The package is an unofficial alternative to the package provided with the Asymptote distribution, for including pictures within a LaTeX source file.

While it does not duplicate all the features of the official package, this package is more user-friendly in several ways. Most notably, Asymptote errors are repackaged as LaTeX errors, making debugging less of a pain. It also has a more robust mechanism for identifying unchanged pictures that need not be recompiled.

The author is Charles Staats III. The package is Copyright © 2014 Charles Staats III.