# Cowsay

> Use this tool when you need to generate whimsical ASCII art for AI conversations or demonstrations, providing a playful way to format text with speech or thought bubbles. It solves the problem of adding personality to text-based interactions, with a simple interface that takes input text and outputs styled ASCII art. It's ideal for use cases where a touch of humor or creativity can enhance the user experience.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/mrseanchow-cowsay  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/mrseanchow-cowsay

## Description

A cowsay MCP server that provides ASCII art cow capabilities for LLMs, built by Sean Chow using TypeScript and the cowsay npm package. The implementation offers three tools: cowsay for generating speech bubbles, cowthink for thought bubbles, and list_cows for discovering available characters, with support for 9 different cow variants including default, tux, dragon, elephant, and skeleton. Useful for adding whimsical ASCII art generation to AI conversations, demonstrations, or any application where playful text formatting enhances the user experience.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.97
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/mrseanchow-cowsay)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mrseanchow/cowsay-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "mrseanchow-cowsay"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/mrseanchow-cowsay` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/mrseanchow-cowsay/pull`

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