flashformat

Provide five repository-local format conversion scripts (yaml-to-json, json-to-yaml, markdown-to-text, json-minify, yaml-auto-fix) for offline CLI and pipeline usage without running FlashFormat API. Use when users ask for local format conversion, batch processing, or CI-friendly text normalization.

FlashFormat Local Converters

Overview

Run local format conversion directly from Python scripts under skills/flashformat-local-converters/scripts/. Avoid calling /api/v2/*; execute conversion in local shell, CI, or offline pipelines.

Quick Start

1. Install runtime dependency: python -m pip install PyYAML
2. Run any converter script with one input channel: --input or --input-file or stdin
3. Choose output mode: plain text (default) or --json
4. Optionally write result to file: --output-file <path>

Script Map

• scripts/yaml_to_json.py: Convert YAML to JSON, support --indent and --compact
• scripts/json_to_yaml.py: Convert JSON to YAML, support --sort-keys and --compact
• scripts/markdown_to_text.py: Strip Markdown syntax into readable text
• scripts/json_minify.py: Minify JSON to one-line payload
• scripts/yaml_auto_fix.py: Apply conservative YAML whitespace/indent fixes with validation

Unified CLI Contract

• Input priority: --input > --input-file > stdin
• Output target: stdout by default, or --output-file
• JSON mode payloads: {"ok": true, "tool": "...", "output": "..."} {"ok": false, "tool": "...", "error": "..."}
• Plain mode failures write error text to stderr and return non-zero exit code

Usage Examples

• YAML to JSON: python skills/flashformat-local-converters/scripts/yaml_to_json.py --input-file in.yaml --output-file out.json
• JSON to YAML (sorted keys): python skills/flashformat-local-converters/scripts/json_to_yaml.py --input '{"b":2,"a":1}' --sort-keys
• Markdown to text (stdin pipeline): cat draft.md | python skills/flashformat-local-converters/scripts/markdown_to_text.py
• JSON minify with structured output: python skills/flashformat-local-converters/scripts/json_minify.py --input-file data.json --json
• YAML auto-fix: python skills/flashformat-local-converters/scripts/yaml_auto_fix.py --input-file broken.yaml --indent-step 2 --fix-tabs --fix-odd-indent

References

Read references/io-contracts.md when exact options, error messages, and backend logic mapping are needed.