Current status

Superseded historical Downloads cleanup record. This April 13 rebuild explains why the cleanup task was repaired, but later Downloads and folder-cleanup records contain the current queue. Use Downloads Cleanup Run - 2026-04-28 for the current Downloads cleanup queue found in this pass and Folder Cleanup - 2026-05-07 for the latest folder-cleanup run.

Session Overview

Sam's downloads-cleanup scheduled task had been broken since March 18, 2026. The task was originally a solid daily cleanup that deleted junk files, deduplicated numbered copies, and kept the Downloads folder tidy. It broke when a Mar 18 session tried to update the task via update_scheduled_task to add multi-directory access (an AI-CONVENTIONS sync to the Projects folder). That update call overwrote the SKILL.md content with just "Placeholder task." instead of the improved instructions. Every run from Mar 19 onward either did nothing or had to improvise.

This session diagnosed the root cause by reading transcripts from older sessions (Mar 18, Mar 25), rebuilt the task with improved instructions, ran a full cleanup, and implemented six improvements that were proposed and approved.

What Was Accomplished

1. Root Cause Investigation

Used list_sessions and read_transcript to trace the history across multiple sessions:

• Mar 18 session: Task ran successfully (deleted 466 numbered copies, cleaned junk). At the end, Sam asked it to update itself to access more directories. The update_scheduled_task call corrupted the SKILL.md to "Placeholder task."
• Mar 25 session (local_35662ff4): Diagnosed the corruption and proposed 6 improvements but never got Sam's confirmation to build. The session ended at the proposal stage.
• Apr 2, 3, 4 sessions: All ran against the placeholder and produced nothing.

2. Task Rebuilt

Used mcp__scheduled-tasks__update_scheduled_task to replace the placeholder with comprehensive new instructions. The new task is a focused daily maintenance pass that covers:

• Delete .DS_Store, Thumbs.db, Word lock files (~$*) recursively
• Delete zero-byte files and empty directories recursively
• Clean .tmp.driveupload (stale uploads older than 7 days)
• Find and resolve numbered copies (1), (2) etc. with MD5 hash verification
• Move loose root-level files into existing subfolders by type
• Produce a summary report

Key safety rules in the new task: