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Docs Cleaner

Consolidates redundant documentation into a single source of truth without losing valuable content.

Docs & OfficeBeginner★ 1,323⑂ 212AI score 7/10Last updated: Aug 8, 2026

What it does

Analyzes overlapping documentation files and merges them without losing information.

  • Discovery: finds every file covering the topic, counts total lines, maps overlap
  • Value analysis: classifies each section as Keep / Condense / Delete in a justification table
  • Consolidation plan: reports before/after metrics like "726 lines → ~100 lines (86% reduction), 100% value preserved"
  • Execution: writes the consolidated doc → deletes redundant files → updates references in CLAUDE.md/README → checks for broken links
  • Includes a preservation checklist for procedures, constraints, troubleshooting, and external links

It also warns against anti-patterns: blind deletion, keeping everything, multiple sources of truth, orphaned references.

Who it's for

  • Developers with a bloated docs/ folder and no idea which file is current
  • Project owners drowning in AI-generated summary and report markdown files
  • Team leads consolidating onboarding docs into one authoritative page
  • Anyone trying to keep CLAUDE.md or README lean

Examples

  1. Cleaning AI output: with SETUP.md, SETUP_V2.md, and INSTALL_NOTES.md, ask "consolidate these docs" — it builds a value table, produces one SETUP.md, deletes the rest, and fixes README links.
  2. Dropping one-time records: test-run results and migration logs get marked Delete, while reusable troubleshooting tips are carried into the new document.
  3. Slimming CLAUDE.md: a 1,000-line rules file is trimmed to core constraints, with details moved to docs/ and only a pointer left behind.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install in Claude Code

Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code

Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the daymade-docs/docs-cleaner folder from the GitHub repo daymade/claude-code-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/docs-cleaner/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r claude-code-skills/daymade-docs/docs-cleaner ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal (Terminal on macOS/Linux, Git Bash on Windows).
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills.git
  3. Create the skills folder if needed: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill: cp -r claude-code-skills/daymade-docs/docs-cleaner ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Verify with ls ~/.claude/skills/docs-cleaner — you should see SKILL.md.
  6. Restart Claude Code.
  7. Important: the skill deletes real files, so git commit your current state first.
  8. Inside your project, say "clean up the redundant docs in docs/" and the skill triggers automatically.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT