# Summarize Folder

> Summarize Folder is an Agent Skill for documents published in the CoWork-OS/CoWork-OS repository on GitHub: a SKILL.md instruction file an AI agent can load to do this task.

Create a summary of all files in a folder

- Skill name: `summarize-folder`
- Category: [Documents](https://www.openparable.com/skill/documents/1)
- Source: https://github.com/CoWork-OS/CoWork-OS/blob/HEAD/resources/skills/summarize-folder/SKILL.md
- Repository: CoWork-OS/CoWork-OS (387 GitHub stars when collected)

## SKILL.md

# 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`.

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