summarize-folder

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Create a summary of all files in a folder

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/CoWork-OS/CoWork-OS/blob/HEAD/resources/skills/summarize-folder/SKILL.md

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Summarize Folder

Purpose

Create a summary of all files in a folder

Routing

Use when: Use when the user asks to create a summary of all files in a folder.
Do not use when: Do not use when the request is asking for planning documents, high-level strategy, or non-executable discussion; use the relevant planning or design workflow instead.
Outputs: Outcome from Summarize Folder: task-specific result plus concrete action notes.
Success criteria: Returns concrete actions and decisions matching the requested task, with no fabricated tool-side behavior.

Trigger Examples

Positive

Use the summarize-folder skill for this request.
Help me with summarize folder.
Use when the user asks to create a summary of all files in a folder.
Summarize Folder: provide an actionable result.

Negative

Do not use when the request is asking for planning documents, high-level strategy, or non-executable discussion; use the relevant planning or design workflow instead.
Do not use summarize-folder for unrelated requests.
This request is outside summarize folder scope.
This is conceptual discussion only; no tool workflow is needed.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
path	string	Yes	Folder path to summarize

Runtime Prompt

Current runtime prompt length: 372 characters.
Runtime prompt is defined directly in ../summarize-folder.json.