/omh-files

name: "omh-files"
description: "[omh] Folder cleanup, renames, or deletions: policy overlay for local file tasks - add path scoping and destructive-action gates after preferring native file tools for ordinary list, search, organize, copy, move, and rename actions. Use when the user says: workspace-file-operator, workspace file operator, file operator, file operation, file operations, filesystem task, filesystem operation, file system task."
metadata:
  hermes:
    tags: [workflow, oh-my-hermes, filesystem]
    category: filesystem
    phase: file-task
    role: guide
    quality_tier: workflow-surface-gated

Workspace File Operator

This is a Hermes-native `workspace-file-operator` workflow skill.

Why This Exists

`workspace-file-operator` exists so Hermes users can ask for this workflow in chat and get a structured, checkable answer instead of an improvised one.

Do Not Use When

• The request is already handled by a narrower explicit skill with stronger evidence.
• The user asks OMH to secretly run external platforms, connectors, schedulers, file exports, or runtime agents.
• The only safe answer is to ask for missing authority, credentials, target, or observed evidence first.

Examples

Good example:

• Prompt: workspace-file-operator list files in the reports folder and move old PDFs into archive after confirmation.
• Expected behavior: Produce `prepare_workspace_file_operator_card` with required context, wrapper actions, and not-evidence boundaries.
• Why: The prompt names a real workflow surface that Hermes can orchestrate without hiding execution.

Bad example:

• Prompt: workspace-file-operator delete every matching file without path scope or confirmation.
• Expected behavior: Report the missing observed evidence or authority instead of claiming the external step happened.
• Why: Prepared OMH guidance is not platform, runtime, connector, file, memory, or delivery evidence.

Completion Checklist

• The path root, allowed file operations, excluded paths, destructive-operation policy, and stop condition are explicit.
• Delete, overwrite, move, rename, permission change, archive mutation, upload, and download are gated or marked missing.
• Directory listings, file contents, hashes, diffs, and operation results are reported only from observed file evidence.

Recovery Notes

• If the target path or folder is missing, ask for the smallest path scope needed before preparing the operation.
• If delete, overwrite, move, rename, chmod, or irreversible cleanup is requested, require an explicit confirmation gate.
• If the request is file conversion, deck/PDF export, or attachment delivery, route to materials-package or deliverable-package instead.

Workflow Lane

• Current lane: **Automation and status** (`achievements`, `workspace-audit`, `production-audit`, `live-incident-response`, `automation-blueprint`, `github-event-ops`, `github-issue-intake`, `buzz`, `+39 more`) - schedules, status, health, and ops review.
• If intent belongs to another lane, hand back to `oh-my-hermes` or name the adjacent workflow.
• Shared product, routing, compatibility, and evidence rules: `omh-routing/references/skill-common-rail.md`.

Use When

Use when Hermes should prepare or supervise local workspace/file-system operations such as listing, searching, organizing, copying, moving, renaming, archiving, or deleting files without claiming the operation ran.

Strong routing signals: `workspace-file-operator`, `workspace file operator`, `file operator`, `file operation`, `file operations`, `filesystem task`, `filesystem operation`, `file system task`, `file system operation`, `list files`, `list folder`, `list directory`, `find local files`, `search files`, `organize files`, `organize folder`, `move file`, `move files`, `copy file`, `copy files`, `rename file`, `rename files`, `delete file`, `delete files`, `remove file`, `remove files`, `archive files`, `downloads folder`, `reports folder`, `folder cleanup`, `file cleanup`, `파일 작업`, `파일 조작`, `파일 정리`, `파일 검색`, `파일 찾아`, `파일 이동`, `파일 복사`, `파일 이름 변경`, `파일 삭제`, `폴더 정리`, `다운로드 폴더`, `디렉터리 목록`

Catalog Metadata

Category: `filesystem` Phase: `file-task` Hermes role: `guide` Quality tier: `workflow-surface-gated` Reasoning demand: `standard`

Quality bar:

• Name the user-facing workflow objective, required context, next action, and stop condition.
• Separate prepared guidance from observed platform, runtime, connector, file, memory, or delivery evidence.
• Expose missing tools, credentials, targets, or observations as user-visible gaps.

Handoff policy:

Keep this as Hermes-facing orchestration guidance first. Prepare executor, connector, gateway, or host-runtime handoff only when the user accepts that next step and observed evidence can be recorded.

Required inputs:

• user request
• target context
• delivery or status expectation
• known missing evidence

Expected outputs:

• workspace_file_task_card/v1
• file_operation_scope/v1
• file_observation_manifest/v1 when observed
• file_confirmation_gate/v1 when destructive
• next action
• prepared-vs-observed boundary

Artifact expectations:

• workspace_file_task_card/v1 metadata-only wrapper card when prepared
• file_operation_scope/v1 with path root, allowed operations, excluded paths, and stop condition
• file_observation_manifest/v1 only when directory listings, file stats, hashes, diffs, or operation output are observed
• session_file_activity/v1 (`omh quality-evidence file-activity --hermes-session <id> --json`) cited in that manifest for which workspace files a Hermes session's read_file, write_file, and patch calls named and the outcome Hermes recorded; never as file-content, hash, diff, test, review, CI, or merge evidence
• file_confirmation_gate/v1 for delete, overwrite, move, rename, chmod, archive mutation, or irreversible cleanup

Safety rules:

• A workspace file operator card is not file read, file write, copy, move, rename, delete, archive, upload, download, permission