# Pocket Mascots

> A mascot maker for the things people live with. Name one thing - a car, a kettle, a houseplant, a pet - pick what kind of thing it is and a mood, and list two to six quirks. One metered run designs a small collectible series: three character directions, two chunky figures in each, one of the six marked rare, every figure drawn from one of the quirks with a name, a short bio and a catchphrase, plus a pick for the best single mascot.

URL: https://pocket-mascots.skillsafe.ai/
API tutorial: https://pocket-mascots.skillsafe.ai/api.html

## Free in the browser

- Reads the quirks one per line (bullets and numbers stripped, repeats dropped, at most 6 sent).
- Draws a starter figure from the thing's name in a die-cut collectible figure box, with a build-your-own editor: shape, background, body colour, second colour, eyes, mouth, extra and corner.
- Says whether the body colour stands out on the background, and flags a thing that reads as a person or a name that looks like a brand.
- Downloads: the figure as SVG or a 1024 px PNG, the box as SVG; for a series, one PNG sheet of all six figures, Markdown, a CSV of the six figures, JSON, and print.
- Change any figure of a series by hand and keep the change in the series: the grid, the sheet, the exports and the save then carry it.

## The paid task: lineup

Input fields (all strings): task (always "lineup"), thing, kind (object, machine, plant or animal), mood (cheerful, grumpy, smug, sleepy, nervous or proud), quirks (numbered lines), keep_out, page_facts, and optional clip_note and retry_note.

Reply: one JSON object with status (ok or declined), reason, series_name, directions (A, B and C, each with a name and an idea), figures (exactly 6, two per direction, each with no, direction, name, form, body, accent, background, eyes, mouth, extra, corner, quirk, quirk_quote, bio, catchphrase and rarity), pick, pick_reason and closing.

Status: declined when the thing itself is a person, or a character that belongs to a brand, film, show, book or game; otherwise ok. The run only picks parts from fixed lists; the page draws every figure and re-checks the reply: six figures in direction order, exactly one rare, every part drawable, each body colour from the table of colours that stand out on its background, each quote word for word from its quirk, every quirk used, the mood's faces and the left-out words.

Gentle by design: no insults, nothing sexual, violent or scary, no real people or brand characters. A toy for fun, not design or professional advice.

## Sources

- Built on the SkillSafe skill @s1dashu/ip-as-logo: https://skillsafe.ai/skill/@s1dashu/ip-as-logo