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Perform smart editing operations on files and directories, including window buffering, appending, patching, line-specific changes, and buffer transfers. Supports fuzzy matching, targeted text replacement, and precise content manipulation.

Instructions

Smart editing operations - window (auto-buffers content), append, patch, at_line, from_buffer

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description
`action`	Yes	The specific action to perform
`content`	No	Content to write or append
`fuzzyThreshold`	No	Similarity threshold for fuzzy matching (0-1)
`lineNumber`	No	Line number for at_line action
`mode`	No	Insert mode for at_line action
`newText`	No	Text to replace with
`oldText`	No	Text to search for (supports fuzzy matching)
`operation`	No	Patch operation: append (add after), prepend (add before), or replace
`path`	No	Path to the file or directory
`target`	No	Target identifier - e.g., "Daily Notes::Today" for heading, block ID, or frontmatter field name
`targetType`	No	What to target: heading (by path like "H1::H2"), block (by ID), or frontmatter (field)

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "properties": {
    "action": {
      "description": "The specific action to perform",
      "enum": [
        "window",
        "append",
        "patch",
        "at_line",
        "from_buffer"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "content": {
      "description": "Content to write or append",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "fuzzyThreshold": {
      "default": 0.7,
      "description": "Similarity threshold for fuzzy matching (0-1)",
      "type": "number"
    },
    "lineNumber": {
      "description": "Line number for at_line action",
      "type": "number"
    },
    "mode": {
      "description": "Insert mode for at_line action",
      "enum": [
        "before",
        "after",
        "replace"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "newText": {
      "description": "Text to replace with",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "oldText": {
      "description": "Text to search for (supports fuzzy matching)",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "operation": {
      "description": "Patch operation: append (add after), prepend (add before), or replace",
      "enum": [
        "append",
        "prepend",
        "replace"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "path": {
      "description": "Path to the file or directory",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "target": {
      "description": "Target identifier - e.g., \"Daily Notes::Today\" for heading, block ID, or frontmatter field name",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "targetType": {
      "description": "What to target: heading (by path like \"H1::H2\"), block (by ID), or frontmatter (field)",
      "enum": [
        "heading",
        "block",
        "frontmatter"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "action"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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Input Schema (JSON Schema)

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