Paste Data in Any Format and Ask Claude to Convert It to the Format You Need
Format conversion is one of those tasks that sounds simple but always has edge cases — nested objects, special characters, null values, date formats. Instead of hunting for an online converter or writing a throwaway script, just paste the data and tell Claude what you need.
> convert this JSON to YAML:
> {"database": {"host": "localhost", "port": 3306, "options": {"charset": "utf8mb4"}}}
Claude handles nested structures, preserves types, and outputs clean, properly formatted YAML — no trailing spaces, correct indentation, no ambiguous values.
This works for any direction between any formats:
> convert this CSV to SQL INSERT statements for a "products" table:
> name,price,category
> Widget,9.99,tools
> Gadget,24.95,electronics
> turn this XML into a PHP associative array
> convert this .env file into a JSON config object
> turn this markdown table into a CSV file
> convert these SQL INSERT statements into a Laravel seeder
Claude handles the tricky parts that simple converters get wrong:
- Escaping — quotes inside strings, backslashes, special characters
- Type inference — numbers stay as numbers, booleans don't become strings, nulls are handled correctly
- Nested structures — deeply nested JSON becomes properly indented YAML, not a flat mess
- Date formats — converts between ISO 8601, Unix timestamps, and human-readable dates
You can also convert unstructured data into structured formats:
> here's a raw log file — parse it into a JSON array with
> timestamp, level, message, and context fields
> here are some user records from a text dump — turn them into
> a CSV with headers
> convert this nginx config into a docker-compose environment
> variables section
Data is data — the format is just packaging. Paste it in one shape, get it back in another.
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