PBI Theme Gen

Generate complete Power BI Desktop themes from brand colors using Claude AI.

A Claude Skill that turns 3 brand colors into a production-ready Power BI theme — with branded canvas backgrounds, design tokens, HTML visual examples, and a PDF design system document.

What it does

Give Claude your brand colors. Get 4 production-ready files:

Output	Description
{brand}-pbi-theme.json	Complete Power BI theme (~5,800 lines) ready to import
{brand}-design-system.pdf	A4 print-ready design system reference document
{brand}-tokens.css	CSS custom properties for HTML visuals in Power BI
{brand}-html-visual-example.dax	3 DAX measures for branded HTML visuals

Features

• 37-Color Semantic Engine — backgrounds, text hierarchy, borders, accent family, and 8 chart data colors derived from your 3 brand inputs
• 5 Canvas Background Layouts — header only, header+filters, full layout with sidebar, or minimalist sidebar. SVG backgrounds with optional logo embedding
• 21 Shape Presets — badges, headers, dividers, accent bars, info cards, dark cards, metric highlights
• 9 Button Presets — brand, soft, surface, outline, dark, with hover states
• WCAG Accessibility — protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia, achromatopsia, low vision, WCAG AA/AAA
• Light & Dark Mode — complete color architecture for both
• Resolution-Aware Fonts — scales for 1280x720, 1920x1080, or custom
• HTML Visual Templates — responsive DAX-generated visuals using brand tokens
• Logo Embedding — paste your SVG logo, it gets embedded in the canvas background

Installation

Claude Code

git clone https://github.com/gusbavia/pbi-theme.git
cp -r pbi-theme ~/.claude/skills/          # global, every project
# or into a single project: cp -r pbi-theme your-project/.claude/skills/

Then just ask in plain language (the skill triggers from your phrasing), or invoke it explicitly with @pbi-theme.

Claude.ai

Download this repository as a ZIP, then Settings > Capabilities > Skills > Upload skill.

How it works

1. Answer 8 questions — colors, light/dark, resolution, layout, accessibility, borders, name, logo
2. Color engine runs — 37 semantic colors derived via HSL algorithms
3. Layout applied — mood settings, border style, font scaling
4. Theme generated — 5,800-line JSON with 27 visual types
5. SVG background — canvas layout + logo rendered as base64
6. 4 files delivered — JSON + PDF + CSS + DAX

Requirements

• Claude.ai or Claude Code
• Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome (for PDF generation)
• Power BI Desktop (to import the theme)

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Copyright (c) 2026 Gus Bavia

Companion skill

This skill pairs with pbi-project-hub — the full project delivery system for Power BI consultants. When you reach the Design System phase in a project hub engagement, invoke pbi-theme to generate the production theme. Outputs (JSON · CSS · DAX · PDF) drop directly into Clients/{name}/02_Design_System/.

Author

Gus Bavia — Power BI World Champion 2026

• LinkedIn: gusbavia