How do I install the Text Tools skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add winsorllc/text-tools in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Text Tools safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Text Tools?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Text Tools free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Text Tools?

winsorllc (@winsorllc) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Text Tools by winsorllc — Agent Skill

Name: Text Tools
Author: winsorllc

File contents

Text Tools Skill

Text processing utilities for common operations.

When to Use

✅ USE this skill when:

"Count words in this text"
"Convert text to uppercase/lowercase"
"Remove duplicate lines"
"Sort lines alphabetically"
"Find and replace text"

When NOT to Use

❌ DON'T use this skill when:

Complex regex operations → use sed/awk directly
File encoding conversion → use iconv
Binary file processing → use file-specific tools

Commands

Statistics

{baseDir}/text.sh stats <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh stats --stdin < file.txt
echo "text" | {baseDir}/text.sh stats --stdin

Transform Case

{baseDir}/text.sh upper <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh lower <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh title <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh sentence <file>

Clean Text

{baseDir}/text.sh trim <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh dedup <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh strip-blank <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh normalize-spaces <file>

Sort & Unique

{baseDir}/text.sh sort <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh sort --reverse <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh sort --numeric <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh unique <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh unique --count <file>

Find & Replace

{baseDir}/text.sh replace <file> "old" "new"
{baseDir}/text.sh replace <file> --regex "pat.*tern" "replacement"
{baseDir}/text.sh replace <file> --ignore-case "OLD" "new"

Encoding

{baseDir}/text.sh encode base64 <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh encode url <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh encode html <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh encode hex <file>

Decode

{baseDir}/text.sh decode base64 <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh decode url <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh decode html <file>
{baseDir}/text.sh decode hex <file>

Options

--stdin: Read from stdin instead of file
--out <file>: Write to file instead of stdout
--regex: Use regex pattern for replace
--ignore-case: Case-insensitive matching
--reverse: Reverse sort order
--numeric: Numeric sort
--count: Show count with unique

Examples

Count words, lines, characters:

{baseDir}/text.sh stats document.txt
# Output: Lines: 100, Words: 500, Chars: 3000

Remove duplicate lines:

{baseDir}/text.sh dedup data.txt

Sort and count duplicates:

{baseDir}/text.sh unique --count log.txt
# Output:  42 error
#          15 warning
#           5 info

URL decode:

{baseDir}/text.sh decode url --stdin <<< "hello%20world"
# Output: hello world

Notes

All commands can read from stdin with --stdin
Original files are never modified (output to stdout)
Use --out to save to a file

---name: text-toolsdescription: Text processing utilities: word count, line count, character encoding, text transformations, grep-like operations. No API key required.---# Text Tools SkillText processing utilities for common operations.## When to Use✅ **USE this skill when:**- "Count words in this text"- "Convert text to uppercase/lowercase"- "Remove duplicate lines"- "Sort lines alphabetically"- "Find and replace text"## When NOT to Use❌ **DON'T use this skill when:**- Complex regex operations → use sed/awk directly- File encoding conversion → use iconv- Binary file processing → use file-specific tools## Commands### Statistics```bash{baseDir}/text.sh stats <file>{baseDir}/text.sh stats --stdin < file.txtecho "text" | {baseDir}/text.sh stats --stdin```### Transform Case```bash{baseDir}/text.sh upper <file>{baseDir}/text.sh lower <file>{baseDir}/text.sh title <file>{baseDir}/text.sh sentence <file>```### Clean Text```bash{baseDir}/text.sh trim <file>{baseDir}/text.sh dedup <file>{baseDir}/text.sh strip-blank <file>{baseDir}/text.sh normalize-spaces <file>```### Sort & Unique```bash{baseDir}/text.sh sort <file>{baseDir}/text.sh sort --reverse <file>{baseDir}/text.sh sort --numeric <file>{baseDir}/text.sh unique <file>{baseDir}/text.sh unique --count <file>```### Find & Replace```bash{baseDir}/text.sh replace <file> "old" "new"{baseDir}/text.sh replace <file> --regex "pat.*tern" "replacement"{baseDir}/text.sh replace <file> --ignore-case "OLD" "new"```### Encoding```bash{baseDir}/text.sh encode base64 <file>{baseDir}/text.sh encode url <file>{baseDir}/text.sh encode html <file>{baseDir}/text.sh encode hex <file>```### Decode```bash{baseDir}/text.sh decode base64 <file>{baseDir}/text.sh decode url <file>{baseDir}/text.sh decode html <file>{baseDir}/text.sh decode hex <file>```## Options- `--stdin`: Read from stdin instead of file- `--out <file>`: Write to file instead of stdout- `--regex`: Use regex pattern for replace- `--ignore-case`: Case-insensitive matching- `--reverse`: Reverse sort order- `--numeric`: Numeric sort- `--count`: Show count with unique## Examples**Count words, lines, characters:**```bash{baseDir}/text.sh stats document.txt# Output: Lines: 100, Words: 500, Chars: 3000```**Remove duplicate lines:**```bash{baseDir}/text.sh dedup data.txt```**Sort and count duplicates:**```bash{baseDir}/text.sh unique --count log.txt# Output: 42 error# 15 warning# 5 info```**URL decode:**```bash{baseDir}/text.sh decode url --stdin <<< "hello%20world"# Output: hello world```## Notes- All commands can read from stdin with `--stdin`- Original files are never modified (output to stdout)- Use `--out` to save to a file

Frequently asked questions

Text Tools