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jq
Agent Ready: HIGH

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 & Text

Kind

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'