Table Image Skill

SkillCommunication

Generate images from tables for better readability in messaging apps like Telegram. Use when displaying tabular data.

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 Table Image Skill skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by lev-os/agents in skills-db/_todo/table-image/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Render markdown tables as PNG images for messaging platforms that don't support markdown tables.

Prerequisites

Install tablesnap:

go install github.com/joargp/tablesnap/cmd/tablesnap@latest

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/joargp/tablesnap.git
cd tablesnap
go build -o tablesnap ./cmd/tablesnap

Usage

echo "| Header 1 | Header 2 |
|----------|----------|
| Data 1   | Data 2   |" | tablesnap -o /tmp/table.png

Then send with MEDIA:/tmp/table.png

Options

FlagDefaultDescription
-istdinInput file
-ostdoutOutput file
--themedarkTheme: dark or light
--font-size14Font size in pixels
--padding10Cell padding in pixels

Emoji Support

Bundled (work out of the box): ✅ ❌ 🔴 🟢 🟡 ⭕ ⚠️

Full emoji (one-time download):

tablesnap emojis install

Unsupported emoji render as □ until full set is installed.

Example Workflow

# Create table image
echo "| Task | Status |
|------|--------|
| Build | ✅ |
| Deploy | 🚀 |" | tablesnap -o /tmp/table.png

# Send in reply
MEDIA:/tmp/table.png

Notes

  • Dark theme by default (matches Telegram/Discord dark mode)
  • Auto-sizes to fit content
  • Output ~10-20KB (messaging-friendly)
  • Cross-platform (Inter font embedded)

Links

Signals

GitHub stars
22
Forks
2
Last commit
Sep 2026

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Gateway key
table-image
Source
github.com/lev-os/agents