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CLI Anything Openrefine by hkuds — Agent Skill

Name: CLI Anything Openrefine
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: HKUDS

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CLI-Anything OpenRefine

Use this skill when a task needs OpenRefine data cleaning, transformation, reusable operation histories, or CSV/TSV export from an automated agent workflow.

Prerequisites

Install the harness:

cd openrefine/agent-harness
python -m pip install -e .

Start OpenRefine before backend commands:

openrefine -i 127.0.0.1 -p 3333

Set a custom server with OPENREFINE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:3333 or pass --base-url.

Command Rules For Agents

Prefer --json on every one-shot command.
Use --session <path> for isolated task state.
Import or open a project before row, apply, export, undo, or redo commands.
Existing OpenRefine operation-history JSON can be passed directly to data apply.
Generated files are normal OpenRefine operation JSON and exported CSV/TSV data.

Common Commands

cli-anything-openrefine --json server ping
cli-anything-openrefine --json project list
cli-anything-openrefine --json --session run/session.json project import messy.csv --name cleanup
cli-anything-openrefine --json --session run/session.json data rows --limit 10
cli-anything-openrefine --json ops text-transform run/trim.json --column Name --expression 'value.trim()'
cli-anything-openrefine --json --session run/session.json data apply run/trim.json
cli-anything-openrefine --json --session run/session.json data export run/clean.csv --format csv
cli-anything-openrefine --json --session run/session.json session undo
cli-anything-openrefine --json --session run/session.json session redo

REPL

Run cli-anything-openrefine with no subcommand to enter the REPL.

For automated user journeys, pipe newline-separated REPL commands through stdin. Redirected streams automatically use an ASCII-only input/output path while interactive terminals retain the Unicode banner, prompt history, and styling:

printf 'help\nexit\n' | cli-anything-openrefine

Unicode payloads are rendered as reversible ASCII backslash escapes when the REPL is redirected, preventing legacy Windows output encodings from turning a successful command into a failed journey.

Piped workflows return a nonzero exit status at exit or EOF if any command failed, allowing CI to detect an unsuccessful user journey.

Error Handling

When --json is set, command failures write a JSON object to stderr with ok: false.

---name: cli-anything-openrefinedescription: Use OpenRefine through an agent-native CLI for importing messy data, applying JSON operation histories, inspecting rows, exporting cleaned data, and managing session undo/redo.--- # CLI-Anything OpenRefine Use this skill when a task needs OpenRefine data cleaning, transformation, reusable operation histories, or CSV/TSV export from an automated agent workflow. ## Prerequisites Install the harness: ```bash cd openrefine/agent-harness python -m pip install -e . ``` Start OpenRefine before backend commands: ```bash openrefine -i 127.0.0.1 -p 3333 ``` Set a custom server with `OPENREFINE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:3333` or pass `--base-url`. ## Command Rules For Agents - Prefer `--json` on every one-shot command. - Use `--session <path>` for isolated task state. - Import or open a project before row, apply, export, undo, or redo commands. - Existing OpenRefine operation-history JSON can be passed directly to `data apply`. - Generated files are normal OpenRefine operation JSON and exported CSV/TSV data. ## Common Commands ```bash cli-anything-openrefine --json server ping cli-anything-openrefine --json project list cli-anything-openrefine --json --session run/session.json project import messy.csv --name cleanup cli-anything-openrefine --json --session run/session.json data rows --limit 10 cli-anything-openrefine --json ops text-transform run/trim.json --column Name --expression 'value.trim()' cli-anything-openrefine --json --session run/session.json data apply run/trim.json cli-anything-openrefine --json --session run/session.json data export run/clean.csv --format csv cli-anything-openrefine --json --session run/session.json session undo cli-anything-openrefine --json --session run/session.json session redo ``` ## REPL Run `cli-anything-openrefine` with no subcommand to enter the REPL. For automated user journeys, pipe newline-separated REPL commands through stdin. Redirected streams automatically use an ASCII-only input/output path while interactive terminals retain the Unicode banner, prompt history, and styling: ```bash printf 'help\nexit\n' | cli-anything-openrefine ``` Unicode payloads are rendered as reversible ASCII backslash escapes when the REPL is redirected, preventing legacy Windows output encodings from turning a successful command into a failed journey. Piped workflows return a nonzero exit status at `exit` or EOF if any command failed, allowing CI to detect an unsuccessful user journey. ## Error Handling When `--json` is set, command failures write a JSON object to stderr with `ok: false`.

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CLI Anything Openrefine