SymbolFYI — Symbol Tools for AI Agents

Pure Python symbol encoder. Compute 11 encoding representations and full Unicode properties for any character. Includes 47 HTML entity mappings — all with zero dependencies (optional fonttools for block/script info).

Install: pip install symbolfyi · Web: symbolfyi.com · API: REST API · npm: npm install symbolfyi

When to Use

• User asks to encode a symbol or special character into Unicode, HTML, CSS, or programming language format
• User needs Unicode properties for a character (name, category, block, script)
• User wants to look up or reverse-lookup an HTML entity (→, ♥, etc.)
• User needs UTF-8 or UTF-16 byte representation of a character
• User asks about Unicode general categories or bidirectional properties

Tools

get_encodings(char) -> EncodingInfo

Compute 11 encoding representations for any single character.