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Terminal Screenshot (ANSI → PNG)

Renders a CLI command's colored terminal output to PNG so Claude can visually judge contrast, alignment and highlighting instead of reading raw escape codes.

Dev & CodingIntermediate★ 1,323⑂ 212AI score 9/10Last updated: Aug 8, 2026

What it does

  • Captures a command's full-fidelity ANSI output to a .ansi file, then renders it to a PNG for visual inspection.
  • Enforces a strict two-step flow (capture in a real shell, render second) so freeze --execute doesn't silently degrade background blocks, line numbers and header boxes.
  • Lets you pass the real terminal background hex (e.g. Ghostty's #282c34) so dark-theme contrast is judged fairly.
  • Falls back to the bundled scripts/ansi2html.py (stdlib only) + headless Chrome when freeze isn't available.
  • Ships a per-tool capture cheat sheet for delta, git diff, bat, eza, ls, ripgrep and generic commands.

Who it's for

  • Developers tuning delta / bat / starship / eza color themes.
  • Anyone who wants to verify contrast visually rather than guessing from hex values.
  • Users who want Claude Code to review how CLI output actually looks.

Examples

  1. After editing [delta] colors: git --no-pager diff | delta --dark --line-numbers --width=110 > /tmp/diff.ansi, then scripts/render_ansi.sh /tmp/diff.ansi /tmp/diff.png "#282c34" and read the PNG to check add/remove contrast.
  2. bat --color=always --style=numbers app.py > /tmp/x.ansi to confirm a new syntax theme is readable on a dark background.
  3. rg --color=always 'TODO' src > /tmp/x.ansi to see whether match highlighting stands out clearly.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

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What I want: (describe your task here)

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↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install in Claude Code

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Install the skill I found on AI Skill Mart.
Copy the daymade-claude-code/terminal-screenshot folder from the GitHub repo daymade/claude-code-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/terminal-screenshot/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills.git /tmp/ccs && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/ccs/daymade-claude-code/terminal-screenshot ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills.git /tmp/ccs
  2. Create the skills directory: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  3. Copy the skill in: cp -r /tmp/ccs/daymade-claude-code/terminal-screenshot ~/.claude/skills/
  4. (Recommended) Install the renderer: brew install charmbracelet/tap/freeze — ⚠️ do NOT run plain brew install freeze, that's an unrelated GUI cask. Alternative: go install github.com/charmbracelet/freeze@latest.
  5. If freeze can't be installed, a Chrome install is enough for the bundled fallback renderer.
  6. Make the script executable: chmod +x ~/.claude/skills/terminal-screenshot/scripts/render_ansi.sh
  7. Restart Claude Code and ask something like "screenshot my delta diff colors" or "is this terminal contrast good enough?".
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT