# agent-tool

> Use this tool when you need to efficiently manage and manipulate files for AI coding tasks, leveraging its encoding-aware and indentation-smart capabilities to streamline workflows. The agent-tool solves problems related to file handling, transfer, and editing, supporting use cases such as remote file access via SSH and SFTP. It accepts various file inputs and outputs, providing a versatile interface for AI agents to integrate with over 20 tools.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/io-github-knewstimek-agent-tool  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-knewstimek-agent-tool

## Description

Encoding-aware, indentation-smart file tools for AI coding agents with SSH, SFTP, and 20+ tools.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.70
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 0.4.2
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** file-system
- **Updated:** 2026-04-17

## Source

- **Source listing:** [MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers/io.github.knewstimek%2Fagent-tool)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/knewstimek/agent-tool>

## 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": "io-github-knewstimek-agent-tool"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-knewstimek-agent-tool` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-knewstimek-agent-tool/pull`

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