# 🎨 ASCII Art Converter — llms.txt
# 📜 https://llmstxt.org specification
# 🗓️ Last updated: 2026-02-20
# 🏗️ Version: 2.0.0

## 📰 About

ASCII Art Converter is a browser-based tool that converts images to ASCII art in real-time.
Part of the **PlatPhorm News** network (130+ sites) at https://ascii.platphormnews.com.
Flagship network at https://www.platphormnews.com with community hub at https://ph3ar.com.

## 🛠️ Features

- 📷 Upload any image or drag & drop
- 🎛️ Adjustable resolution, character sets, grayscale/color modes
- 🔄 Real-time preview via HTML5 Canvas
- 📋 Copy to clipboard or download as .txt
- 🎨 4 character sets: Standard, Detailed, Blocks, Minimal
- 🌙 Dark-mode optimized UI

## 🤖 MCP (Model Context Protocol)

- 🔧 MCP Discovery: https://ascii.platphormnews.com/.well-known/mcp.json
- 📡 MCP Endpoint: https://ascii.platphormnews.com/api/mcp
- 🌐 MCP Hub: https://mcp.platphormnews.com
- 📚 MCP Hub Docs: https://mcp.platphormnews.com/api/docs
- 📝 Protocol: MCP 2025-03-26 (JSON-RPC 2.0)
- 🛠️ Tools: convert_image, get_health, get_info, list_charsets, subscribe_webhook, list_webhooks, register_site
- 🤝 Handshake: initialize → notifications/initialized → tools/list → tools/call

## 🔌 API

- 📖 API Docs: https://ascii.platphormnews.com/api/docs
- 🔄 Convert Image: POST https://ascii.platphormnews.com/api/convert
- 💚 Health: https://ascii.platphormnews.com/api/health
- 🔔 Webhooks: https://ascii.platphormnews.com/api/webhooks (GET/POST/DELETE)
- 📡 Events: conversion.started, conversion.completed, conversion.failed, health.degraded, health.restored

## 📡 Feeds & Discovery

- 🗺️ Sitemap: https://ascii.platphormnews.com/sitemap.xml
- 🤖 robots.txt: https://ascii.platphormnews.com/robots.txt
- 🤖 llms.txt: https://ascii.platphormnews.com/llms.txt
- 📚 llms-full.txt: https://ascii.platphormnews.com/llms-full.txt
- 🔧 MCP: https://ascii.platphormnews.com/.well-known/mcp.json

## 🌐 PlatPhorm Network

- 🏠 PlatPhorm News: https://www.platphormnews.com
- 🏘️ PH3AR Community: https://ph3ar.com
- 🎮 QuakeJS Arena: https://quake.platphormnews.com
- 🤖 MCP Hub: https://mcp.platphormnews.com
- 📚 MCP Hub Docs: https://mcp.platphormnews.com/api/docs
- 📝 Blog: https://blog.ph3ar.com

## 👤 Contact & Attribution

- ✍️ Author: Michael Barbine
- 📧 Email: Michael@Barbineworldwide.com
- 🐙 GitHub: https://github.com/mbarbine
- 🐦 Twitter/X: @BigNerdLoLz

## ⚖️ License

MIT License © 2026 Michael Barbine / PlatPhorm News.

> 🎨 ASCII Art Converter is a real-time image-to-ASCII converter built with Next.js 15, Tailwind CSS, and HTML5 Canvas.
> 🔗 Hosted on Vercel at https://ascii.platphormnews.com
> 🤖 MCP-enabled with 7 tools (convert_image, get_health, get_info, list_charsets, subscribe_webhook, list_webhooks, register_site)
> 🌐 MCP Hub: https://mcp.platphormnews.com | Hub Docs: https://mcp.platphormnews.com/api/docs
> 👤 Created by Michael Barbine — Michael@Barbineworldwide.com