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jq-json-parsing from robert-botto/skipwatch is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add robert-botto/skipwatch/jq-json-parsing@git:20261017.19d598dPins git:20261017.19d598d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- robert-botto/skipwatch
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examples/jq-json-parsing/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
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- Latest version
- git:20261017.19d598d, committed Oct 17, 2026
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- 5
- License
- MIT
Queries, filters, counts and reshapes JSON files and API output from the command line with jq. Use when the user wants to dig through large or nested JSON, for example "pull every name out of this JSON array with jq", "count the log entries where latency is over a threshold", "filter JSON logs by level", "select objects whose array field contains a value". Not for converting JSON to other formats, editing JSON by hand in an editor, or choosing a general data shell.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Query, filter and reshape JSON with jq ## What this does You end up able to pull single values, iterate arrays, filter with select, count matches and explore unknown JSON (including large log files) with one jq command each. The steps follow the video's demo on a small team file (pp.json) and a 500-entry log file (logs.json); exact commands come from the screen, and steps the creator only described aloud carry their words instead of a command. ## Prerequisites - jq installed, or Docker to run the official image (as of 2025-10-10). - A JSON file or a command that prints JSON (for example curl against an API). ## Procedure 1. Install jq from your package manager, or run the official Docker image against a file in the current directory. ``` docker run --rm -i -v "$PWD:$PWD" -w "$PWD" ghcr.io/jqlang/jq:latest '.version' package.json ``` Expected: the value of the version key from package.json is printed. [on-screen 01:10] 2. Print the whole document with the identity filter (a single dot) followed by the file name. > JQ takes a reference in this case dot is entire object and the file to read or stream to input. …
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How to install
mdr add robert-botto/skipwatch/jq-json-parsing@sha256:afc972294790b531The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261017.19d598d, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 17, 2026.
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Source
robert-botto/skipwatch · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_h43diicqu2xmut6t GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=robert-botto/skipwatch/jq-json-parsing GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/afc972294790b531bc095cc0060a69febabf53542bd365708f22522e950e11f9
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