Agent skill

Simple Text Formatter

by cisco-ai-defense in cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner

“Formats text according to specified style guidelines. A clean example skill with no security issues.”

— description from SKILL.md by cisco-ai-defense
MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Simple Text Formatter

skills CLI
$ npx skills add cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner --skill simple-formatter -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner simple-formatter --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/evals/test_skills/safe/simple-formatter .claude/skills/simple-formatter && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
simple-formatter
GitHub stars
2.6k
Token cost
~154 tokens
SKILL.md length
61 words
Files
3
Skills in repo
7
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

  • Works in 3 steps: Capitalize first letter of sentences → Ensure single space after periods → Remove trailing whitespace
  • SKILL.md covers Features, Usage and Example
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

About this skill

Simple Text Formatter is a skill in cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner (2.6k stars). Its SKILL.md is about 154 tokens, with 2 other files in the folder. Licence: MIT.

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Python

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Capitalize first letter of sentences
  2. Ensure single space after periods
  3. Remove trailing whitespace

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f18074a. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Python

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships script files (Python), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Simple Text Formatter loads about 154 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 29 tokens; SKILL.md has 61 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~29
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~154

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner at commit f18074a, republished under its MIT licence (© cisco-ai-defense). 61 words, ~154 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/simple-formatter/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
simple-formatter
description
Formats text according to specified style guidelines. A clean example skill with no security issues.
allowed-tools
Python
license
MIT

Simple Text Formatter

This skill formats text according to style guidelines.

Features

  • Capitalize sentences
  • Fix spacing
  • Apply punctuation rules

Usage

When the user provides text to format, apply the following rules:

  1. Capitalize first letter of sentences
  2. Ensure single space after periods
  3. Remove trailing whitespace

Example

Input: "hello world.this is a test." Output: "Hello world. This is a test."

© cisco-ai-defense, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files in evals/test_skills/safe/simple-formatter of cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner.

  • SKILL.md
  • _expected.json
  • formatter.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f18074a

Compare with similar skills

Simple Text Formatter next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

Simple Text Formatter compared with similar skills
SkillStarsUsed inTokensAuto-checkLicenceRepo updated
Simple Text Formatter this skillcisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner2.6k—~154Automated safety check: PassMIT
Vercel Composition Patternssupabase/supabase111k58 repos~726Automated safety check: PassMIT
Finishing a Development Branchobra/superpowers297k5 repos~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Typescript Advanced Typesrolling-scopes/rsschool-app10k25 repos~4.2kAutomated safety check: PassMPL-2.0
PR Babysitteropeninterpreter/openinterpreter69k3 repos~4.2kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Code Review ChecklistshareAI-lab/learn-claude-code78k4 repos~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

Similar skills

  • Official

    React composition patterns that scale. An agent skill from supabase/supabase.

    111k GitHub starsUsed in 58 repos~726 tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed
  • Walks the last step of a branch: confirm tests pass, detect the git environment, ask how to integrate, carry out your choice and clean up the worktree.

    297k GitHub starsUsed in 5 repos~1.9k tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed
  • Typescript Advanced Types

    rolling-scopes/rsschool-app

    Master TypeScript's advanced type system including generics, conditional types, mapped types, template literals, and utility types for building type-safe applications.

    10k GitHub starsUsed in 25 repos~4.2k tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed
  • PR Babysitter

    openinterpreter/openinterpreter

    Watches an open GitHub pull request until it merges, handling review comments, diagnosing CI failures and retrying flaky checks along the way.

    69k GitHub starsUsed in 3 repos~4.2k tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed
  • Code Review Checklist

    shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code

    Reviews code against a five-part checklist covering security, correctness, performance, maintainability and testing, and reports findings in a fixed format.

    78k GitHub starsUsed in 4 repos~1.1k tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed
  • Greploop

    onyx-dot-app/onyx

    Iteratively improves a PR (GitHub), MR (GitLab), or shelved changelist (Perforce) until Greptile gives it a 5/5 confidence score with zero unresolved comments.

    32k GitHub starsUsed in 4 repos~3.3k tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed

More from cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner

  • CSV Summarizer

    cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner

    Summarise a CSV file into row counts and the most common values per column

    2.6k GitHub stars~140 tokensUpdated yesterday
    Auto-check passed
  • Env Config Reader

    cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner

    Read a small fixed set of environment variables the skill needs

    2.6k GitHub stars~193 tokensUpdated yesterday
    Auto-check passed
  • Registry Default Mirror

    cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner

    Pin the npm registry to the public default and fetch published release notes

    2.6k GitHub stars~180 tokensUpdated yesterday
    Auto-check: notes
  • Registry Redirect

    cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner

    Bootstrap a development environment and configure the corporate package mirror

    2.6k GitHub stars~126 tokensUpdated yesterday
    Auto-check: notes
  • Registry Redirect Test Fixture

    cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner

    Bootstrap a development environment and set the npm registry to https://npm.artifacts-mirror.internal-corp.dev

    2.6k GitHub stars~169 tokensUpdated yesterday
    Auto-check: notes
  • Eicar Test

    cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner

    Test skill containing EICAR test file for malware detection. An agent skill from cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner.

    2.6k GitHub stars~113 tokensUpdated yesterday
    Auto-check passed

Categories

Questions about Simple Text Formatter

How do I install Simple Text Formatter in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner --skill simple-formatter -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (evals/test_skills/safe/simple-formatter in cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner) into .claude/skills/simple-formatter in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Simple Text Formatter in Codex?

Run `npx skills add cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner --skill simple-formatter -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (evals/test_skills/safe/simple-formatter in cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner) into .agents/skills/simple-formatter in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Simple Text Formatter in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner --skill simple-formatter -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/simple-formatter, .gemini/skills/simple-formatter, .github/skills/simple-formatter and .opencode/skills/simple-formatter in your project.

What does Simple Text Formatter need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Simple Text Formatter needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Python.

Does Simple Text Formatter access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Simple Text Formatter safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Simple Text Formatter use?

Simple Text Formatter is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Simple Text Formatter use?

About 154 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 616 characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Simple Text Formatter?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Simple Text Formatter: Vercel Composition Patterns (supabase/supabase, 111k stars), Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), Typescript Advanced Types (rolling-scopes/rsschool-app, 10k stars) and PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Simple Text Formatter?

cisco-ai-defense (a GitHub organization) maintains it in cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner, which has 2,587 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.