Cut Tool

Extract specific fields or columns from text files using delimiter-based parsing. Use when you need to select columns from CSV, TSV, or delimited data.

Security Scan

The README advertises a full-featured cut-like CLI, but the included code is a tiny script that only prints the first five characters of each stdin line and provides no argument parsing or installation — the pieces don't match.

Purpose & Capability

The skill claims delimiter-based field extraction, -f/-d/-c flags, complement selection, and a 'cut-tool' CLI, but the sole script ignores arguments and simply prints the first five characters of each input line. There is no wrapper or installation that would provide the CLI named in documentation.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md instructs running 'cut-tool' with various flags and operating on files, but the runtime artifact reads only stdin and implements only line[:5]. The instructions therefore overreach the actual behavior and could mislead users about what data will be processed or how.

Install Mechanism

There is no install spec (instruction-only plus a script file). This reduces attack surface, but also means the documented 'cut-tool' command is not provided; the script sits in scripts/cut.py and would need to be installed or invoked directly to run.

Credentials

The skill requests no environment variables, no credentials, and references no config paths — its resource requests are minimal and proportionate to a simple text-processing tool.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill does not request persistent or elevated privileges (always:false) and does not modify other skills or system-wide configuration.

What to consider before installing

This package is inconsistent: the documentation promises a cut-like CLI with flags, but the included script only prints the first five characters of each stdin line and does not implement any flags or an install. Do not rely on this skill for field/column extraction. If you need a cut utility, use the system 'cut' (coreutils) or ask the author to: (1) add argument parsing and implement the documented features, (2) provide an install wrapper so 'cut-tool' is available on PATH, and (3) document exactly what input/output behavior to expect. From a security perspective there are no obvious secrets or network operations, but the mismatch suggests sloppy or incomplete packaging — treat it as untrusted until fixed.

Cut Tool - Field Extraction

Extract columns and fields from delimited text files by specifying delimiter and field position. Ideal for processing log files, CSV data, and structured text.

Quick Start

cut-tool -d ',' -f 1,3 data.csv

Features

• Extract fields by position (-f 1,3,5)
• Custom delimiter (-d for comma, tab, space)
• Complement selection (everything except specified fields)
• Output range of characters (-c 1-10)

Examples

# Extract first and third columns from CSV
cut-tool -d ',' -f 1,3 data.csv

# Extract characters 1-10 from each line
cut-tool -c 1-10 file.txt

# Use tab as delimiter
cut-tool -f 2-4 file.tsv