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config-gc

Garbage collection for your Claude Code configuration. Periodically scans ~/.claude (skills, memory, hooks, permissions, MCP servers, caches) for redundant, stale, orphaned, or low-value items, then walks the user through a confirm-each-deletion cleanup.

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Kind: Skill
Works with: Claude Code, Codex
Source: affaan-m/ECC @ d3b8a3e90890
Path: skills/config-gc/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Jobs: Review, Guardrails, Context management

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# Config GC — Garbage Collection for Claude Code Setups

Borrowed from runtime garbage collection: periodically scan for objects that are no longer referenced, redundant, expired, or low-value, and reclaim the space. The critical difference: **here, collection requires a human in the loop. Never delete autonomously.**

## When to Activate

- The user asks to clean up, audit, or slim down their Claude Code configuration
- The user complains about too many skills, noisy hooks, or slow session startup
- A monthly/periodic config review is due
- After installing a large skill pack (e.g. this repo), to reconcile overlaps with existing setup

Do NOT activate for: cleaning project source code (that's refactoring), clearing chat history, or uninstalling Claude Code itself.

## Design Philosophy

1. **Append-only configs leak.** Skills, memory files, hooks, and permission entries only ever get added. Without periodic review they rot silently.
2. **Regular audits beat one-time purges.** Scan every ~30 days, propose a small batch of candidates each time.
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