organize-task-files

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Lists, pairs, deduplicates, and moves task files across the Coworker task state machine (0draft → 6git-pushed). Use when asked to organize, clean up, or audit task files.

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Organize Task Files

Manages .full.md (evaluation outputs) and .issues.md (extracted issues) files across the Coworker task state machine pipelines.

When to Use

"organize task files"
"show me what tasks are in each pipeline stage"
"find unpaired .full.md and .issues.md files"
"find duplicate task files"
"find empty issues files (zero issues found)"
"move task files from X to Y"
"clean up the issues draft directory"

How It Works

Scans coworker/tasks/ (issues, main) for .md task files
Parses filenames with pattern YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS-taskname.{full,issues}.md or plain taskname.md
Groups by task name, detects pairs/dupes/orphans, classifies by pipeline stage

Usage

Run the bundled script:

python3 coworker/skills/organize-task-files/scripts/organize.py COMMAND [OPTIONS]

Commands

Command	Description
`summary`	Overview of all pipelines: file counts per stage, type breakdown
`list`	List all task files with full paths, grouped by pipeline stage
`pairs`	Match .full.md ↔ .issues.md pairs; flag orphans
`dupes`	Find duplicate task names across directories and stages
`empty`	Find .issues.md files with "0 issues found"
`move`	Move matching files between pipeline stages (dry-run by default)

Options

Flag	Description
`--dir DIR`	Only scan a specific directory (default: all task dirs)
`--dry-run`	Show what would happen without making changes (default for `move`)
`--force`	Actually perform moves (use with `move`)
`--json`	Output as JSON for scripting

Examples

# Overview of all pipelines
python3 coworker/skills/organize-task-files/scripts/organize.py summary

# Find unpaired files in issues draft
python3 coworker/skills/organize-task-files/scripts/organize.py pairs --dir issues/draft

# List all duplicate task names
python3 coworker/skills/organize-task-files/scripts/organize.py dupes

# Find empty .issues.md files (zero issues)
python3 coworker/skills/organize-task-files/scripts/organize.py empty

# Preview moving empty issues files to a discard directory
python3 coworker/skills/organize-task-files/scripts/organize.py move --dir issues/draft --filter empty --target coworker/tasks/issues/review/done/discard

# Actually perform the move
python3 coworker/skills/organize-task-files/scripts/organize.py move --dir issues/draft --filter empty --target coworker/tasks/issues/review/done/discard --force

Pipeline Stages (for reference)

0draft → 1ready → 2working → 3done → 4review → 5approved → 6git-pushed

Plus parallel pipelines:

issues/draft/refine/ (0ready → 1working → 2done → 0error)
issues/github/commit/ (ready → done → failed)
issues/review/ and issues/review/done/
issues/local/done/ and issues/local/wontfix/