Ascii Art
Converts text, images, or video to ASCII art with multiple styles and export formats. Use when the user asks to create ASCII art, convert images/videos to text art, or mentions ascii-art, braille art, or block art.
Install
npx skills add neethanwu/ascii-art --skill ascii-artgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/neethanwu/ascii-art.git /tmp/ascii-art
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/ascii-art/. ~/.claude/skills/ascii-artPersonal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.
From the SKILL.md
# ASCII Art Converter
## Setup
Before first use, run the environment setup (idempotent, <1s after first run):
```bash
bash {{SKILL_DIR}}/scripts/setup.sh
```
## Input Detection
1. **File path** → check extension: `.jpg/.jpeg/.png/.webp/.bmp/.tiff` → **image**, `.mp4/.webm/.avi/.mov/.mkv` → **video**, `.gif` → check if animated (video) or static (image)
2. **Pasted/attached image** → **save IMMEDIATELY** before doing anything else. Run:
```bash
{{SKILL_DIR}}/scripts/.venv/bin/python {{SKILL_DIR}}/scripts/save_image.py --clipboard
```
This grabs the image from the system clipboard (still there after paste), saves to `ascii/tmp/` with a timestamped name, and prints the saved path to stdout. Use that output path as `--input`.
If `--clipboard` fails (no image in clipboard), fall back to asking: "Please provide the file path (e.g. `~/Downloads/photo.jpg`)." You can also pass a known file path directly: `save_image.py <path>`.
**Do NOT proceed to options until you have a valid file path on disk.**
3. **Plain text** (no file, or file doesn't exist) → **text** (FIGlet banner)
4. **Nothing provided** → ask what they want to convert
## Options Prompt
Parse the user's message for pre-specified options. Then prompt for **unspecified options** using `AskUserQuestion`.
- "defaults" or "just do it" → skip prompting, use all defaults
- "random" or "surprise me" → skip prompting, use `--random`
- All options specified → skip promptingDetails
- Skill name
ascii-art- Repository
- neethanwu/ascii-art
- License
- MIT
- Repo updated
- 10 March 2026
FAQ
What does the Ascii Art skill do?
Converts text, images, or video to ASCII art with multiple styles and export formats. Use when the user asks to create ASCII art, convert images/videos to text art, or mentions ascii-art, braille art, or block art.
How do I install the Ascii Art skill?
skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add neethanwu/ascii-art --skill ascii-art. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.
Is Ascii Art popular?
It lives in neethanwu/ascii-art, which has 24 GitHub stars and 4 forks.
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