- name
- rich-terminal-output
- description
- Create beautiful terminal output with Rich library including tables, progress bars, panels, and syntax highlighting. Use when building CLI applications or enhancing terminal output in Python.
# Rich Terminal Output Skill
## When to Activate
Activate this skill when:
- Building CLI applications
- Displaying structured data (tables)
- Showing progress for long operations
- Creating error/status panels
- Pretty-printing objects for debugging
- Enhancing logging output
## Installation
```bash
uv add rich
# Quick test
python -c "from rich import print; print('[bold green]Rich working![/]')"
```
## Core Concepts
### Console Object
```python
from rich.console import Console
console = Console()
# Basic output
console.print("Hello, World!")
# Styled output
console.print("[bold red]Error:[/] Something went wrong")
console.print("[green]Success![/] Operation completed")
```
### Markup Syntax
```python
"[bold]Bold[/]"
"[italic]Italic[/]"
"[red]Red text[/]"
"[blue on white]Blue on white background[/]"
"[bold red]Combined styles[/]"
"[link=https://example.com]Click here[/]"
```
### Drop-in Print Replacement
```python
from rich import print
print("[bold cyan]Styled text[/]")
print({"key": "value"}) # Auto-pretty-prints
```
## Tables
```python
from rich.console import Console
from rich.table import Table
console = Console()
table = Table(title="User List")
table.add_column("ID", style="cyan", justify="right")
table.add_column("Name", style="magenta")
table.add_column("Email", style="green")
table.add_column("Status", justify="center")
table.add_row("1", "Alice", "alice@example.com", "✓ Active")
table.add_row("2", "Bob", "bob@example.com", "✓ Active")
table.add_row("3", "Charlie", "charlie@example.com", "✗ Inactive")
console.print(table)
```
## Panels
```python
from rich.console import Console
from rich.panel import Panel
console = Console()
# Simple panel
console.print(Panel("Operation completed!"))
# Styled panel
console.print(Panel(
"[green]All tests passed![/]\n\n"
"Total: 42 tests\n"
"Time: 3.2s",
title="Test Results",
border_style="green"
))
# Error panel
console.print(Panel(
"[red]Connection refused[/]\n\n"
"Host: localhost:5432",
title="[bold red]Error[/]",
border_style="red"
))
```
## Progress Bars
### Simple Progress
```python
from rich.progress import track
import time
for item in track(range(100), description="Processing..."):
time.sleep(0.01)
```
### Multiple Tasks
```python
from rich.progress import Progress
with Progress() as progress:
task1 = progress.add_task("[red]Downloading...", total=100)
task2 = progress.add_task("[green]Processing...", total=100)
while not progress.finished:
progress.update(task1, advance=0.9)
progress.update(task2, advance=0.6)
time.sleep(0.02)
```
## Syntax Highlighting
```python
from rich.console import Console
from rich.syntax import Syntax
console = Console()
code = '''
def hello():
print("Hello, World!")
'''
syntax = Syntax(code, "python", theme="monokai", line_numbers=True)
console.print(syntax)
```
## Tree Displays
```python
from rich.console import Console
from rich.tree import Tree
console = Console()
tree = Tree("[bold blue]MyProject/[/]")
src = tree.add("[bold]src/[/]")
src.add("main.py")
src.add("config.py")
tests = tree.add("[bold]tests/[/]")
tests.add("test_main.py")
console.print(tree)
```
## Logging Integration
```python
import logging
from rich.logging import RichHandler
logging.basicConfig(
level=logging.INFO,
format="%(message)s",
handlers=[RichHandler(rich_tracebacks=True)]
)
logger = logging.getLogger("myapp")
logger.info("Application started")
logger.error("Connection failed")
```
## Pretty Tracebacks
```python
from rich.traceback import install
# Call once at startup
install(show_locals=True)
# All exceptions now have beautiful tracebacks
```
## Common Pitfalls
### Reuse Console Instance
```python
# ❌ Bad
def show(msg):
Console().print(msg) # Creates new instance each time
# ✅ Good
console = Console()
def show(msg):
console.print(msg)
```
### Escape User Input
```python
from rich.markup import escape
username = "user[admin]"
# ❌ Bad - brackets break markup
console.print(f"[blue]{username}[/]")
# ✅ Good
console.print(f"[blue]{escape(username)}[/]")
```
### Handle Non-TTY
```python
import sys
console = Console(force_terminal=sys.stdout.isatty())
```
## CLI Application Pattern
```python
import click
from rich.console import Console
from rich.panel import Panel
console = Console()
@click.command()
@click.argument('filename')
def process(filename):
console.print(f"[bold]Processing:[/] {filename}")
with console.status("[bold green]Working..."):
result = do_work(filename)
if result.success:
console.print(Panel(
f"[green]Processed {result.count} items[/]",
title="Success"
))
else:
console.print(f"[red]Error:[/] {result.error}")
```
## When NOT to Use Rich
- Non-interactive scripts (output piped)
- Server-side logging
- Performance-critical loops
- Minimal dependency requirements
## Related Resources
See `AgentUsage/rich_formatting.md` for complete documentation including:
- Advanced table customization
- Spinner and status displays
- Console recording
- Integration patterns
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