large-file

large-file is a Context window & token budget skill for AI agents, published by ai4s-research in the open-science repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates large-file C (71/100) and it passed the safety scan; the rating is based on static analysis only.

Use BEFORE reading any data file that could be large (CSV/TSV, Parquet, HDF5, FITS, NetCDF, NDJSON, genomics FASTQ/FASTA/VCF/BAM, GRIB, ROOT, or big text/simulation logs like VASP OUTCAR). Returns a compact memory pointer — header/schema/shape/sample/key numbers — by introspection and sampling in bounded memory, so you never load a file bigger than the context window into the model. Reference data via the pointer; read specific ranges deterministically.

Grade
C
Quality
71 / 100
Safety
Passed
GitHub stars
768

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Our review

Architecture
94 / 100
Maturity
Structured: ships references or scripts
Security scan
No issues found
License
Not declared. Check the repository before reusing it.
Adoption
Adopted by 0 other repositories, in 0 collections
Scope
Portable: works in any project. General technique for sampling large data files safely

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