Safe File Reader

About

The Safe File Reader skill is an essential utility for developers who need to navigate, inspect, and search within a repository without the possibility of making changes. By restricting Claude's toolset to Read, Grep, and Glob, it creates a 'safe mode' environment ideal for code reviews, onboarding, and deep-dive analysis. This ensures that data integrity is maintained while leveraging powerful search patterns to find specific file contents or directory structures.

Key Features

• Restricted read-only access to prevent accidental file edits
• 710 GitHub stars
• Focused toolset for streamlined repository exploration
• Efficient file discovery across directories with Glob
• Pattern-based file searching using Grep
• Enhanced security for sensitive code auditing

Use Cases

• Performing code audits and security reviews without altering source files
• Onboarding to a complex repository to understand its structure safely
• Searching for specific patterns or strings across a large codebase using Grep