Use Case
File Reader is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. File reading skills. Activate when the user needs to read file content, view files, and cat files. Supports reading text files, configuration files, code files, etc. This guide walks you through installing File Reader, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install File Reader: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install file-reader
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to documents & notes to trigger File Reader
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine File Reader with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing File Reader
Help me get started with File Reader
What can File Reader do for my documents & notes workflow?
Show me an example of using File Reader
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install file-readerOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install file-readerβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/file-reader/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.