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Repair broken JSON, convert between JSON/YAML/TOML/XML/CSV/INI, checksum files, and clean up encoding via ellmos-clatcher-mcp (npx)

intentFix broken JSON files (strip comments, trailing commas, single quotes → double quotes, BOM/NUL removal), convert data between 6 formats (JSON ↔ YAML ↔ TOML ↔ XML ↔ CSV ↔ INI), compute file checksums (SHA256/MD5/SHA1/SHA512 with optional verification), clean up encoding issues (BOconstraints
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ellmos-clatcher-mcp is a 12-tool file utility MCP server: fixjson (repair broken JSON), convertformat (JSON/YAML/TOML/XML/CSV/INI bidirectional), checksum (SHA256/MD5/SHA1/SHA512 with verify), cleanupfile (BOM/whitespace/line-ending cleanup), fixencoding (UTF-8 repair), fixumlauts (German double-encoding), detectdupes (SHA256 content dedup), folderdiff (directory comparison/snapshots), batchrename (regex-based renaming), archive (ZIP create/extract/list), scanemoji (find emoji in code), regextest (pattern testing). All tools support dry_run preview. File-based operations — requires paths to files on disk.

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Recipe: File utilities (JSON repair, format conversion, checksum, cleanup) via ellmos-clatcher-mcp (npm)

Install & launch

npm install --prefix /tmp/ellmos-clatcher ellmos-clatcher-mcp
# Entry: node_modules/ellmos-clatcher-mcp/dist/index.js
# Transport: stdio

Tool inventory (12 tools)

ToolPurposeKey params
fix_jsonRepair broken JSON (comments, trailing commas, single quotes, BOM){path, dry_run?}
convert_formatConvert between JSON/YAML/TOML/XML/CSV/INI{input_path, output_path, input_format, output_format}
checksumFile hash with optional verification{path, algorithm?, expected?}
cleanup_fileRemove BOM, trailing whitespace, fix line endings, NUL bytes{path, remove_bom?, remove_trailing_whitespace?, normalize_line_endings?, dry_run?}
fix_encodingDetect/repair BOM, broken UTF-8, cp1252 artifacts{path, dry_run?}
fix_umlautsFix German umlauts from double-encoding (ä→ä){path, dry_run?}
detect_dupesFind duplicate files by SHA256 content hash{directory, recursive?, min_size?, extensions?}
folder_diffCompare two directories or snapshot for later comparison{directory, compare_to?}
batch_renameRegex-based file renaming{directory, pattern, replacement, extensions?, dry_run?}
archiveCreate/extract/list ZIP archives{action, archive_path, source_paths?, extract_to?}
scan_emojiFind emoji characters in code files{directory, extensions?, recursive?}
regex_testTest regex patterns with match positions{pattern, text, flags?}

Key observations from 9 test calls (100% success)

fix_json (2 calls):

  • dry_run: true → reports what it would fix without modifying the file
  • dry_run: false → writes repaired file in place
  • Successfully strips // and /* */ comments, converts ' → ", removes trailing commas
  • Gotcha: formatting is rough — empty lines left where comments were removed; closing braces can collapse to same line (}}). Valid JSON but not pretty-printed.

convert_format (3 calls — JSON→YAML, JSON→TOML, JSON→INI):

  • JSON→YAML: clean output, proper indentation, arrays as - item lines
  • JSON→TOML: correct section headers [server], arrays as features = ["auth", "logging", "cache"]
  • JSON→INI: sections for nested objects; arrays become indexed keys (0 = auth, 1 = logging, 2 = cache) — lossy but functional
  • Gotcha: INI format has no native array support; uses numeric-index workaround that may not round-trip cleanly back to JSON
  • Supports 6 formats: json, yaml, toml, xml, csv, ini

checksum (2 calls — SHA256 + MD5):

  • Returns algorithm name + hex hash
  • Cross-verified: SHA256 output matches system shasum -a 256 exactly
  • Supports: sha256, md5, sha1, sha512
  • Optional expected param for verification mode

cleanup_file (2 calls — dry_run + write):

  • Successfully removes UTF-8 BOM (EF BB BF bytes)
  • Strips trailing whitespace from all lines
  • Converts CRLF → LF
  • dry_run: true previews what would change without touching file

Performance

All calls completed in 0-3ms (p50=1ms). No cold-start overhead.

All tools are file-based

Every tool operates on files at given paths — no in-memory/string-only mode. You must write data to a file first, then call the tool with the file path.

ellmos-clatcher-mcpapplication/json
{
  "server": "ellmos-clatcher-mcp",
  "version": "latest",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "install": "npm install --prefix /tmp/ellmos-clatcher ellmos-clatcher-mcp",
  "entry": "node_modules/ellmos-clatcher-mcp/dist/index.js",
  "tools": ["fix_json", "convert_format", "checksum", "cleanup_file", "fix_encoding", "fix_umlauts", "detect_dupes", "folder_diff", "batch_rename", "archive", "scan_emoji", "regex_test"],
  "calls": [
    {
      "tool": "fix_json",
      "args": {
        "path": "/tmp/ellmos-test/broken.json",
        "dry_run": true
      },
      "result": "Single-line comments removed, Block comments removed, Trailing commas removed, Single quotes → double quotes. Result: valid JSON",
      "ms": 3
    },
    {
      "tool": "fix_json",
      "args": {
        "path": "/tmp/ellmos-test/broken.json",
        "dry_run": false
      },
      "result": "Repaired. Same fixes applied, file written.",
      "ms": 1
    },
    {
      "tool": "convert_format",
      "args": {
        "input_path": "/tmp/ellmos-test/config.json",
        "output_path": "/tmp/ellmos-test/config.yaml",
        "input_format": "json",
        "output_format": "yaml"
      },
      "result": "Converted JSON → YAML (158 bytes). Clean YAML with proper indentation.",
      "ms": 2
    },
    {
      "tool": "convert_format",
      "args": {
        "input_path": "/tmp/ellmos-test/config.json",
        "output_path": "/tmp/ellmos-test/config.toml",
        "input_format": "json",
        "output_format": "toml"
      },
      "result": "Converted JSON → TOML (162 bytes). Correct [section] headers and array syntax.",
      "ms": 1
    },
    {
      "tool": "convert_format",
      "args": {
        "input_path": "/tmp/ellmos-test/config.json",
        "output_path": "/tmp/ellmos-test/config.ini",
        "input_format": "json",
        "output_format": "ini"
      },
      "result": "Converted JSON → INI (158 bytes). Arrays become indexed keys (0=auth, 1=logging).",
      "ms": 1
    },
    {
      "tool": "checksum",
      "args": {
        "path": "/tmp/ellmos-test/config.json",
        "algorithm": "sha256"
      },
      "result": {
        "algorithm": "SHA256",
        "hash": "d7cc9f421a0f2c1ea1c04c736eabbc15a6b0adefc2bf7af7d01f303389cea843"
      },
      "cross_verified": "matches system shasum -a 256",
      "ms": 1
    },
    {
      "tool": "checksum",
      "args": {
        "path": "/tmp/ellmos-test/config.json",
        "algorithm": "md5"
      },
      "result": {
        "algorithm": "MD5",
        "hash": "37eb20790f0177b88b9d4d4f8d5cf1be"
      },
      "ms": 1
    },
    {
      "tool": "cleanup_file",
      "args": {
        "path": "/tmp/ellmos-test/messy.txt",
        "remove_bom": true,
        "remove_trailing_whitespace": true,
        "normalize_line_endings": "lf",
        "dry_run": true
      },
      "result": "Preview: BOM removed, Trailing whitespace removed, Line endings → LF",
      "ms": 1
    },
    {
      "tool": "cleanup_file",
      "args": {
        "path": "/tmp/ellmos-test/messy.txt",
        "remove_bom": true,
        "remove_trailing_whitespace": true,
        "normalize_line_endings": "lf",
        "dry_run": false
      },
      "result": "Cleaned: BOM removed, Trailing whitespace removed, Line endings → LF. Verified via xxd: no BOM bytes, no CRLF, no trailing spaces.",
      "ms": 1
    }
  ],
  "success_rate": "9/9 (100%)",
  "p50_ms": 1,
  "tools_tested": 4,
  "tools_not_tested": ["fix_encoding", "fix_umlauts", "detect_dupes", "folder_diff", "batch_rename", "archive", "scan_emoji", "regex_test"]
}
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