text-file-read

text-file-read

Reads a UTF-8 text file and prints its contents verbatim to stdout

(no line numbers, no decoration). Use this when a meta-skill needs

to round-trip an artefact through disk between steps so the user can

hand-edit the file during a clarify pause.

This skill exists alongside OpenSquilla's builtin read_file tool

on purpose: read_file is designed for LLM display and prepends a

lineno\t prefix to every line, which corrupts structured files

(scripts, SRT, YAML) when piped back into downstream parsers. This

skill returns the bytes unmodified.

Inputs (with:)

| key | required | default | notes |

|---|---|---|---|

| input | yes | — | Absolute path of the file to read. |

| max_bytes | no | 200000 | Refuse to read files larger than this. Guards against accidental binary reads. |

Output

The file's UTF-8 content on stdout. No trailing newline added or stripped.

Failure modes

• Path missing → exit 1, stderr explains.
• File exceeds max_bytes → exit 1, stderr carries the actual size.
• Decode error → exit 1 (file isn't valid UTF-8).