Read and summarize text-based file types only. Prefer read_file for text formats; use execute_shell_command for type detection when needed. PDF/Office/images/archives are handled by other skills.
Use this skill when the user asks to read or summarize local text-based files. PDFs, Office documents, images, audio, and video are out of scope for this skill and should be handled by their dedicated skills/tools.
Use a type probe before reading:
file -b --mime-type "/path/to/file"
If the file is large, avoid dumping the whole content; extract a small, relevant portion and summarize.
Preferred for: .txt, .md, .json, .yaml/.yml, .csv/.tsv, .log, .sql, ini, toml, py, js, html, xml source code.
Steps:
read_file to fetch content.If the file is huge, use a tail window:
tail -n 200 "/path/to/file.log"
Summarize the last errors/warnings and notable patterns.
Do not handle the following in this skill (they are covered by other skills):