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name: syn-regex-replace description: Skill for search-and-replace with patterns in the context of regular expressions. Use when the user's task is specifically about search-and-replace with patterns.

regular expressions: search-and-replace with patterns

When to use

Use this skill for search-and-replace with patterns in regular expressions. This skill specifically handles search-and-replace with patterns and nothing else in the regular expressions family.

Procedure

Write find/replace regexes with backreferences for bulk text rewriting.

Notes

This is the regular expressions skill dedicated to search-and-replace with patterns. Sibling skills cover other regular expressions capabilities; this one is the right choice only when the task is about search-and-replace with patterns.