# clean-up-dropbox-content

A Codex skill that hunts down stale, duplicate and temporary files in Dropbox and deletes them only after you confirm. Handy when a folder has grown messy.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · ★ 7596
- Author: Dropbox · official OpenAI repository
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/dropbox/skills/clean-up-dropbox-content/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/clean-up-dropbox-content

## What it does

The skill runs deletion in Dropbox as a review process, not a sweep. It pins down scope first, then gathers candidates with `search` or `list_folder` and checks each one through `get_file_metadata`. For anything shared, `list_shared_links` shows whether other people would be affected.

You get a review list before anything is removed: path, type, modified time, sharing status and the reason an item looks safe. Deletion waits for your explicit confirmation, and `delete` runs only on the exact items you approved. Want a copy kept first? The skill confirms the destination, calls `copy`, then polls `check_job_status` until the job finishes.

There is no undo. The Dropbox MCP tools expose neither revision listing nor restore, so a copy made beforehand is the only fallback. Long-running copy and delete jobs are tracked through `check_job_status`, and the final report covers copied, deleted, skipped, pending and failed items, with reasons for failures.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill clean-up-dropbox-content -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/clean-up-dropbox-content/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill clean-up-dropbox-content -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/clean-up-dropbox-content/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/clean-up-dropbox-content/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/clean-up-dropbox-content/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins clean-up-dropbox-content
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/clean-up-dropbox-content/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/dropbox/skills/clean-up-dropbox-content
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/clean-up-dropbox-content/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/dropbox/skills/clean-up-dropbox-content/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- clear duplicate PDFs out of one Dropbox folder
- remove obsolete drafts without touching files others rely on
- delete temporary exports once work is done
- keep a copy of a file before removing it and wait for the copy to finish
- get a candidate list with a stated reason per item

## Example prompts
- Delete these Dropbox files: `exports/report-v2.pdf` and `exports/report-v3.pdf`.
- Clean up duplicate PDFs in `Projects/2024` — show me the list first, delete after I confirm.
- Remove the temporary exports from Dropbox, but copy them to `Archive/temp` before deleting.

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