csv-read

SkillFiles & storage

Read a CSV or XLSX file and return columns, shape, dtypes, and first N rows as JSON.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the csv-read skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by lamm-mit/scienceclaw in skills/csv-read/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Load a CSV or Excel file using pandas and return a JSON preview including column names, shape, data types, and the first N rows.

Usage

python3 scripts/csv_read.py --path /data/results.csv --max-rows 50

Output

JSON with keys: columns, shape, dtypes, data (list of rows).

Signals

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Aug 2026
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csv-read
Source
github.com/lamm-mit/scienceclaw