aiskillstore ASCII Visualizer Skill
🎯 SKILL ACTIVATION PROTOCOL To use this skill, announce at the start of the response:
🎯 Using ascii-visualizer skill for visual diagram generation
Purpose
Create clear ASCII visualizations for ANY concept. USER EXPLICITLY LOVES ASCII ART - use liberally!
When to Use
- Architecture diagrams or system design
- Implementation plans and workflows
- Before/after comparisons or options
- Progress indicators and metrics
- File trees and hierarchies
Pattern Library
Box Diagrams
┌─────────────────┐
│ Component A │
│ (Description) │
└────────┬────────┘
│
▼
┌─────────────────┐
│ Component B │
└─────────────────┘
File Trees
test-orchestration-demo/
├── .claude/
│ ├── skills/ ⭐ This skill!
│ └── instructions/
├── Docs/
│ └── results-implementation/
└── frontend/ ✨ 7-folder architecture
├── app/ (Next.js routes)
├── modules/ (Feature modules)
├── shared/ (UI components)
├── lib/ (Integrations)
├── store/ (Global state)
├── styles/ (Design system)
└── types/ (TypeScript)
Flow Charts
User Answer
│
▼
tRPC Endpoint
│
▼
Claude AI → Evaluation
│
▼
Results Store → UI
Comparison Tables
┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ BEFORE (17 folders) AFTER (7 folders)│
├──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Complexity: High Simple -60% ⬇️│
│ Type Safety: 70% 100% +30% ✅│
│ Code Lines: 3,455 2,500 -955 🧹│
│ Build Time: 8.5s 7.2s -15% ⚡│
└──────────────────────────────────────────┘
Progress Bars
DevPrep AI - Results Analytics
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Tab 1: Overview ████████████████ 100% ✅
Tab 2: Questions ████████████████ 100% ✅
Tab 3: Hint Analytics████████████████ 100% ✅
Tab 4: Insights ████████████████ 100% ✅
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Box-Drawing Characters
┌─┬─┐ ╔═╦═╗ Basic boxes
├─┼─┤ ╠═╬═╣ Heavy boxes
└─┴─┘ ╚═╩═╝ Rounded corners
│ ║ Vertical lines
─ ═ Horizontal lines
▲ ▼ Arrows
► ◄ Arrows horizontal
✅ ❌ Status indicators
🚧 📋 Progress states
⭐ 🔥 Priorities
Best Practices
- Clarity First - ASCII should clarify, not confuse
- Consistent Styling - Use box-drawing characters consistently
- Compact - Fit within 80-100 columns when possible
- Status Indicators - Use emojis for visual interest: ✅ 🚧 📋 ⏳ ❌ ⭐
- Always Visualize - User loves seeing plans as ASCII art
Usage Guidelines
Create ASCII visualizations for:
- "How does X work?"
- "Show me the plan"
- "What's the architecture?"
- "Compare A vs B"
- ANY explanation that benefits from visuals
Example
See examples/devprep-architecture.md for a comprehensive example showing:
- DevPrep AI's 7-folder architecture
- Tab 4 Learning Insights implementation workflow
- Agent delegation with parallel execution
- Data flow visualization (store → hooks → components)
- Recent accomplishments and metrics
- Skills ecosystem integration
This example demonstrates how to create layered visualizations that progress from high-level architecture to detailed implementation flows.