Normalize canonicalize

Skill aisflows/skill-cleaner/skills/normalize-canonicalize

Clean messy AI-agent skill folders into a usable SKILL.md library.

Install

npx -y skills add aisflows/skill-cleaner --skill normalize-canonicalize

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Use as step 4 of AIS FLOWS Skill Library Cleaner to choose canonical names, clean folder names, descriptions, categories, source/provenance notes, and final target structure before apply.

SKILL.md

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Skill Library Cleaner / Normalize & Canonicalize

Role

Turn dedupe decisions into a clean target library plan.

Input:

machine/DEDUP_GROUPS.json
machine/RISK_BLOCKLIST.json

Output:

reports/CANONICAL_LIBRARY_PLAN.md
machine/CANONICAL_LIBRARY_PLAN.json

Required Decisions

For each group, decide:

canonical name;
canonical folder name;
category;
short description;
target path;
source/provenance note;
keep/archive/block/reference/backlog route;
whether a SKILL.md rewrite is allowed;
what evidence supports the rewrite.
rewrite risk: none, minor, meaning-change, or blocked.
confidence and manual-review reason when confidence is not high.

Naming Rules

Use clear lowercase kebab-case folder names.
Avoid private product names unless the skill is private-only.
Avoid copied third-party wording.
Keep one strong canonical default instead of many near-duplicates.
Preserve source/provenance notes.
Prefer role-based names over brand/source names for generic public skills.
Preserve private/user-owned naming when the skill is intentionally local.
Do not rewrite a SKILL.md when the cleaner cannot preserve the skill's trigger, safety boundary, and output contract.

Shelf Rules

Target routes:

canonical: active skill the user can use.
references: useful idea/source, not an active skill.
backlog: promising but incomplete or needs rewrite.
blocked: risky until approved or rewritten.
archive: exact or approved duplicate, never a permanent delete.

For broad overlap clusters, produce a shelf plan instead of pretending they are exact duplicates.

Pass Condition

The apply step can create a clean library without guessing names, categories, or destinations.