ASCII Glitch Workflow

Purpose

Use this as the end-to-end workflow for turning a subject into a finished animated ASCII artifact. It coordinates three skills:

• detailed-ascii-art for dense monospaced character art.
• ascii-glitch-gif for black cyber-glitch GIF animation.
• macos-gif-wallpaper when the user wants the GIF installed as a live desktop wallpaper.

Default Flow

1. Create or refine the ASCII composition with detailed-ascii-art.
2. Save the exact monospaced text to a .txt file, preserving all leading spaces and line breaks.
3. Run ascii-glitch-gif with --preset literal-ascii --ascii-file.
4. Generate a preview sheet and inspect it before delivery.
5. If the user asks for a wallpaper, hand the final GIF to macos-gif-wallpaper.

Quick Commands

ASCII_SKILL="$HOME/.codex/skills/ascii-glitch-gif"
PY="/Users/tec/.cache/codex-runtimes/codex-primary-runtime/dependencies/python/bin/python3"
[ -x "$PY" ] || PY="python3"

"$PY" "$ASCII_SKILL/scripts/generate_ascii_glitch_gif.py" \
  --preset literal-ascii \
  --ascii-file "$PWD/art.txt" \
  --spin \
  --out "$PWD/ascii-glitch.gif" \
  --preview-sheet "$PWD/ascii-glitch-contact.png"

Set the generated GIF as a macOS animated wallpaper:

bash "$HOME/.codex/skills/macos-gif-wallpaper/scripts/install_gif_wallpaper.sh" \
  --gif "$PWD/ascii-glitch.gif" \
  --fit cover \
  --install \
  --system-wallpaper \
  --launch

Style Defaults

• Black background.
• White or blue-white monospaced character art.
• No border, title, stamp, scanlines, or bright glitch bars unless requested.
• Use --spin when the user asks for rotating, orbiting, turning, or spinning.
• Use wallpaper dimensions only when needed; for most shareable loops, start at banner or square sizes.

Output Checklist

• The ASCII source is readable in a monospaced font.
• The GIF loops cleanly and does not crop the subject.
• The preview sheet confirms the animation has real motion.
• For wallpaper installs, the wallpaper app status shows installed and running.