# Nushell Structured Data Shell

> A modern shell that treats all input as structured data rather than plain text streams. Nushell provides built-in support for JSON, YAML, TOML, CSV, SQLite, and Excel, with typed pipelines that enable safe filtering, sorting, and transformation without string parsing.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/nushell-structured-data-shell` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/nushell-structured-data-shell`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/nushell-structured-data-shell/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Data & Analytics
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/nushell-structured-data-shell

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# Nushell Structured Data Shell

A modern shell that treats all input as structured data rather than plain text streams. Nushell provides built-in support for JSON, YAML, TOML, CSV, SQLite, and Excel, with typed pipelines that enable safe filtering, sorting, and transformation without string parsing.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- brew install nushell

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- # => │ 3 │ docker │ dir │ 0 B │ 2 weeks ago │

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- ![Example of nushell](assets/nushell-autocomplete6.gif "Example of nushell")
- To quickly install Nu:
- bash

- Source: https://github.com/nushell/nushell
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nushell/nushell/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/nushell-structured-data-shell/)