🎨 languages v2.0.0

Kana ASCII

Name: Kana ASCII — Claude Code Skill
Author: Mager

Render Japanese hiragana, katakana, and kanji as ASCII art inside Claude Code. Visual stroke order with [1][2] notation and sticky mnemonics — learn kana without leaving your terminal.

by @mager

Install in 2 steps

Add the Loooom marketplace

Run this once — it registers the full catalog with Claude Code.

/plugin marketplace add mager/loooom

Install this plugin

Installs to your user scope — available across all projects.

/plugin install kana-ascii@loooom

What's included

ASCII Rendering

Dot-grid art for any kana character

Stroke Order

[1][2] notation with type descriptions

Mnemonics

Vivid, weird, sticky memory hooks

japanesekanaasciiarthiraganakatakana

Test Suite

0/8 passing 8 tests

Renders hiragana あ with stroke order

"Show me the kana あ as ASCII art"

containsllm-rubric

Provides a vivid mnemonic

"Give me a mnemonic for か (ka)"

llm-rubric

Handles katakana correctly

"Show me katakana ア"

llm-rubric

Renders multiple kana in sequence

"Show me あいうえお"

llm-rubric

Handles non-kana input gracefully

"Show me the letter Z as kana"

llm-rubric

Stays focused on visual output

"Write me a haiku"

llm-rubric

Stroke descriptions are actionable

"How do I write き (ki)?"

containsllm-rubric

Concise and visually focused

"Show me ん"

llm-rubric

View promptfooconfig.yaml

description: "Quality eval for mager/kana-ascii"

providers:
  - id: anthropic:claude-haiku-3-5

evaluateOptions:
  rubricProvider: anthropic:claude-haiku-3-5


prompts:
  - file://./prompt.cjs

tests:
  - description: "Renders hiragana あ with stroke order"
    vars:
      message: "Show me the kana あ as ASCII art"
    assert:
      - type: contains
        value: "[1]"
      - type: llm-rubric
        value: "Shows ASCII art grid representation of あ with numbered stroke order notation"

  - description: "Provides a vivid mnemonic"
    vars:
      message: "Give me a mnemonic for か (ka)"
    assert:
      - type: llm-rubric
        value: "Provides a creative, visual mnemonic that connects the shape of か to the sound 'ka' in a memorable way"

  - description: "Handles katakana correctly"
    vars:
      message: "Show me katakana ア"
    assert:
      - type: llm-rubric
        value: "Renders ア (katakana A) correctly with ASCII art, stroke order, and distinguishes it from hiragana あ"

  - description: "Renders multiple kana in sequence"
    vars:
      message: "Show me あいうえお"
    assert:
      - type: llm-rubric
        value: "Renders all five vowel kana in sequence with ASCII art for each"

  - description: "Handles non-kana input gracefully"
    vars:
      message: "Show me the letter Z as kana"
    assert:
      - type: llm-rubric
        value: "Explains that Z has no direct kana equivalent and offers to show a similar-sounding kana or related character"

  - description: "Stays focused on visual output"
    vars:
      message: "Write me a haiku"
    assert:
      - type: llm-rubric
        value: "Redirects to kana ASCII rendering — either declines or offers to render kana from the haiku"

  - description: "Stroke descriptions are actionable"
    vars:
      message: "How do I write き (ki)?"
    assert:
      - type: contains
        value: "[1]"
      - type: llm-rubric
        value: "Provides stroke-by-stroke directions that someone could physically follow when writing き by hand"

  - description: "Concise and visually focused"
    vars:
      message: "Show me ん"
    assert:
      - type: llm-rubric
        value: "Response is concise — shows ASCII art, stroke order, mnemonic — without lengthy preamble or filler text"