# unicode-remover

> unicode-remover — hegner123-unicode-remover. Use this tool when you need to decode or remove literal Unicode escape sequences from files, solving issues with JSON-decoding pipelines that mangle escape literals. It takes a file as input and outputs the decoded or stripped content, allowing for seamless integration with git workflows. Ideal for use cases where Unicode characters are incorrectly represented due to encoding issues.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/hegner123-unicode-remover  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hegner123-unicode-remover

## Description

MCP/CLI tool that finds literal Unicode escape sequences (\uXXXX, \UXXXXXXXX, \u{...}) in a file and decodes or strips them. Bypasses JSON-decoding pipelines that mangle escape literals.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.64
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-02

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Category:** devops-ci
- **Updated:** 2026-09-21

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/hegner123/unicode-remover)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "hegner123-unicode-remover"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hegner123-unicode-remover` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hegner123-unicode-remover/pull`

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