# light-tools

> light-tools — icediceice-light-tools. Use this tool when you need to efficiently manage and optimize coding operations, such as file and shell management, SSH connections, and git integration. It solves problems related to token efficiency, data duplication, and error recovery, providing features like bounded reads, deduplication, and spill recovery. Ideal for coding agents, it offers a streamlined interface for span edits and ops tools, making it suitable for a variety of coding tasks and workflows.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/icediceice-light-tools  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/icediceice-light-tools

## Description

Token-efficient MCP file, shell, SSH and ops tools for coding agents — bounded reads, dedup, spill recovery and span edits.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **License:** GPL-3.0
- **Updated:** 2026-09-21

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/icediceice/light-tools)

## 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": "icediceice-light-tools"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/icediceice-light-tools` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/icediceice-light-tools/pull`

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