cli-tools
Skill2 starsChanged 5 days agoMITView on GitHub
Picks the shell tool and its flags: rg, fd, jq, yq, curl, shellcheck, sd, ast-grep, typos, git, uv or tmux. Use to find files that mention a word, list files, read a JSON or YAML field, call an HTTP endpoint and show the response, or replace text.
4 other projects use a version of this, 1 of them edited.
Adopted by
Most recently taken up by
- niksavis/handilyedited, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- juandelossantos/another-agent-skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 17, 2026
- YepAPI/skillstheir own version, first seen Apr 12, 2026
- dragnoir/Shopify-agent-skillstheir own version, first seen Feb 1, 2026
Other versions4 projects use a version of this.
Word for word · 0
None found.
Edited · 1
- niksavis/handily★ 254% same
Wrote their own version · 3
- dragnoir/Shopify-agent-skills★ 48same name
- YepAPI/skills★ 8same name
- juandelossantos/another-agent-skills★ 1same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
In this repository58 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .claude/CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- .github/copilot-instructions.mdCopilot instructions
- best-practices-auditSkill
- catalog-authoringSkill
- cli-toolsSkill
- conventional-commitsSkill
- councilSkill
- decompose-planSkill
- falsify-firstSkill
- find-skillsSkill
- harness-clientSkill
- harness-loopSkill
- hill-climbSkill
- interface-factsSkill
- no-commentsSkill
- nodeSkill
- plain-englishSkill
- pythonSkill
- release-processSkill
- repair-in-placeSkill
- retention-probeSkill
- root-causeSkill
- session-finishSkill
- skill-creatorSkill
- swarmSkill
- test-disciplineSkill
- tier-injectionSkill
- validate-as-consumerSkill
- work-trackerSkill
- worktree-isolationSkill
- best-practices-auditSkill
- catalog-authoringSkill
- conventional-commitsSkill
- councilSkill
- decompose-planSkill
- falsify-firstSkill
- find-skillsSkill
- harness-clientSkill
- harness-loopSkill
- hill-climbSkill
- interface-factsSkill
- no-commentsSkill
- nodeSkill
- plain-englishSkill
- pythonSkill
- release-processSkill
- repair-in-placeSkill
- retention-probeSkill
- root-causeSkill
- session-finishSkill
- skill-creatorSkill
- swarmSkill
- test-disciplineSkill
- tier-injectionSkill
- validate-as-consumerSkill
- work-trackerSkill
- worktree-isolationSkill
The file
Files
<!-- Generated by `basicly skills-build` from skill.yaml. Do not edit; edit the source. -->Command-line tools
Pick the tool for the task, then read its reference for the flags, the rules and the output. When a tool is missing, say so and use its fallback. When the fallback is none, tell the user which tool to install and do not improvise one.
| Task | Tool | Reference | Fallback |
| Search text in files | rg | ripgrep | grep -rn |
| Find files by name or type | fd | fd | find |
| Read or reshape JSON | jq | jq | a script |
| Read or reshape YAML or TOML | yq | yq | a script |
| Replace text in files | sd | sd | sed |
| Search or rewrite code structure | ast-grep | ast-grep | rg |
| Call an HTTP API | xh, curl | xh, curl | curl |
| Download a file | curl -O | curl | none |
| Read a diff | delta | git-delta | git diff |
| Run a project recipe | just | just | the README command |
| Run with the project variables | direnv exec . | direnv | set them by hand |
| Large binary files in git | git lfs | git-lfs | none |
| Check a shell script | shellcheck | shellcheck | none |
| Find spelling mistakes | typos | typos | none |
| Git commands | git | git | none |
| Review and stage by hand | lazygit | lazygit | git |
| Pick a line from a list | fzf | fzf | rg |
| Python projects and scripts | uv | uv | pip |
To give every repo on this machine this skill and its references, run basicly skills-user cli-tools. Run it again after each upgrade, because a stale personal copy hides the project skill.
Rules
- Never start an interactive tool.
fzf,lazygit,tmuxandweztermwait for a person; use only the forms their references mark as safe.
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