Agent skill

File Tools Guide

by OtoDock in OtoDock/oto-dock

Reference for the file-tools MCP — what each document, spreadsheet, PDF and image tool supports, the read/write caps, Excel date and number formats, scanned-PDF and OCR handling, the visual review…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install File Tools Guide

skills CLI
$ npx skills add OtoDock/oto-dock --skill file-tools-guide -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install OtoDock/oto-dock file-tools-guide --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/OtoDock/oto-dock.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/mcps/custom/file-tools-mcp/skills/file-tools-guide .claude/skills/file-tools-guide && 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
file-tools-guide
GitHub stars
190
Token cost
~3.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,772 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
18
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Reference for the file-tools MCP — what each document, spreadsheet, PDF and image tool supports, the read/write caps, Excel date and number formats, scanned-PDF and OCR handling, the visual review…

  • Tasks that involve Excel spreadsheets
  • SKILL.md covers Tools and Behaviours in detail
  • Calls pip
  • Tasks that involve PDF

What it does

File Tools Guide is an agent skill from OtoDock/oto-dock. Reference for the file-tools MCP — what each document, spreadsheet, PDF and image tool supports, the read/write caps, Excel date and number formats, scanned-PDF and OCR handling, the visual review and mathematics workflows. Load before a document, spreadsheet, PDF or image job.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Documents & Office, covering Excel spreadsheets and PDF. It works with Microsoft Excel and Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: The agentic company OS. The brains of your company, built on Claude Code and Codex, working on your Anthropic and OpenAI subscriptions.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Excel spreadsheets
  • Tasks that involve PDF

Example prompts

  • “/file-tools-guide”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1abb6f8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • pip

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

File Tools Guide loads about 3.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,772 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~74
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.3k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,772 words (~3,334 tokens).

“The file-tools-usage card in your instructions carries the routing map and the rules (bounded operations, auto-preview, paths, dates, scanned PDFs). This guide is the per-tool reference behind it.”

— opening of SKILL.md by OtoDock, Custom licence
name
file-tools-guide

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in mcps/custom/file-tools-mcp/skills/file-tools-guide of OtoDock/oto-dock.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1abb6f8

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Questions about File Tools Guide

What does File Tools Guide do?

Reference for the file-tools MCP — what each document, spreadsheet, PDF and image tool supports, the read/write caps, Excel date and number formats, scanned-PDF and OCR handling, the visual review…. File Tools Guide is an agent skill from OtoDock/oto-dock. Reference for the file-tools MCP — what each document, spreadsheet, PDF and image tool supports, the read/write caps, Excel date and number formats, scanned-PDF and OCR handling, the visual review and mathematics workflows.

When should I use File Tools Guide?

File Tools Guide fits situations like: tasks that involve Excel spreadsheets; tasks that involve PDF.

How do I install File Tools Guide in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add OtoDock/oto-dock --skill file-tools-guide -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (mcps/custom/file-tools-mcp/skills/file-tools-guide in OtoDock/oto-dock) into .claude/skills/file-tools-guide in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install File Tools Guide in Codex?

Run `npx skills add OtoDock/oto-dock --skill file-tools-guide -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (mcps/custom/file-tools-mcp/skills/file-tools-guide in OtoDock/oto-dock) into .agents/skills/file-tools-guide in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use File Tools Guide 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 OtoDock/oto-dock --skill file-tools-guide -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/file-tools-guide, .gemini/skills/file-tools-guide, .github/skills/file-tools-guide and .opencode/skills/file-tools-guide in your project.

What does File Tools Guide need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, File Tools Guide needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pip).

Does File Tools Guide access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is File Tools Guide 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 File Tools Guide use?

File Tools Guide has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does File Tools Guide use?

About 3.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k 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 File Tools Guide?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with File Tools Guide: Nutrient Document Processing (affaan-m/ECC, 274k stars), Nutrient Document Processing (affaan-m/ECC, 274k stars), Nutrient Document Processing (affaan-m/ECC, 274k stars) and Nutrient Document Processing (xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh, 2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains File Tools Guide?

OtoDock (a GitHub organization) maintains it in OtoDock/oto-dock, which has 190 GitHub stars. The repository holds 18 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 29, 2026.

Source: OtoDock/oto-dock on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.