ascii-skill

Summary

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Last Commit	2026-07-03
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Last Indexed	2026-09-06 06:05

Installation

nimble install ascii-skill

choosenim install ascii-skill

git clone https://gitlab.com/arjunkshah/ascii-skill

OS Compatibility

Platform	Linux	macOS	Windows	FreeBSD	OpenBSD	NetBSD	Android	iOS	WASM	Embedded
ascii-skill	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source

Repository	https://gitlab.com/arjunkshah/ascii-skill
Homepage	https://gitlab.com/arjunkshah/ascii-skill
Registry Source	gitlab

README

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│        fixed-width ASCII · generate anything · zero deps        │
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**AI agent skill — teach any coding agent to generate world-class ASCII art** Characters are pixels. Every cell has visual weight.

Install

npx skills add arjunkshah/ascii-skill

For a specific agent:

npx skills add arjunkshah/ascii-skill -a codex
npx skills add arjunkshah/ascii-skill -a claude-code
npx skills add arjunkshah/ascii-skill -a cursor

What is this?

An AI agent skill that teaches any coding agent to generate world-class ASCII art — treating ASCII as grid-based visual design where every character is a pixel with intentional visual weight.

User: "draw a dragon fighting a knight in front of a castle"
Agent: ← beautiful ASCII scene rendered to the terminal

Works with zero dependencies — pure Python with math and random. Only the agent reads SKILL.md (~1620 lines) as its constitution.

Capabilities

Category	Examples
ASCII Art	Dragons, knights, spaceships, robots, logos, scenes, icons
ASCII UI	Dashboards, menus, progress bars, tables, status panels, cards
3D ASCII	Rotating cubes, spheres, toruses, starfields, tunnels, terrain
Matrix Effects	Column-based rain, falling streams, animated glyphs
Terminal Animation	Frame sequences, Python animation, browser-based effects
Procedural	Waves, fire, smoke, particles, terrain, waves, aurora

Usage

Tell your agent to draw something after installing:

$ascii draw a dragon
$ascii rotating cube
$ascii matrix rain
$ascii system dashboard
$ascii draw a knight with sword and shield
$ascii 3D torus animation

Agents use a 5-step workflow: parse → choose → design → render → verify.

3D Capabilities

Full projection-based 3D rendering:

Perspective projection for depth and realism
Rotation matrices for X/Y/Z axes
Z-buffer for correct occlusion
Bresenham line drawing for wireframes
Point cloud shading for spheres and organic forms
Depth-based character density for surface shading

Rotating cubes, spheres, toruses, starfields, tunnels, particle systems, low-poly objects, and wireframe terrain.

Project Structure

ascii-skill/
├── SKILL.md              ★ Agent constitution for ASCII generation
├── README.md             ★ This file
├── LICENSE               ★ MIT license
├── launch.html           ★ Video launch reel
├── index.html            ★ Landing page with interactive canvas
├── assets/
│   └── ascii-skill.js    ★ Browser canvas runtime
└── scripts/
    ├── ascii_gen.py      ★ Python CLI toolkit
    ├── run_all_tools.sh  ★ Test suite
    └── setup.sh          ★ Environment setup

Live Demo

Landing page with interactive canvas runtime · Launch reel

npx skills add arjunkshah/ascii-skill
_{Install once, generate anything}