What is read-file?
read-file is a Claude skill by duckdb that read any data file (CSV, JSON, Parquet, Avro, Excel, spatial) locally or from remote storage. It is listed under Data & databases and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude skill |
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| Author | duckdb |
| Repository | duckdb/skills |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Data & databases |
| Security | Not scanned |
| Rank | #1,207 of 1,262 Claude skills; #58 in Data & databases |
Is read-file safe to install?
We have not scanned read-file yet because its SKILL.md could not be fetched. Read the source before installing.
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How do I install read-file?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/duckdb/skills --skill read-file
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/duckdb/skills cp -r skills/read-file ~/.claude/skills/read-file
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the read-file skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs read-file for you:
Install the "read-file" skill from https://github.com/duckdb/skills into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.
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