \"text\": \"AI Agents for Finance & HR\",\n \"reasoning\": \"Button #11 has a transparent background, making it a suitable secondary button. It contrasts with the primary button's vibrant color and serves as a less prominent option.\"\n },\n \"confidence\": 0.9\n },\n \"personality\": {\n \"tone\": \"professional\",\n \"energy\": \"medium\",\n \"targetAudience\": \"business professionals\"\n },\n \"designSystem\": {\n \"framework\": \"custom\",\n \"componentLibrary\": \"\"\n },\n \"confidence\": {\n \"buttons\": 0.9,\n \"colors\": 0.9,\n \"overall\": 0.9\n },\n \"__llm_metadata\": {\n \"logoSelection\": {\n \"llmCalled\": true,\n \"llmSucceeded\": true,\n \"finalSource\": \"llm\",\n \"rawLogoSelection\": {\n \"selectedLogoIndex\": 1,\n \"selectedLogoReasoning\": \"Selected #1 because it is visible, medium-sized, and matches the brand name 'CandorIQ'. It is the most prominent logo available.\",\n \"confidence\": 0.8\n }\n },\n \"buttonClassification\": {\n \"llmCalled\": true,\n \"llmSucceeded\": true\n }\n }\n}\n```\n" }