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Check before installing. Some of what it can do is expected: a media skill usually calls an AI service over the internet.
By mateaix/mateclaw (GitHub) · media · 1,194 stars · scanned at commit 6686cec
ASCII art: pyfiglet, cowsay, boxes, image-to-ascii.
Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.
What this skill can do
Downloads and installs other software
The author does not mention this.
Found in 5 places.
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Runs commands on your computer
This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README.
Found in 18 places.
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- mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 94
sudo apt install cowsay -y # Debian/Ubuntu - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 101
cowsay "Hello World" - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 121
cowsay -b "Borg" # =_= eyes - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 138
sudo apt install boxes -y # Debian/Ubuntu - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 145
echo "Hello World" | boxes # Default box - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 161
python3 -m pyfiglet "MATECLAW" -f slant | boxes -d stone - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 173
sudo apt install toilet toilet-fonts -y # Debian/Ubuntu - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 180
toilet "Hello World" # Basic text art - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 204
sudo snap install ascii-image-converter - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 209
ascii-image-converter image.png # Basic - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 221
sudo apt install jp2a -y - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 239
curl -s 'https://ascii.co.uk/art/cat' -o /tmp/ascii_art.html - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 274
curl -s https://api.github.com/octocat - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 284
curl -s "qrenco.de/Hello+World" - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 291
curl -s "wttr.in/London" # Full weather report with ASCII graphics
Sends data to these websites: asciified.thelicato.io, ascii.co.uk, api.github.com, example.com
The author does not mention this. Expected for a media skill.
Found in 15 places.
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- mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 72
curl -s "https://asciified.thelicato.io/api/v2/ascii?text=Hello&font=Star+Wars" - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 73
curl -s "https://asciified.thelicato.io/api/v2/ascii?text=Hello&font=3-D" - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 74
curl -s "https://asciified.thelicato.io/api/v2/ascii?text=Hello&font=Banner3" - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 77
curl -s "https://asciified.thelicato.io/api/v2/fonts" - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 163
curl -s "https://asciified.thelicato.io/api/v2/ascii?text=MATECLAW&font=Slant" | boxes -d stone - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 239
curl -s 'https://ascii.co.uk/art/cat' -o /tmp/ascii_art.html - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 274
curl -s https://api.github.com/octocat - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 284
curl -s "qrenco.de/Hello+World" - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 285
curl -s "qrenco.de/https://example.com" - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 291
curl -s "wttr.in/London" # Full weather report with ASCII graphics - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 292
curl -s "wttr.in/Moon" # Moon phase in ASCII art - mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art/SKILL.md, line 293
curl -s "v2.wttr.in/London" # Detailed version
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Install
Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.
if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'ascii-art' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'ascii-art' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named ascii-art already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/mateaix/mateclaw' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet '6686cec03fe164b558a019f167774d3d5019f91d' -- 'mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'mateclaw-server/src/main/resources/skills/ascii-art' ~/.agents/skills/'ascii-art' && rm -rf "$d"; fi
Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'ascii-art' ~/.claude/skills/'ascii-art' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.
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Score history
| Date | Version | Score |
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| 2026-11-12 | 6686cec | 77 |
| 2026-11-08 | 0d87013 | 77 |