json5

name	json5
description	Use this skill when the user wants to convert JSON5 files to standard JSON format.

json5 Plugin

Convert JSON5 to standard JSON with comments and trailing comma support.

Commands

Convert

• json5 convert to-json — Convert JSON5 to JSON (stdout output)
• json5 convert to-file — Convert JSON5 to JSON (file output)

Usage Examples

• "Convert a JSON5 file to JSON"
• "Parse JSON5 with comments"
• "Convert JSON5 config to standard JSON"

Installation

brew tap yosuke-furukawa/json5
brew install json5

Examples

# Convert to stdout
json5 -c config.json5

# Convert to file
json5 -c config.json5 -o config.json

# Pipe to jq
json5 -c data.json5 | jq '.items[]'

# Use in scripts
json5 -c package.json5 > package.json

Key Features

• JSON5 to JSON conversion
• Supports JSON5 features:
  • Single and multi-line comments
  • Trailing commas
  • Unquoted object keys
  • Single-quoted strings
  • Multi-line strings
  • Hexadecimal numbers
  • Leading decimal points
• Simple CLI with minimal flags
• Stdin/stdout compatible