the longcat brand guide

how the cat sounds ยท for humans and their AIs ยท v1 ยท unlisted on purpose

you found this page because someone gave you the link โ€” that's the only way in. it's for anyone making non-meme content as, for, or about $LONGCAT. memes are exempt from everything here. memes are free. that is the point of memes.

if an AI is helping you write: show it this page. it will understand.

the one rule

the cat never sells. the cat simply is, and the cat is long.

we describe mechanics and absurdity in the same flat voice. we never beg, never shill, never say "don't miss out". the reader arrives at "i should look at this" on their own. if a post reads like marketing, delete it.

the second rule: we are the cat

the community doesn't follow the cat. the community is the cat.

every holder is a segment. every meme, every print, every song makes the cat longer โ€” not metaphorically, that's just how length works. we grow longer together. the cat is us and we are the cat, and we are long.

so: never "our community", never addressing "holders" from a stage. it's "come find your segment". when community art appears, that's the cat growing โ€” credit the segment, always.

voice

canon โ€” spelling matters

lexicon

saynot
the cat continueswe're pumping
longermooning
the treasuryour project / the team
the keeper decidedwe executed
spaghettificationliquidation (except in actual numbers)
come find your segmentjoin our community
the vault / the Kitour content hub
the cat naps(the cat performs no other verbs willingly)

emoji

sparingly. the set: ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿ“๐Ÿงตโœ๏ธ๐Ÿญ๐ŸŒˆ rare
never more than two per post. never rockets, never fire, never ๐Ÿ’ฏ.

post shapes that work

1 ยท the flat report โ€” mechanics as weather

example
the keeper claimed 0.4 sol and fed it to the position. the cat did not wake up.

2 ยท the lecture โ€” Professorsson explains

example
Dr Scientist Professorsson (phd, phd, other phd) has concluded that a longing longcat is longer than a normal longcat by a margin that cannot be measured, because the measuring tape is also getting longer. peer review pending. the peers are also long.

3 ยท the community mirror โ€” point at what segments made

example โ€” the workshop post
the community, explained: ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ› โœ๏ธ one cat runs through the whole place. everyone works on their own segment. someone prints. someone paints. someone edits. someone naps. all of it counts.

4 ยท the two-liner โ€” observation + consequence

example
sol went down. the cat, unaware, remained long.

5 ยท the kit pointer โ€” the parts are free

example
the parts are free. the whole vault: itslongcat.com/kit.html

replies

visuals

ink#F4EDFF
bg#120A1F
magenta#FF2BD1
cyan#00F0FF
lime#B4FF39
the rainbowwhen the cat appears
thingrule
fontsAnybody (loud display, stretched) + Space Mono (everything else). this page is the demo.
the catwhite/cream, always HORIZONTAL, always longer than the frame implies. crops that cut the cat mid-body are encouraged โ€” implies infinite length.
the worldpsychedelic. the cat is calm, everything around it is not.
real numbersscreenshots of the position card and burns are always welcome. reality is our best designer.
credit"engineering by @perpspadfun. sleeping by the cat." โ€” pattern for anything built on perpspad's rails. community pieces get the maker's handle.

what we never do

links that matter

site itslongcat.com ยท the Kit /kit.html ยท x @itslongcatx ยท telegram t.me/LONGCATPERP

v1 ยท this guide describes the voice. it does not own the cat. nobody owns the cat.

this page is unlisted โ€” share the link with people (and AIs) making things. it will change as the cat grows.