Skill Detail
Profile and triage messy tabular files from the terminal with VisiData
Inspect CSV, TSV, JSON, and parquet drops interactively, spot suspicious columns fast, and decide the next cleanup step without opening a spreadsheet.
Data Extraction & TransformationMulti-Framework
Data Extraction & Transformation
Multi-Framework
Security Reviewed
⭐ 9k GitHub stars
COPY SKILL INSTRUCTIONS (OPTIONAL)
npx skills add agentskillexchange/skills --skill profile-and-triage-messy-tabular-files-from-the-terminal-with-visidata
Uses the third-party skills CLI, not an ASE-owned installer. Check your agent’s compatibility. This copies instructions; complete the upstream tool setup below separately.
At a glance
Tools required
Python 3, VisiData, tabular data files
Install & setup
Install with
pip install visidata or your preferred package manager, then open files with vd data.csv or another supported format and use profiling, selection, and aggregation commands to drive cleanup decisions.Author
saulpw
Publisher
Individual
Last updated
Apr 15, 2026
Quick brief
Use VisiData when an agent needs to inspect an unfamiliar data drop before writing cleanup code. The agent can sort, profile, sample, and filter large tabular files interactively to find broken columns, odd values, and likely cleanup targets in minutes. The boundary is fast terminal-first data triage, not a general spreadsheet replacement or broad analytics platform listing.