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Use when an agent needs to inspect, search, or quote a large text file such as a log, CI output, JSON dump, generated report, or other non-workspace text without reading the whole file into context.
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Use before changing existing indexed files with Miller edit, especially symbol rewrites, text replacements, renames, or refactors.
Use when an agent needs extractor-recognized code-shape facts such as routes, htmx attributes, Alpine directives, SQL DDL/DML, or data-document structure.
Use when starting a Miller task, choosing a Miller tool, or choosing a Miller search mode.
Use when tracing Miller bridge paths in supported providers: dotnet-web URL literals and fetch/axios client requests to ASP.NET signals, client requests to Next.js route handlers or Nuxt server routes, Next.js/Nuxt route references to file routes, Vue/React references to route definitions, or backend-http client requests to Express/FastAPI/Flask/Django/Spring/Go/gin/echo/Rails/NestJS/Laravel/Phoenix/axum/actix/Symfony/Ktor route facts.
Use when orienting on an unfamiliar code area with Miller, explaining a module, finding entry points, or gathering context before a change.
Use when assessing blast radius with Miller, choosing tests for a change, answering who uses a symbol, or planning a refactor.
| name | miller-large-file |
| description | Use when an agent needs to inspect, search, or quote a large text file such as a log, CI output, JSON dump, generated report, or other non-workspace text without reading the whole file into context. |
Use Miller's content tool instead of cat, full-file reads, or broad shell output when a text file may be large enough to waste context.
content(operation: "import", path: "/absolute/path/to/file")miller content import /absolute/path/to/filecontent(operation: "search", query: "error text")miller content search "error text"content(operation: "read", source_id: "...", line: 120, context_lines: 10)miller content read --source-id ... --line 120 --context-lines 10content(operation: "list")content(operation: "remove", source_id: "...")context_lines small and increase it only when the first bounded window is insufficient.max_bytes only when you intentionally want to import a file over the default cap.