Update Text File

Name: Update Text File
Author: dalehurley

Checked

dalehurley·vlatest·writing

This skill updates content within existing text files, streamlining document revisions and saving time on manual edits.

Repository

Install on your platform

Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

Run this in your project

terminal

$ npx skills add dalehurley/phpbot --skill update-text-file -a claude-code

Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

dalehurley

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Install target

Live repository

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

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned 1 Oct 2026

This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

Declares what it does: passed
SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.
SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.
No undeclared network calls: passed
Makes no network calls.
Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.
No obfuscated payloads: passed
No encoded or obfuscated payloads.
No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.
No credential access: passed
Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.
Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.
No pipe-to-shell installers: passed
No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.
No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.
Pinned to a commit: passed
Scanned dalehurley/phpbot at 6128f14773.
The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit: 6128f14773
Manifest: skills/update-text-file/SKILL.md
Scanned: 1 file, 53 lines

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About this skill

What it does

This skill allows an AI agent to modify existing text files. It can be used to add, remove, or replace lines within a file based on provided instructions. The skill is designed to work with plain text files and supports basic editing operations.

When to use it

Automating repetitive edits: Quickly update configuration files with new settings.
Generating log entries: Append timestamped messages to a log file.
Updating data in simple databases: Modify records stored in comma-separated value (CSV) or similar text formats.
Creating dynamic reports: Generate reports by adding information to an existing template file.

Key capabilities

File modification
Line addition
Line removal
Line replacement

Example prompts

"Append 'Error message' to the end of my_log.txt."
"Replace the line containing 'old value' with 'new value' in config.ini."
"Remove the line starting with '#comment' from settings.txt."

Tips & gotchas

The skill requires a clear understanding of the file structure and the exact lines to be modified. Incorrect instructions can lead to unintended changes, so always double-check your prompts before execution.