Document Store Bootstrapper

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Turns a folder of documents into an "ideal doc store" with a numbered taxonomy, _meta/ indexes, archival policy, and resumable operator memory. Use for Google Drive engagement folders, customer KBs, p

Document Store Bootstrapper

Turns a folder of documents into an "ideal doc store" with a numbered taxonomy, _meta/ indexes, archival policy, and resumable operator memory. Use for Google Drive engagement folders, customer KBs, project doc stores, and research dumps. For code repositories, use repo-bootstrapper instead. [source]

When to use this skill

Organize a flat folder into a clean, numbered taxonomy [source]
Stand up a new engagement/customer/project folder to the standard [source]
Upgrade an existing partly-organized folder toward the ideal state [source]
Audit a folder and produce a gap report [source]
Generate or refresh _meta/ index, manifest, and policy files [source]
Resume an interrupted run from _meta/memory.md [source]
When not to use: code repositories (use repo-bootstrapper), single-file tasks, note-taking apps. [source]

Skill guidance

Treat the target as an ideal-state doc store, not a minimally compliant one. [source]
Infer taxonomy from the actual documents present - do not invent categories with no documents. [source]
Preserve .gdoc, .gsheet, .gslides, .gform, .gjam shortcuts byte-for-byte (Drive links depend on exact filename). [source]
Never rename or move a load-bearing filename without explicit confirmation. [source]
Prefer non-destructive organization: move into folders, do not delete. Send deletion candidates to 99 Archive/. [source]
For Drive-synced folders: use mv (not cp) so Drive sees a move event. [source]
Use _meta/memory.md as resumable state. If interrupted, the next run reads it and continues from the first pending step. [source]
Log the user's prompt and any clarifying answers to _meta/prompts.md before moving any files. [source]

Standard file manifest

Every compliant doc store must have ALL of the following inside _meta/: [source]

Standard taxonomy

Numerically prefixed so folders sort predictably. Adapt labels to the domain; keep the numbering scheme and reserved slots. [source]
Empty slots are permitted but must be documented in _meta/taxonomy.md with a rationale, or removed if unused. [source]

Naming and archive rules

Preserve .gdoc, .gsheet, .gslides, .gform, .gjam shortcuts exactly. [source]
Strip trailing whitespace on rename; never on move. [source]
Date prefixes use YYYY-MM-DD . [source]
Never rename load-bearing artifacts (scripts referenced by tooling, Drive-linked shortcuts). [source]
Date formats - absolute dates only (2026-05-20), never relative (Thursday, last week). [source]
Language - US English in all _meta/ files. Short, declarative sentences. [source]
Archive policy (default - override in _meta/archive-policy.md) [source]
Move to 99 Archive/ when ALL of: last modified > 180 days ago OR explicitly superseded, AND not currently referenced by an active initiative or open case. [source]
Always archive files starting with Copy of , (1), or – copy. [source]
Use 99 Archive/<year>/ subfolders when volume warrants. [source]
Symlinks - Drive shortcuts go in 10 Symlinks/. Broken symlinks go in 10 Symlinks/_broken/ and are listed in _meta/known-gaps.md. [source]

Execution phases

Run in order. Phases 3–6 may run in parallel agents. [source]

Audit checklist

Run against path/_meta/ and the folder layout: [source]
_meta/memory.md - versioned format, status field, Done/Pending/Resumption sections, owner and target path. [source]
_meta/taxonomy.md - every numbered top-level folder explained; empty folders justified or removed; "what goes where" mapping. [source]
_meta/INDEX.md - one entry per folder; top 5 key docs listed; last-refreshed date in header. [source]
_meta/manifest.json - valid JSON; one entry per non-trivial document (exclude .DS_Store, hidden files); each entry has path, kind, mtime, tags[]. [source]
README.md - names the folder and purpose; links to _meta/INDEX.md and _meta/taxonomy.md; last-refreshed date. [source]

Bootstrap invocation

> Bootstrap the folder at <absolute path> to the doc-store-bootstrapper standard. Follow the Execution Phases in ~/.claude/skills/doc-store-bootstrapper/SKILL.md. Capture my prompt to _meta/prompts.md before moving any files. Use _meta/memory.md for resumable state. [source]

Children

Google Drive Engagement Folders (frontier)
Document Taxonomy Design (frontier)
Index and Metadata Standards (frontier)
Archival Policy (frontier)

Frontier under this node: Archival Policy, Document Taxonomy Design, Google Drive Engagement Folders, Index and Metadata Standards

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