A robust utility for parsing and generating RFC 4180 compliant CSV files that ensures cross-tool compatibility.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install csv
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install csv using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is CSV Processor?
The CSV skill provides a standardized framework for handling comma-separated value files with high precision. It prioritizes RFC 4180 compliance, ensuring that data flows seamlessly between modern AI agents, legacy systems, and popular spreadsheet applications like Excel. This Openclaw Skills component addresses common pitfalls like improper quoting, encoding conflicts, and delimiter ambiguity, making it an essential tool for developers working with data exports and imports.
CSV Processor Use Cases
- Generating standard-compliant exports for Excel and Google Sheets.
- Parsing large datasets with multi-line quoted fields without corruption.
- Migrating data between regional systems using semicolon, tab, or pipe delimiters.
- Sanitizing input to prevent formula injection attacks in spreadsheet software.
How CSV Processor Works
- Detects encoding and delimiters (comma, semicolon, tab, or pipe) to handle regional formatting differences.
- Validates and parses headers to ensure consistent column counts across all data rows.
- Applies RFC 4180 quoting rules and escapes characters to maintain structural integrity.
- Standardizes numeric and date formats using ISO 8601 to prevent locale-based ambiguity.
- Implements platform-specific optimizations, such as adding a UTF-8 BOM for Windows Excel compatibility or omitting it for programmatic use cases.
CSV Processor Setup
To integrate this CSV functionality into your development workflow, use the Openclaw Skills management CLI.
openclaw install csv
Once installed, you can configure the delimiter sniffing and encoding detection settings within your project configuration.
CSV Processor Data Schema & Taxonomy
| Requirement | Description | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Quoting | Double quotes required for fields with commas or newlines | RFC 4180 |
| Delimiters | Auto-detects ,, ;, \t, or ` |
` |
| Encoding | UTF-8 (with BOM for Excel support) | UTF-8 / Latin-1 |
| Date Format | Standardized ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD) | ISO 8601 |
| Formula Protection | Prefixes fields starting with =, +, -, or @ |
Security Best Practice |
CSV Processor Advanced Features
- Intelligent delimiter sniffing that verifies content beyond the header line.
- Security-focused formula injection prevention (CSV Injection) by prefixing suspicious characters.
- Full support for multi-line quoted fields, preventing common parsing failures at newline boundaries.
- Flexible UTF-8 BOM (Byte Order Mark) management for cross-platform spreadsheet software compatibility.
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