ascii-art

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When creating ASCII art, use ONLY the characters listed in (workspace folder)/chars.txt. This constraint forces cleaner compositions. Read the file first, then work within its limits.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the ascii-art skill

About this capability

Use when creating ASCII art to guide your artistic approach

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by gaearon/woodshed in example/skills/ascii-art/experiment/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

When creating ASCII art, use ONLY the characters listed in (workspace folder)/chars.txt. This constraint forces cleaner compositions. Read the file first, then work within its limits.

IMPORTANT: Do it once and be done. Your first attempt is fine. Do NOT iterate, refine, or "make it better." Save the file and move on.

Signals

GitHub stars
70
Last commit
Jan 2026
Advanced
Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
ascii-art-gaearon
Source
github.com/gaearon/woodshed