Skip to content
TrustedSkillsbeta
Back to all skills

Json Formatter

Listed
thomasholknielsen·vlatest·utilities

Transforms messy JSON data into clean, readable, and valid JSON format for easy parsing and debugging.

Install on your platform

This skill no longer installs under the name json-formatter. thomasholknielsen/claude-code-config is deleted or private, so it cannot be installed from.

We check each listing against its upstream repository with the rules the skills CLI uses, last on 2026-10-22. We don't show a command we know will fail.

Repository install instructions

What we know about this skill

Publisher

thomasholknielsen

Taken from the source listing. We haven't verified who controls this account.

Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

Nobody has reviewed this code. TrustedSkills indexes and links skills; it does not audit, run or scan them. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent — read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

We could not read this skill's source, so none of the checks below were run.

Not scanned. repository not found or private Source recorded as thomasholknielsen/claude-code-config.
This is a static scan, not a review. It reads the skill's files; it does not run them, and it cannot tell you whether the skill is any good or whether the code does what its description says. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent.
What each check looks for →

About this skill

What it does

The json-formatter skill takes raw JSON data as input and returns a nicely formatted, human-readable version. It's useful for debugging API responses, inspecting complex data structures, or making JSON data easier to understand at a glance. The output is consistently indented and structured for clarity.

When to use it

  • Debugging API calls: When an AI agent is interacting with an external API and you need to inspect the raw JSON response for errors or unexpected data.
  • Analyzing complex configurations: If your agent needs to process a large, nested JSON configuration file, this skill can make it easier to understand its structure.
  • Presenting data in reports: You might use it to format JSON data into a more readable format for inclusion in reports or summaries generated by the AI agent.
  • Data transformation pipelines: When building workflows involving JSON data, formatting is often a necessary step before further processing.

Key capabilities

  • Formats raw JSON input.
  • Provides human-readable indentation.
  • Handles nested JSON structures.

Example prompts

  • "Format this JSON: {\"name\": \"John Doe\", \"age\": 30, \"city\": \"New York\"}"
  • "Please format the following data as JSON: [{\"a\":1}, {\"b\":2}]"
  • "Can you pretty print this JSON response?"

Tips & gotchas

The skill expects valid JSON input. If the provided string is not valid JSON, it will likely return an error or unformatted output. Ensure your data conforms to JSON syntax before using this skill.