Tidy Up
Clean dangling workspaces, artifacts, caches, stale branches — inventory first.
What it is
Section titled “What it is”Clean dangling workspaces, artifacts, caches, stale branches — inventory first. This practice is a skill-mapped TTP: when, why, and which command—not a full copy of the skill. Open the skill to execute.
Why it works
Section titled “Why it works”Clutter raises cognitive load and hides real fires. Inventory-before-delete matches safe ops hygiene; regenerable artifacts and merged branches are low-risk reclaim. Never confuse tidy with deleting secrets or unmerged work.
When to use it
Section titled “When to use it”When the situation matches the one-liner above and Orientation (or your project path) says this is the fire to touch now.
- Invoke the skill; follow its safety rules
- Keep one write owner; collect evidence before claiming done
- Hand off to the next practice instead of boiling the ocean
- Skip orientation when you’re lost
- Spawn overlapping agents to “go faster”
- Treat the practice as done without evidence
Related concepts
Section titled “Related concepts”06-work-ownership, 01-this-is-fine-stance
Further reading
Section titled “Further reading”See also the handbook Sources & grounding bibliography.
Agent skill
Section titled “Agent skill”tidy-up