Agent skill · nousresearch
ascii-art
ASCII art: pyfiglet, cowsay, boxes, image-to-ascii.
What it needs
About 6k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
ASCII Art Skill Multiple tools for different ASCII art needs. All tools are local CLI programs or free REST APIs — no API keys required. Tool 1: Text Banners (pyfiglet — local) Render text as large ASCII art banners. 571 built-in fonts. Setup Usage Recommended fonts Style Font Best for ------- ------ ---------- Clean & modern slant Project names, headers Bold & blocky doom Titles, logos Big & readable big Banners Classic banner banner3 Wide displays Compact small Subtitles Cyberpunk cyberlarge Tech themes 3D effect 3-d Splash screens Gothic gothic Dramatic text Tips Preview 2-3 fonts and let the user pick their favorite Short text (1-8 chars) works best with detailed fonts like doom or block Long text works better with compact fonts like small or mini Tool 2: Text Banners (asciified API — remote, no install) Free REST API that converts text to ASCII art. 250+ FIGlet fonts. Returns plain text directly — no parsing needed. Use this when pyfiglet is not installed or as a quick alternative. Usage (via terminal curl) Tips URL-encode spaces as + in the text parameter The response is plain text ASCII art — no JSON wrapping, ready to display Font names are case-sensitive; use the fonts endpoint to get exact names Works from any terminal with curl — no Python or pip needed Tool 3: Cowsay (Message Art) Classic tool that wraps text in a speech bubble with an ASCII character. Setup Usage Available characters (50+) beavis.zen, bong, bunny, cheese, daemon, default, dragon, dragon-and-cow, elephant, eyes, flaming-skull, ghostbusters, hellokitty, kiss, kitty, koala, luke-koala, mech-and-cow, meow, moofasa, moose, ren, sheep, skeleton, small, stegosaurus, stimpy, supermilker, surgery, three-eyes, turkey, turtle, tux, udder, vader, vader-koala, www Eye/tongue modifiers Tool 4: Boxes (Decorative Borders) Draw decorative ASCII art borders/frames around any text. 70+ built-in designs. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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