read_file

read_file is an API access & connector plumbing skill for AI agents, published by aiguicai in the MCP-Gateway repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates read_file D (58/100) and it passed the safety scan; the rating is based on static analysis only.

Read text files through the gateway with line-numbered output, allowed-directory enforcement, binary-file rejection, and bounded line windows. Use this before editing files with multi_edit_file. First read the complete builtin://read_file/SKILL.md to get skillToken; this SKILL.md read does not require skillToken. Calls without the correct skillToken will fail and must be retried.

Grade
D
Quality
58 / 100
Safety
Passed
GitHub stars
147

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Our review

Architecture
81 / 100
Maturity
Basic: a single SKILL.md
Security scan
No issues found
License
MIT
Adoption
Adopted by 0 other repositories, in 0 collections

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