jq JSON Processing

Expert knowledge for processing, querying, and transforming JSON data using jq, the lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when...	Use yq-yaml-processing instead when...
Extracting or filtering fields in JSON input	Working with YAML files (Kubernetes, GH Actions, Helm)
Parsing `gh`, `curl`, or `kubectl -o json` responses	Editing YAML in place while preserving comments
CI pipelines on minimal images (jq is universally installed)	Converting YAML → JSON before processing

Use this skill when...	Use nushell-data-processing instead when...
One-off pipeline transforms that fit in a single expression	Multi-step transforms that span JSON, YAML, CSV, and TOML
Stdin-piped JSON from another command	Aggregations, group-by, or visual table exploration