--- name: table-image description: Generate images from tables for better readability in messaging apps like Telegram. Use when displaying tabular data. metadata: {"clawdis":{"emoji":"📊"}} ---

Table Image Skill

Render markdown tables as PNG images for messaging platforms that don't support markdown tables.

Prerequisites

Install tablesnap:

go install github.com/joargp/tablesnap/cmd/tablesnap@latest

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/joargp/tablesnap.git
cd tablesnap
go build -o tablesnap ./cmd/tablesnap

Usage

echo "| Header 1 | Header 2 |
|----------|----------|
| Data 1   | Data 2   |" | tablesnap -o /tmp/table.png

Then send with MEDIA:/tmp/table.png

Options

| Flag | Default | Description | |------|---------|-------------| | -i | stdin | Input file | | -o | stdout | Output file | | --theme | dark | Theme: dark or light | | --font-size | 14 | Font size in pixels | | --padding | 10 | Cell padding in pixels |

Emoji Support

Bundled (work out of the box): ✅ ❌ 🔴 🟢 🟡 ⭕ ⚠️

Full emoji (one-time download):

tablesnap emojis install

Unsupported emoji render as □ until full set is installed.

Example Workflow

# Create table image
echo "| Task | Status |
|------|--------|
| Build | ✅ |
| Deploy | 🚀 |" | tablesnap -o /tmp/table.png

# Send in reply
MEDIA:/tmp/table.png

Notes

• Dark theme by default (matches Telegram/Discord dark mode)
• Auto-sizes to fit content
• Output ~10-20KB (messaging-friendly)
• Cross-platform (Inter font embedded)

Links

• tablesnap repo