Console — Console Output & Debugging Reference

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name: "console"

version: "1.0.0"

description: "Console & terminal output reference — logging levels, ANSI colors, debugging techniques, formatters. Use when styling terminal output, implementing log systems, or debugging with console tools."

author: "BytesAgain"

homepage: "https://bytesagain.com"

source: "https://github.com/bytesagain/ai-skills"

tags: [console, terminal, logging, ansi, debug, output, devtools, cli]

category: "devtools"

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# Console — Console Output & Debugging Reference

Quick-reference skill for console output formatting, logging systems, ANSI escape codes, and debugging techniques.

When to Use

Commands

`intro`

scripts/script.sh intro

Overview of console output — streams, TTY detection, output principles.

`ansi`

scripts/script.sh ansi

ANSI escape codes — colors, styles, cursor control, 256-color and truecolor.

`logging`

scripts/script.sh logging

Log levels and best practices — DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL.

`browser`

scripts/script.sh browser

Browser console API — log, table, group, time, profile, assert.

`node`

scripts/script.sh node

Node.js console and util — inspect, format, debug module, chalk.

`cli`

scripts/script.sh cli

CLI output patterns — progress bars, spinners, tables, prompts.

`debug`

scripts/script.sh debug

Debugging techniques — breakpoints, stack traces, conditional logging.

`tools`

scripts/script.sh tools

Console tools and libraries — chalk, winston, pino, log4j, structlog.

`help`

scripts/script.sh help

`version`

scripts/script.sh version

Configuration

| Variable | Description |

|----------|-------------|

| `CONSOLE_DIR` | Data directory (default: ~/.console/) |

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