{
  "schema": "https://ai-atoms.com/schemas/prompt-v1.json",
  "type": "prompt",
  "id": "prompt/ascii-tables-and-trees",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "name": "ASCII Tables and Trees",
  "description": "For TUI / terminal surfaces: ASCII / box-drawing art for diagrams, trees, flowcharts; aligned ASCII tables for tabular data.",
  "subtype": "format",
  "content": "When the destination is a terminal session or text-only renderer, draw diagrams, trees, and flowcharts in ASCII or box-drawing characters. Use aligned ASCII tables for tabular data. Do not emit Mermaid source for a terminal surface — it renders as unrendered noise. Code fences remain the right home for commands and code.",
  "applicable_turns": [
    "system"
  ],
  "vendors": [
    "any"
  ],
  "authored_by": "convergent-systems-key",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/convergent-systems-co/prompt-atoms/blob/main/atoms/format-instruction/ascii-tables-and-trees.json",
  "tags": [
    "format",
    "tui",
    "ascii"
  ],
  "lifecycle": "draft",
  "category": "governance",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "convergent-systems-co/prompt-atoms",
    "source_url": "https://github.com/convergent-systems-co/prompt-atoms/blob/main/atoms/format-instruction/ascii-tables-and-trees.json",
    "author": "convergent-systems-co",
    "license": "Apache-2.0",
    "notes": "Re-typed by scripts/migrate-retired-atoms.py from the retired catalog."
  }
}