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Reads a file and returns its content as plain text.

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Parameters

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string
required
An absolute path to a file on your disk.
Example path
Supports extensions: c, cpp, cs, csv, cxx, h, hxx, html, java, json, jsonl, md, pdf, php, py, rb, txt, and xml.

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Returns

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string
The content of the file as plain text.
This tool is automatically used by the AI model when needed. You enable it in Cellm’s ribbon menu, then simply ask the model to perform tasks that require reading files (e.g., “Summarize the content of report.pdf in my Documents folder”).