File Organization Skill

Intelligent file organization based on content, metadata, and best practices.

When to Use

• File/folder organization requests
• Directory cleanup, duplicate detection
• Batch renaming, categorization
• Keywords: "organize files", "cleanup", "sort files"

Core Capabilities

1. Auto-Categorization

• Content/type-based classification
• Date-based (year/month/project)
• Size-based sorting

2. Duplicate Detection

• Hash-based (MD5, SHA256)
• Similar file/image detection
• Version detection (v1, v2, final)

3. Smart Folder Structures

• Project-based organization
• Domain templates (dev, design, docs, media)

4. Batch Renaming

• Pattern-based (regex)
• Sequential numbering
• Date prefix, case normalization

Quick Reference

Commands

# Find by type
find /path -type f -name "*.pdf"

# Find large files (>100MB)
find /path -type f -size +100M

# Find duplicates
fdupes -r /path

# Batch rename
rename 's/\.txt$/.md/' *.txt

Recommended Structures

/Documents/{PDFs,Word,Excel}
/Media/{Images,Videos,Audio}
/Code/{Projects,Scripts}
/Archives/{Compressed,Backups}

Naming Convention

YYYYMMDD_description_version.ext
2025-01-15_project-report_v2.pdf

Workflow

1. Analysis: Scan, count types, detect duplicates
2. Planning: Define structure, create rules
3. Execution: Create dirs, move files, rename (dry-run first)
4. Maintenance: Automate, document, monitor

Best Practices

• ✅ Backup before bulk operations
• ✅ Use dry-run mode first
• ✅ Keep folder depth ≤4 levels
• ❌ Don't organize system folders
• ❌ Don't delete duplicates without verification

Integration

• digital-forensics: Evidence preservation
• metadata-extraction: File metadata analysis