ascii-diagram-validator SKILL.md skillA

ascii-diagram-validator from terrylica/cc-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add terrylica/cc-skills/ascii-diagram-validator@git:20260807.b89e550

Pins git:20260807.b89e550 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
terrylica/cc-skills
Path
plugins/doc-tools/skills/ascii-diagram-validator/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260807.b89e550, committed Aug 7, 2026
First version recorded
Jan 31, 2026
Size
7,043 bytes
Repository stars
2
License
MIT

Validate ASCII diagram alignment in markdown. TRIGGERS - diagram alignment, ASCII art, box-drawing diagrams.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# ASCII Diagram Validator

Validate and fix alignment issues in ASCII box-drawing diagrams commonly used in architecture documentation, README files, and code comments.

> **Self-Evolving Skill**: This skill improves through use. If instructions are wrong, parameters drifted, or a workaround was needed — fix this file immediately, don't defer. Only update for real, reproducible issues.

## Overview

ASCII diagrams using box-drawing characters (─│┌┐└┘├┤┬┴┼ and double-line variants ═║╔╗╚╝╠╣╦╩╬) require precise column alignment. This skill provides:

1. **Validation script** - Detects misaligned characters with file:line:column locations
2. **Actionable fixes** - Specific suggestions for correcting each issue
3. **Multi-file support** - Validate individual files or entire directories

## When to Use This Skill

Invoke when:

- Creating or editing ASCII architecture diagrams in markdown
- Reviewing documentation with box-drawing diagrams
- Fixing "diagram looks wrong" complaints
- Before committing docs/ARCHITECTURE.md or similar files
- When user mentions "ASCII alignment", "diagram alignment", or "box drawing"

## Supported Characters

### Single-Line Box Drawing

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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add terrylica/cc-skills/ascii-diagram-validator@sha256:062c9a361b3c775c

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260807.b89e550, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_gs4zcihy32pl6p53.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_gs4zcihy32pl6p53)

4 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jan 31, 2026 and Aug 7, 2026, about one every 47 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260807.b89e550 latest2026-08-07 b89e550 7,043 BA view · diff
git:20260401.d3768712026-04-01 d376871 7,012 BA view · diff
git:20260401.13804312026-04-01 1380431 6,790 BA view · diff
git:20260220.b9a45b92026-02-20 b9a45b9 6,220 BA view · diff
git:20260131.6668d6f2026-01-31 6668d6f 6,188 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7043 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

terrylica/cc-skills · 2 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_gs4zcihy32pl6p53
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=terrylica/cc-skills/ascii-diagram-validator
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/062c9a361b3c775c30fc28092c91e0d1e5d74d430596ea35d054c535ad704d05

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