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Agent Ready: HIGH
jq
jq JSON query and transformation.
Agent-Ready Score
5/5
Scored on: non-interactive mode available, machine-readable output (JSON/plain text), predictable exit codes, no interactive auth prompts.
Category
File & TextKind
Traditional CLI
Priority
⭐ Priority A
Maintenance
✓ Actively maintained
Install
brew
brew install jq apt
sudo apt install jq Usage Example
$ cat data.json | jq '.items[] | .name'