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name: reorganize
description: Point Claude at a messy folder and it reads every file, classifies each one, proposes a filing plan, and after your approval moves and renames everything into a clean structure. Never deletes without explicit confirmation. Triggers on "reorganize my X folder", "sort out this folder", "clean up these files", "organize my downloads".
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# Skill: Reorganize

Turn a messy folder into a clean, usable system. Claude reads everything, figures out what each file is, and files it where it belongs — but always shows you the plan and asks before touching anything.

## The rule that keeps this safe

**Never delete or overwrite a file without explicit, specific approval.** Moving and renaming are fine after the user approves the plan. Deleting always needs a separate, clear "yes."

## Steps

### 1. Scan
Recursively list the target folder. For each file note: name, type, size, and enough of the contents to classify it (read text files; for images/PDFs use the filename and any readable metadata).

### 2. Classify
Sort each file into one of:
- **Keep + file** — useful, belongs in a clear category
- **Rename** — useful but badly named (e.g. `Screenshot 2026-06-14 at 3.41.png`, `untitled (3).docx`)
- **Archive** — old or superseded, worth keeping but out of the way
- **Looks like junk** — duplicates, empty files, temp files — *flag, never auto-delete*

### 3. Propose a plan
Show the user a table before doing anything:

| File | What it is | Action | Destination / new name |
|------|-----------|--------|------------------------|

Group similar files into folders that make sense for this user's content. Suggest a clean folder structure if the current one is flat or chaotic.

### 4. Ask
Present the plan and ask for approval. Invite edits ("move the invoices into Finance instead", "leave the screenshots alone"). Make the changes they ask for.

### 5. Execute
On approval, create the destination folders, move and rename files. Do the junk pile **last** and only on a separate explicit confirmation — list exactly what you'd remove and wait for "yes."

### 6. Report
Summarize what moved where, what was renamed, and what you flagged but left alone.

## Defaults that make it good

- Date-prefix files that are time-based: `2026-06-14-<name>`.
- Use clear, human folder names (`Invoices`, `Screenshots`, `Read Later`) — not cryptic ones.
- When unsure where something goes, put it in a `_Review` folder rather than guessing wrong.
- Preserve anything you can't confidently classify; surface it for the user to decide.

## Try it

Run it on your Downloads folder or your phone-screenshot dump. Approve the plan and watch it sort itself out.