smithery/xdg

yq

Extract a known field from a YAML file by running yq instead of reading the whole file.

Installation

$ npx skills add smithery/xdg --skill yq

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When you need a specific field from a YAML file, reach for yq rather than Read. Syntax mirrors jq.

yq '.field' file.yml

Assumes mikefarah/yq (Go-based). The Python kislyuk/yq fork has different syntax; if jq-style queries don't work, check which yq is on PATH.

Three things easy to forget:

-r -- raw string output (no surrounding quotes)
select(document_index == N) -- pick the Nth doc in a multi-document file (--- separators)
yq -o json file.yml | jq '...' -- escape hatch when yq syntax gets ugly

For anything else, yq --help.

npx skills add smithery/xdg --skill yq