managing-tags

Productivity

Manage and consolidate tags. Use when asked to "clean up tags", "consolidate tags", "tag audit", "merge tags", or "rename tag".

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Managing Tags

This skill helps maintain tag hygiene by finding inconsistencies and consolidating similar tags.

Workflow

1. Extract All Tags

# Find all tags across content
grep -h "^tags:" content/*.md

Build a complete tag inventory with usage counts.

2. Identify Issues

Similar Tags (Candidates for Merge)

Look for tags that likely mean the same thing:

ai vs artificial-intelligence
dev vs development
js vs javascript
Plural vs singular: habit vs habits

Inconsistent Naming

Check for violations of kebab-case convention:

camelCase tags
Capitalized tags
under_score tags
Tags with spaces

Rarely Used Tags

Tags appearing only once (may indicate typo)
Tags used 2-3 times (consider consolidation)

3. Generate Report

## Tag Audit Report

### Tag Inventory (by frequency)
| Tag | Count |
|-----|-------|
| vue | 5 |
| testing | 4 |
| ai | 3 |
| ...

### Similar Tags (Merge Candidates)
- `ai` (3) + `artificial-intelligence` (1) → suggest: `ai`
- `habit` (2) + `habits` (1) → suggest: `habits`

### Naming Issues
- `JavaScript` → should be `javascript`
- `local_first` → should be `local-first`

### Rarely Used (1 occurrence)
- `obscure-tag` - only in `one-note.md`

4. Perform Merges (When Requested)

To merge tags, edit the frontmatter of affected files:

# Before
tags:
  - artificial-intelligence
  - machine-learning

# After
tags:
  - ai
  - machine-learning

Use the Edit tool to update each file's frontmatter.

Tag Naming Convention

All tags should be:

Lowercase: vue not Vue
Kebab-case: local-first not local_first or localFirst
Singular or plural consistently: Pick one and stick to it
Meaningful: Avoid overly generic tags like stuff or misc

Common Merge Patterns

Variations	Preferred
`ai`, `artificial-intelligence`, `AI`	`ai`
`js`, `javascript`, `JavaScript`	`javascript`
`vue`, `vuejs`, `vue-js`	`vue`
`dev`, `development`, `developer`	`development`
`test`, `testing`, `tests`	`testing`

Quality Checklist

Before suggesting changes: