# File Reading

> File Reading is an Agent Skill for documents published in the decocms/studio repository on GitHub: a SKILL.md instruction file an AI agent can load to do this task.

Route a file to the right reader by extension (pptx, docx, xlsx, pdf, and plain text). Use as the entry point when asked to read or summarize an uploaded file of unknown type.

- Skill name: `file-reading`
- Category: [Documents](https://www.openparable.com/skill/documents/1)
- Source: https://github.com/decocms/studio/blob/HEAD/packages/sandbox/image/skills/file-reading/SKILL.md
- Repository: decocms/studio (389 GitHub stars when collected)

## SKILL.md

# file-reading — router by file type

When asked to read or summarize a file, dispatch by extension to the
appropriate skill under `org/public/core/`:

| Extension     | Skill   | Script                                        |
| ------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| `.pptx`       | `pptx`  | `python org/public/core/pptx/extract.py`   |
| `.docx`       | `docx`  | `python org/public/core/docx/extract.py`   |
| `.xlsx`       | `xlsx`  | `python org/public/core/xlsx/extract.py`   |
| `.pdf`        | `pdf`   | `python org/public/core/pdf/extract.py`    |
| `.txt`, `.md` | —       | `cat`                                         |
| `.csv`        | —       | `cat` (or `column -t -s,` for alignment)      |
| `.json`       | —       | `cat` (or `jq .` if structure matters)        |

For extensions not listed, read the corresponding `SKILL.md` under
`org/public/core/` if one exists, otherwise fall back to `file <path>` to
identify the format and proceed manually.

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Source: https://www.openparable.com/skill/documents/file-reading (OpenParable). Cite the canonical URL above.