# spotlight

> spotlight — li-hongmin-spotlight. Use this tool when you need to quickly search and locate files and content on your macOS system. It solves problems such as finding specific documents, emails, or other data across your computer, using the macOS Spotlight indexing (mdfind) for efficient searching. The tool takes search queries as input and returns relevant results, making it ideal for use cases where rapid file retrieval is necessary.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/li-hongmin-spotlight  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/li-hongmin-spotlight

## Description

Search files and content using macOS Spotlight indexing (mdfind)

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 1.00
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** instructions
- **Runtime environment:** llm
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-09-24

## Source

- **Source listing:** [ClawHub](https://clawskills.sh/skills/li-hongmin-spotlight)

## 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": "li-hongmin-spotlight"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/li-hongmin-spotlight` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/li-hongmin-spotlight/pull`

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