Use Case
File Reader isn't just for solo use β teams can share skills and build consistent AI workflows across the organization. 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 covers how to deploy File Reader for your team, standardize prompts, and create shared workflows that everyone can use.
Install File Reader in your project directory: .claude/skills/file-reader/
Commit the skill folder to your repository so the whole team has access
Document your team's standard prompts in a shared README
Use File Reader in code reviews, standups, and planning sessions
Iterate: collect feedback from the team and refine your prompts
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing File Reader
How can my team use File Reader together?
Set up File Reader for our project so everyone can use it
Create a shared workflow using File Reader for our team
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.