GSD Cleanup

by open-gsd

GSD Cleanup is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by open-gsd in gsd-core.

8.3K stars573 forkson open-gsd/gsd-coreAdded 2026/08/15+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/15

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claude-codecontext-engineeringmeta-promptingspec-driven-development

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Install GSD Cleanup

Copy GSD Cleanup into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/open-gsd/gsd-core/tree/next/skills/gsd-cleanup ~/.claude/skills/gsd-cleanup

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/open-gsd/gsd-core.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/gsd-cleanup/SKILL.md in open-gsd/gsd-core
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/gsd-cleanup
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What GSD Cleanup does

GSD Cleanup archives phase directories from completed milestones into .planning/milestones/v{X.Y}-phases/. Use when .planning/phases/ has accumulated directories from past milestones.

GSD Cleanup is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. GSD Cleanup comes from a repository tagged claude-code, context-engineering, meta-prompting and spec-driven-development.

Documentation

README

From the original repository

Use when .planning/phases/ has accumulated directories from past milestones.

<execution_context> @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/cleanup.md </execution_context>

Frequently asked about GSD Cleanup

What else does open-gsd publish alongside GSD Cleanup?
GSD Cleanup is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from open-gsd/gsd-core, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include AI Integration Phase, Add Tests and Complete Milestone. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way GSD Cleanup does, and is maintained by open-gsd in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the open-gsd/gsd-core page.
How does GSD Cleanup compare to other Automation skills?
GSD Cleanup ranks #187 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of GSD Cleanup against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.