Jq Json Processing

This is your go-to for parsing and transforming JSON in Claude workflows. It covers the full jq toolkit from basic field extraction to complex filters, array mapping, and group-by operations. The skill includes real-world patterns like processing GitHub API responses, extracting nested emails with recursive descent, and merging configuration files. It's opinionated about when to reach for jq versus yq or nushell, which is helpful. The command reference is thorough enough that you won't need to context switch to docs for most tasks. Works well for CI pipelines and one-off transforms where jq's terse syntax actually saves time once you're past the learning curve.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add laurigates/claude-plugins --skill jq-json-processing --agent claude-code

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jq JSON Processing

Expert knowledge for processing, querying, and transforming JSON data using jq, the lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when...	Use yq-yaml-processing instead when...
Extracting or filtering fields in JSON input	Working with YAML files (Kubernetes, GH Actions, Helm)
Parsing `gh`, `curl`, or `kubectl -o json` responses	Editing YAML in place while preserving comments
CI pipelines on minimal images (jq is universally installed)	Converting YAML → JSON before processing

Use this skill when...	Use nushell-data-processing instead when...
One-off pipeline transforms that fit in a single expression	Multi-step transforms that span JSON, YAML, CSV, and TOML
Stdin-piped JSON from another command	Aggregations, group-by, or visual table exploration