# Read File

> Read the contents of a file from the filesystem and return them as a string. Use when the user asks to open, read, view, or show the contents of a specific file path.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-stephen94125-peon-lib-read-file`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [stephen94125](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/stephen94125)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [stephen94125](https://github.com/stephen94125)
- **Source:** https://github.com/stephen94125/peon-lib/tree/main/skills/read-file

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-stephen94125-peon-lib-read-file
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Read File

When the user provides a file path, use the `read_file` tool to retrieve its contents.

## When to use this skill

- User says "open", "read", "view", "show", or "display" followed by a path.
- User pastes a path and asks to inspect or summarize the file.

## How to read a file

Call the `read_file` tool with the path exactly as provided by the user.
If the path is relative, resolve it against the current working directory.

## Gotchas

- Binary files (images, PDFs, executables) will return garbled output — warn the user.
- Very large files may be truncated — inform the user if so.
- Permission errors should be surfaced clearly with the exact path that was denied.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [stephen94125](https://github.com/stephen94125)
- **Source:** [stephen94125/peon-lib](https://github.com/stephen94125/peon-lib)
- **License:** Apache-2.0

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-stephen94125-peon-lib-read-file
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/stephen94125
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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