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Garden Inbox

Scan a Paperclip inbox and archive reversible stale items after your confirmation

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Repository
paperclipai/paperclip
Stars
110,078
Licence
MIT
Files
3 files

What it does

This skill lets an AI agent tidy a Paperclip user's Mine inbox. It scans the inbox, sorts entries into buckets, and posts a checkbox card so the user chooses which entries to archive. Only accepted items are archived, and archiving is a reversible per-user display change that does not alter the underlying issue, branch, or workspace.

Great for

  • Paperclip users with a cluttered Mine inbox who want stale finished work hidden
  • Teams running Paperclip agents who want a supervised, confirm-first cleanup workflow

Skip it if

  • Anyone wanting automatic cleanup without review, since the workflow requires a user checkbox confirmation first
  • Users expecting it to delete branches, close issues or clean workspaces, which the skill explicitly forbids

Try asking

  • “Garden my Paperclip inbox”
  • “Clean up stale items in my Mine inbox older than 60 days”
  • “Prune my Paperclip inbox without touching issues or branches”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Garden InboxInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 3 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    garden-inbox.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip garden-inbox.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip garden-inbox.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Always run with --dry-run first to review the payload before posting confirmation cards
  • Review the generated garden-inbox-report.md carefully; bucket C items are never selected by default
  • If the report says coverage may be truncated, do not treat the scan as complete

What's inside

  • scripts/garden-inbox.mjs
  • scripts/garden-inbox.test.mjs
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from paperclipai/paperclip under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.