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majiayu000/profile-control-plane

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TLDR

A tool that turns one YAML file describing you into a polished, animated GitHub profile README with matching dark and light SVG graphics.

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    What it does
      Compiles YAML into profile
      Generates hero and project map
      Produces GitHub README.md
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
      Node.js
      SVG generation
    Use cases
      Build a portfolio profile
      Show flagship projects
      Match GitHub dark and light mode
    Audience
      Developers
      Open source maintainers
    Templates
      Sixteen visual styles
      Reduced motion support
    Agent skill
      Profile positioning help
      Safe staging workflow

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Generate a polished, animated GitHub profile README from one YAML file.

USE CASE 2

Pick from sixteen templates to match a personal visual style.

USE CASE 3

Automatically switch profile graphics between dark and light mode.

USE CASE 4

Highlight flagship projects and a broader project map on a profile page.

What is it built with?

TypeScriptNode.jsSVGYAML

How does it compare?

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Setup difficultyeasyeasyeasy
Complexity2/52/52/5
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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min

Requires Node.js 20 or newer and editing a YAML config before the first build.

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

In plain English

Profile Control Plane turns a GitHub profile README into a designed visual system instead of a single banner image. You write one YAML file describing your identity and your work, and the tool compiles it into a set of SVG graphics: a hero image, a project map, highlighted flagship work, and an expandable list of other projects. Everything is generated from that one reviewed file, so the same content can be rendered in sixteen different visual styles just by changing the template. Each template produces four SVG files with native dark and light variants that switch automatically depending on the viewer's GitHub theme, plus support for reduced motion for accessibility. The tool then writes out a GitHub-safe README.md with the generated images embedded and metadata properly escaped, and it can optionally include star badges pulled from your repositories. The project ships as a command line tool with init, build, preview, and check commands, and it is described as using typed, fail closed errors, meaning it is built to stop and report a problem rather than produce a broken profile silently. There is no hosted image service, no database, no analytics collection, and no token required just to render your profile, so everything runs and stays on your own machine or CI. It also bundles an agent skill called design-github-profile meant to help with evidence-backed positioning, choosing a profile archetype, visually reviewing the output, and staging changes safely. This suggests the project is built to be used alongside AI coding agents as much as by hand. It is written in TypeScript and licensed under MIT.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Help me write a profile.yaml for profile-control-plane that highlights my top 3 GitHub projects.
Prompt 2
Walk me through installing profile-control-plane and running the build command for the first time.
Prompt 3
Compare the Control Plane and Terminal templates in profile-control-plane and suggest which fits a backend developer.
Prompt 4
Show me how to use the check command in profile-control-plane to validate my profile.yaml before building.

Frequently asked questions

What is profile-control-plane?

A tool that turns one YAML file describing you into a polished, animated GitHub profile README with matching dark and light SVG graphics.

What language is profile-control-plane written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, Node.js, SVG.

What license does profile-control-plane use?

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is profile-control-plane to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is profile-control-plane for?

Mainly developer.

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