# ASCII Render Pass — primitive for generative & ascii (hyperframes)

> **For AI agents:** find the right skill in one call — `curl -s "https://skills.varg.ai/api/search?q=<what the person wants>"` returns the matching use case and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://skills.varg.ai/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add `.md` to its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the use-case page.

A slotted scene renders as live ASCII: a canvas samples the source's luminance grid (rasterized once at mount) and draws glyphs from a density ramp charset; resolution steps coarse to fine as the piece resolves…

- **Install:** `npx hyperframes add ascii-render-pass`
- **Registry:** hyperframes · **Framework:** hyperframes · **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Docs and preview:** https://hyperframes.heygen.com/catalog/components/ascii-render-pass
- **Source:** https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/ascii-render-pass
- **Runs:** local render, free
- **Aspect:** any

## Slots (what you fill in)

- `charset` (string) — Charset
- `grid` (enum) — Grid
- `resolve_at` (number) — Resolve at
- `accent` (enum) — Accent
- `exit` (enum) — Exit

## Used in

- [Math animation](https://skills.varg.ai/video/math-animation.md)
- [Whiteboard & hand-drawn](https://skills.varg.ai/video/whiteboard.md)
- [Live-coded music video](https://skills.varg.ai/video/live-code-music.md)
- [Shader loop](https://skills.varg.ai/video/shader-loop.md)
- [Generative art loop](https://skills.varg.ai/video/generative-loop.md)
- [ASCII & retro looks](https://skills.varg.ai/video/ascii-retro.md)

## More generative & ascii

- [ASCII Trail Reveal](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.ascii-trail-reveal.md) — `npx hyperframes add ascii-trail-reveal`
- [Fractal Noise](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.fractal-noise.md) — `npx hyperframes add fractal-noise`
- [Gabor Noise](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.gabor-noise.md) — `npx hyperframes add gabor-noise`
- [Worley Noise](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.worley-noise.md) — `npx hyperframes add worley-noise`
- [ASCII Render](https://skills.varg.ai/component/remocn.ascii-render.md) — `npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/ascii-render`
- [Flow Field](https://skills.varg.ai/component/remocn.flow-field.md) — `npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/flow-field`