File Restructurer

What it does

The file-restructurer skill reorganizes files within a directory based on user-defined rules. It can rename files, move them into subdirectories, and generally impose a new structure on existing file collections. This is useful for automating tedious organizational tasks or preparing data for analysis.

When to use it

• You have a folder containing many images with inconsistent filenames that need to be organized by date.
• A directory of documents needs to be split into subfolders based on project names extracted from the document titles.
• You want to automatically sort downloaded files (e.g., PDFs, spreadsheets) into categorized folders.
• You need to prepare a large dataset of text files for machine learning by restructuring them according to specific naming conventions.

Key capabilities

• File renaming based on patterns
• Directory creation and file movement
• Rule-based organization of files
• Support for various file types

Example prompts

• "Restructure the 'downloads' folder, moving all PDF files into a subfolder named 'Documents'."
• “Rename all image files in ‘images’ to include their capture date.”
• "Organize the 'reports' directory by project name found in each filename."

Tips & gotchas

The skill requires clear and specific instructions for file renaming and organization. Ambiguous rules may lead to unexpected results, so be precise with your commands.