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Xlsx Reader

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childbamboo·vlatest·writing

Extracts data tables, lists, and text from xlsx files to inform your writing projects efficiently.

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    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add childbamboo/claude-code-marketplace-sample --skill xlsx-reader -a claude-code

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

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childbamboo

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Automated safety checks

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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

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    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned childbamboo/claude-code-marketplace-sample at 53dc1bcf6a.

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Commit
53dc1bcf6a
Manifest
plugins/general/skills/xlsx-reader/SKILL.md
Scanned
4 files, 771 lines
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About this skill

What it does

The xlsx-reader skill allows AI agents to read data from .xlsx (Microsoft Excel) files. It extracts the contents of cells, including text and numerical values, and presents them in a structured format for further processing or analysis. This enables agents to automate tasks involving spreadsheet data without manual intervention.

When to use it

  • Data Extraction: Automatically pull specific data points from an Excel file containing sales figures, customer lists, or inventory information.
  • Report Generation: Process data from a budget spreadsheet and generate a summary report highlighting key financial metrics.
  • Automated Analysis: Feed data from a tracking sheet into another tool for automated analysis and trend identification.
  • Data Migration: Extract data from an old Excel format to import it into a new database or application.

Key capabilities

  • Reads .xlsx files
  • Extracts cell values (text and numbers)
  • Provides structured data output

Example prompts

  • "Read the 'Sales Data' sheet in sales_report.xlsx and tell me the total sales for Q3."
  • "Can you extract all email addresses from the 'Contacts' sheet of customer_list.xlsx?"
  • "Process the data in budget.xlsx and create a summary table showing expenses by category."

Tips & gotchas

  • Ensure the AI agent has access to the .xlsx file path.
  • The skill’s output format might require some parsing or transformation depending on the downstream application.