About summarize-folder
A productivity skill that creates a summary of all files in a specified folder. It is intended for requests to review folder contents as a whole.
Key features
- 01Summarizes files in a folder
Use cases
- 01Create an overview of a folder’s contents
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
$
npx skills add https:/ / github.com/ cowork-os/ cowork-os --skill summarize-folderAfter installing, type/summarize-folderin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMESummarize Folder
Purpose
Create a summary of all files in a folder
Routing
- Use when: Use when the user asks to create a summary of all files in a folder.
- Do not use when: Do not use when the request is asking for planning documents, high-level strategy, or non-executable discussion; use the relevant planning or design workflow instead.
- Outputs: Outcome from Summarize Folder: task-specific result plus concrete action notes.
- Success criteria: Returns concrete actions and decisions matching the requested task, with no fabricated tool-side behavior.
Trigger Examples
Positive
- Use the summarize-folder skill for this request.
- Help me with summarize folder.
- Use when the user asks to create a summary of all files in a folder.
- Summarize Folder: provide an actionable result.
Negative
- Do not use when the request is asking for planning documents, high-level strategy, or non-executable discussion; use the relevant planning or design workflow instead.
- Do not use summarize-folder for unrelated requests.
- This request is outside summarize folder scope.
- This is conceptual discussion only; no tool workflow is needed.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| path | string | Yes | Folder path to summarize |
Runtime Prompt
- Current runtime prompt length: 372 characters.
- Runtime prompt is defined directly in
../summarize-folder.json.
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