Setup & Installation
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
What This Skill Does
fd is a command-line file search tool that replaces `find` with simpler syntax and smarter defaults. It respects `.gitignore` by default, uses smart case matching, and traverses directories in parallel. Supports filtering by extension, type, size, modification time, and regex patterns.
Faster than `find`, requires no `-name`/`-type` boilerplate for common searches, and skips `node_modules` and build artifacts automatically via gitignore support.
When to use it
- Find all TypeScript files across a monorepo
- Delete log files older than 30 days
- Locate files over 100MB consuming disk space
- Batch convert all images in a directory using -x
- Search for config files modified in the last hour
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
User asks: count total lines across all Python files changed in the last 2 days
- 1Run `fd -e py --changed-within 2d` to list recently modified Python files
- 2Append `-x wc -l` to count lines per file in parallel
- 3Pipe output to `awk '{sum+=$1} END {print sum}'` to total the counts
Single integer representing total lines across matching files
Requirements
Accounts, API keys, or tools you or your AI assistant may need to set up while using this skill.