Workspace Maintenance

Maintain workspace documentation hygiene and discoverability. Use when organizing markdown sprawl, updating doc indexes, archiving stale progress/status snapshots, generating dry-run cleanup candidate lists, and keeping memory/task control files aligned without deleting files automatically.

Run a non-destructive maintenance cycle that keeps docs findable and the root clean.

Execute Maintenance Cycle

1. Run dry-run retention audit script:
   • scripts/archive-retention-audit.sh
2. Regenerate or refresh docs index if categories changed.
3. Ensure active control files remain in root (do not move them).
4. Move stale snapshot/status/progress docs to archive buckets.
5. Update active task tracker with maintenance completion timestamp.
6. Produce human review list for deletion candidates (never delete automatically).

Constraints

• Never delete files automatically.
• Never move identity/control files out of root.
• Keep changes reversible (moves + manifests).
• Always produce a dry-run candidate report.

Archive Buckets

• docs/archive/meridian-snapshots/
• docs/archive/general-progress/
• docs/archive/session-hygiene/

Required Outputs

• Updated dry-run candidates file in archive
• Updated active task status entry
• Move manifest for any batch relocation
• Brief completion summary

Use Bundled Script

• scripts/archive-retention-audit.sh generates current dry-run deletion candidates.