# janitor-swipe

Review installed skills in an interactive deck and mark each to keep, delete, or skip. Useful when you want to sort through a crowded skill collection.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 122
- Author: Krzysztof Hendzel
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/khendzel/skills-janitor/tree/HEAD/skills/janitor-swipe/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-30
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/janitor-swipe

## What it does

\`janitor-swipe` builds a sorted deck, putting heavier and less-used skills near the top. Cards show scope, usage, and context cost; you can also inspect a skill’s full description.

The terminal UI lets you record a decision for each card. User- and project-scope skills can be removed after confirmation, while plugin skills are flagged for separate review. For MCP servers in user or project configuration, the skill edits the entry and creates a backup. Claude Code’s Bash tool cannot read the required keypresses, so the script has to run in an interactive terminal.

You need Bash 3.2+ and a terminal at least 50 columns by 22 rows. In Claude Code, run `!bash ~/.claude/skills/skills-janitor/scripts/swipe.sh`; saved decisions can be applied later.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add khendzel/skills-janitor --skill janitor-swipe -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add khendzel/skills-janitor --skill janitor-swipe -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add khendzel/skills-janitor --skill janitor-swipe -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/janitor-swipe/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install khendzel/skills-janitor janitor-swipe
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/janitor-swipe/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add khendzel/skills-janitor --skill janitor-swipe -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/khendzel/skills-janitor --path skills/janitor-swipe
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add khendzel/skills-janitor --skill janitor-swipe -a opencode
```

### 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/khendzel/skills-janitor/tree/HEAD/skills/janitor-swipe/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- sort installed skills by context cost and usage
- mark user or project skills for removal
- flag plugin skills for a separate review
- save cleanup decisions for later application

## Example prompts
- /janitor-swipe — help me review installed skills and tell me how to start the interactive tool.
- /janitor-swipe — show me how to mark unused skills and save my decisions.
- /janitor-swipe — how do I apply saved decisions from `~/.skills-janitor/`?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: janitor-swipe
description: "Tinder for your Claude Code skills. Reviews a sorted deck of every installed skill and lets you swipe keep / delete / skip on each one. Use when the user wants to bulk-clean their skill collection, triage unused skills, or do interactive skill cleanup. Trigger with '/janitor-swipe'."
allowed-tools: Read, Bash(bash:*)
argument-hint: "[--deck <file>] [--apply <decisions.json>]"
version: 1.7.0
author: Krzysztof Hendzel <krzysztoff.hendzel@gmail.com>
license: MIT
compatibility: Designed for Claude Code. The TUI itself requires an interactive terminal (the user runs it with the '!' prefix); requires bash 3.2+ and a terminal of at least 50x22.
tags:
  - skills
  - triage
  - tui
  - cleanup
  - context-window
---

# Janitor Swipe — interactive skill triage

A bash TUI that puts every installed skill into a sorted deck and lets the user swipe keep / delete / skip on each card.

## Overview

The deck is sorted "most likely waste first" — heavy, never-used skills appear at the top, so most users hit `← delete` a few times and quit before reviewing the whole list. The swipe is scope-aware and honest about what it can delete: user-scope skills are actually removed (after confirmation), plugin skills are flagged for review instead.

## Prerequisites

- Claude Code with the skills-janitor plugin installed (provides `scripts/swipe.sh` and `swipe-build-deck.sh`)
- bash 3.2+ (the stock macOS bash works; no external dependencies)
- **An interactive terminal at least 50 columns x 22 rows** — the TUI reads single keypresses

## Instructions

### Step 1: Tell the user to run it via `!`

Inside Claude Code, the Bash tool's stdin is non-interactive, so the keypress reader can't work. The user must invoke it via the `!` prefix so the command runs in their actual shell:

```
!bash ~/.claude/skills/skills-janitor/scripts/swipe.sh
```

When the user asks for `/janitor-swipe`, tell them to run that command in their terminal. Do NOT try to run it yourself via the Bash tool — it will error with "needs an interactive terminal".

### Step 2: Explain the card and controls

Each card shows:

- Skill name + position in deck (e.g. `[3 / 47]`)
- Context cost split: `X always · Y on trigger` (description tokens are permanent; body loads only when the skill fires)
- Usage count and last invoked date
- Scope (`user`, `project`, `plugin · <plugin-name>`, etc.)
- 3-line truncated description
- Verdict label (e.g. *"Unused + heavy on trigger — prime delete candidate"*)

Controls:

- `←` / `h` / `d` — stage for delete
- `→` / `l` / `k` — keep
- `↓` / `j` / `s` / space — skip
- `u` — undo (back up one card, clear its decision)
- `i` — inspect (show full SKILL.md description)
- `q` / Esc — quit (still shows summary for decisions made so far)

### Step 3: Scope-aware deletion (the critical correctness point)

| Scope | What happens on swipe left |
|---|---|
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