Completes the Windows-gating coverage for the built-in skills/ tree. Every
bundled SKILL.md now carries an explicit platforms: declaration so the
loader (agent.skill_utils.skill_matches_platform) can skip-load skills
that don't fit the current OS.
74 skills declared cross-platform (platforms: [linux, macos, windows]):
Creative (16): ascii-art, ascii-video, architecture-diagram, baoyu-comic,
baoyu-infographic, claude-design, creative-ideation, design-md,
excalidraw, humanizer, manim-video, p5js, pixel-art,
popular-web-designs, pretext, sketch, songwriting-and-ai-music,
touchdesigner-mcp
Autonomous agents: claude-code, codex, hermes-agent, opencode
Data/devops: jupyter-live-kernel, kanban-orchestrator, kanban-worker,
webhook-subscriptions, dogfood, codebase-inspection
GitHub: github-auth, github-code-review, github-issues,
github-pr-workflow, github-repo-management
Media: gif-search, heartmula, songsee, spotify, youtube-content
MCP / email / gaming / notes / smart-home: native-mcp, himalaya,
pokemon-player, obsidian, openhue
mlops (non-broken): weights-and-biases, huggingface-hub, llama-cpp,
outlines, segment-anything-model, dspy, trl-fine-tuning
Productivity: airtable, google-workspace, linear, maps, nano-pdf,
notion, ocr-and-documents, powerpoint
Red-teaming / research: godmode, arxiv, blogwatcher, llm-wiki,
polymarket
Software-dev: debugging-hermes-tui-commands, hermes-agent-skill-authoring,
node-inspect-debugger, plan, requesting-code-review, spike,
subagent-driven-development, systematic-debugging,
test-driven-development, writing-plans
Misc: yuanbao
5 skills gated from Windows (platforms: [linux, macos]):
mlops/inference/vllm (serving-llms-vllm)
vLLM is officially Linux-only; Windows requires WSL.
mlops/training/axolotl
Axolotl's flash-attn + deepspeed + bitsandbytes stack is Linux-first.
mlops/training/unsloth
Requires Triton + xformers + flash-attn — Linux only in practice.
mlops/models/audiocraft (audiocraft-audio-generation)
torchaudio ffmpeg backend + encodec dependencies are Linux-first.
mlops/inference/obliteratus
Research abliteration workflow; relies on Linux-focused pytorch
kernels and MLX — no first-class Windows path.
Same strict-over-lenient policy as the optional-skills sweep: when the
underlying tool's Windows support is rough, missing, or WSL-only, gate the
skill. Easier to un-gate after verified Windows support lands than to leak
partial support that manifests as mid-task failures.
Combined with prior commits in this branch, every bundled SKILL.md
(skills/ + optional-skills/) now has a platforms: declaration.
Target: every skill's description fits in a one-line gateway menu and
leads with trigger keywords an agent would match on. Drops filler like
'Use this skill to', 'A skill for', 'This skill provides'.
Before: max description length was 791 chars (architecture-diagram),
74 of 81 built-in skills were >60 chars.
After: max 60, mean 54, all 81 built-in skills <=60.
Rewritten with double-quoted YAML scalars to preserve Chinese/arrow
glyphs (baoyu-comic, yuanbao, youtube-content).
Major issues fixed:
- Removed dead APIs: artii.herokuapp.com (404 since Heroku free tier
ended 2022), patorjk.com TAAG AJAX endpoint (404)
- Removed unusable sources: emojicombos.com (3.3MB JS blob, not
curl-accessible), asciiart.eu (art loads via JavaScript only)
New working sources added:
- asciified API (asciified.thelicato.io): free text-to-ASCII REST API,
250+ FIGlet fonts, returns plain text, no auth — perfect remote
alternative when pyfiglet isn't installed
- ascii.co.uk: classic ASCII art archive, art in <pre> tags,
extractable with simple curl + Python parsing
- qrenco.de: QR codes as ASCII art via curl
- wttr.in: weather and moon phase as ASCII art via curl
Also fixed: Tool 6 no longer relies on web_extract inside
execute_code (which was the original #662 bug). All web lookups
now use terminal curl which is universally available.
emojicombos.com has a huge curated collection of ASCII art, dot art,
kaomoji, and emoji combos searchable via web_extract with a simple
URL pattern: https://emojicombos.com/{term}-ascii-art
No API key needed. Returns modern/meme art, pop culture references,
and kaomoji alongside classic ASCII art. Added as Source A (recommended
first) before asciiart.eu (Source B, classic archive).
Also added GitHub Octocat API as a fun easter egg and kaomoji search
to the decision flow.
Adds 5 additional tools from the awesome-ascii-art ecosystem:
- cowsay: 50+ characters with speech/thought bubbles
- boxes: 70+ decorative border designs, composable with pyfiglet
- toilet: colored text art with rainbow/metal/border filters
- ascii-image-converter: modern image-to-ASCII (PNG/JPEG/GIF/WEBP)
- jp2a: lightweight JPEG-to-ASCII fallback
Also adds fun extras (Star Wars telnet), resource links, and
an expanded decision flow covering all 7 modes.
Ref: github.com/moul/awesome-ascii-art
Adds two primary modes on top of the original LLM-generation approach:
- Mode 1: pyfiglet (571 fonts, pip install, no API key) for text banners
- Mode 2: asciiart.eu search (11,000+ pieces) via web_extract for pre-made art
- Mode 3: LLM-generated art using Unicode palette (original PR, now fallback)
Includes decision flow, font recommendations, and category reference.
Unicode-based ASCII art generator skill with multiple styles
(block, shadow, outlined, gradient, decorative frame), character
palette reference, and usage examples. No external dependencies.
