File Search Skill

SkillSearch

Searches for files by name, extension, size, or content using powerful system tools like grep or find.

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 File Search Skill skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by next-open-ai/openclawx in presets/workspaces/file-assistant/skills/file-search/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Use this skill to recursively search for files or file contents within a specified directory.

Workflow

  1. Identify the user's search criteria:
    • By name/extension pattern (e.g., "*.md")
    • By content (e.g., "contains the word 'auth'")
    • By metadata (e.g., "modified in the last 7 days", "larger than 10MB")
  2. Formulate the appropriate bash command:
    • Use find <dir> -name "*.ext" -type f to search by name.
    • Use grep -rn "pattern" <dir> or rg "pattern" <dir> (if ripgrep is available) to search by content.
    • Use find <dir> -mtime -7 -size +10M to search by metadata.
  3. Execute the command using the bash tool.
  4. Process the output and present the results clearly to the user.

Signals

GitHub stars
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Forks
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Last commit
Jun 2026
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Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
file-search-next-open-ai
Source
github.com/next-open-ai/openclawx