text-file-read
Read a UTF-8 text file and emit its raw content on stdout. Tiny helper for meta-skills that need to round-trip an artefact through disk so the user can hand-edit it between steps (e.g. tweak script.txt during a review pause). Unlike the builtin read_file tool — which returns line-numbered output for model display — this returns bytes verbatim, suitable for downstream parsers.
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Reads a UTF-8 text file and prints its contents verbatim to stdout (no line numbers, no decoration). Use this when a meta-skill needs to round-trip an artefact through disk between steps so the user can hand-edit the file during a clarify pause.
This skill exists alongside OpenSquilla's builtin read_file tool
on purpose: read_file is designed for LLM display and prepends a
lineno\t prefix to every line, which corrupts structured files
(scripts, SRT, YAML) when piped back into downstream parsers. This
skill returns the bytes unmodified.
Inputs (with:)
| key | required | default | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
input | yes | — | Absolute path of the file to read. |
max_bytes | no | 200000 | Refuse to read files larger than this. Guards against accidental binary reads. |
Output
The file's UTF-8 content on stdout. No trailing newline added or stripped.
Failure modes
- Path missing → exit 1, stderr explains.
- File exceeds
max_bytes→ exit 1, stderr carries the actual size. - Decode error → exit 1 (file isn't valid UTF-8).
- Repository
- TokenRhythm/opensquilla
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