Basic shell utilities to list, manage, and archive files directly in the workspace.

Install

mkdir -p .claude/skills/file-tools && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/1313" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/file-tools && rm skill.zip

Installs to .claude/skills/file-tools

Activation

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Simple shell utilities for files and archives.
46 charsno explicit “when” trigger
Beginner

Key capabilities

  • List files in a workspace
  • Write content to a specified file
  • Create a tar.gz archive of a directory

How it works

This skill executes basic shell commands within a skill workspace to perform file system operations.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
Shell commands like 'ls -la', 'bash scripts/write_sample.sh', or 'tar -czf'
You get back
File listings, created files, or compressed archives

When to use file-tools

  • List files in the current workspace
  • Generate sample data files for testing
  • Archive project directories into tar.gz files

About this skill

Overview

Use these examples to explore basic shell commands inside a skill workspace. The assistant can run them and return results and files.

Examples

  1. List files in the workspace

    Command:

    ls -la

  2. Write a sample file to out/sample.txt

    Command:

    bash scripts/write_sample.sh "Hello from skill" out/sample.txt

  3. Create a tar.gz archive of the out/ folder

    Command:

    tar -czf out/sample.tgz -C out .

Output Files

  • out/sample.txt
  • out/sample.tgz

How it compares

This skill directly runs shell commands for file operations, providing a programmatic way to interact with the file system compared to manual command line execution.

Compared to similar skills

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