# Align

> Data and text alignment reference — sequence alignment, text formatting, memory alignment, and CSS/layout alignment. Use when aligning sequences, formatting columnar output, or understanding byte alignment.

- Skill: `bytesagain/align` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add bytesagain/align`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/bytesagain/align/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Web & Frontend
- Author: bytesagain (https://skillmd.com/u/bytesagain)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/bytesagain/align

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# Align — Alignment Reference

Quick-reference skill for alignment concepts across domains: text formatting, memory, CSS layout, and sequence alignment.

## When to Use

- Formatting text into aligned columns for terminal output
- Understanding memory alignment and struct padding
- Using CSS alignment properties (flexbox, grid, text)
- Sequence alignment algorithms (bioinformatics)
- Aligning data for SIMD operations

## Commands

### `intro`

```bash
scripts/script.sh intro
```

Overview of alignment concepts across domains.

### `text`

```bash
scripts/script.sh text
```

Text alignment — printf formatting, column alignment, padding, and tabulation.

### `css`

```bash
scripts/script.sh css
```

CSS alignment — flexbox, grid, text-align, vertical centering techniques.

### `memory`

```bash
scripts/script.sh memory
```

Memory alignment — struct padding, cache lines, SIMD requirements, and alignment attributes.

### `sequence`

```bash
scripts/script.sh sequence
```

Sequence alignment — Needleman-Wunsch, Smith-Waterman, BLAST overview.

### `columns`

```bash
scripts/script.sh columns
```

Column formatting — CLI table output, fixed-width, and dynamic column sizing.

### `typographic`

```bash
scripts/script.sh typographic
```

Typographic alignment — left, right, center, justified, and baseline alignment.

### `tools`

```bash
scripts/script.sh tools
```

Alignment tools — column, printf, fmt, CSS debuggers, and struct analyzers.

### `help`

```bash
scripts/script.sh help
```

### `version`

```bash
scripts/script.sh version
```

## Configuration

| Variable | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| `ALIGN_DIR` | Data directory (default: ~/.align/) |

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