Claude Skills by coltonbearden

Looping and pipeline patterns that combine carrel with Claude Code — watch + claude -p pipelines, index-then-ask loops, MCP-backed desk queries (14 tools, carrel:// resources). Use when the user wants recurring or automated agentic processing of local files rather than a one-off command.

How to redact documents with carrel so the sensitive text is really gone, and how to prove what was delivered — true-raster PDF redaction and its side effects, re-OCR afterwards, the sha256 manifest write/verify flow. Use when removing PII or confidential strings from files, or when a redacted deliverable needs an integrity trail.

The end-to-end recipe for turning a folder of invoices, receipts, statements and billing emails into a searchable archive with carrel — extract fields, cross-reference by invoice/PO/IBAN numbers, name and file by date or fiscal period, then query with meta find and tag find. Use when the user has an accounting inbox, a pile of receipts, or asks which documents belong to a payment.

When and how to bundle local folders/files into LLM context with carrel pack — query-ranked selection, git-scoped packs for PRs, outline/tree orientation, exact token budgeting, chunking and include/exclude strategy. Use when preparing documents or a codebase-adjacent folder as context for an LLM, or when a pack would blow the context window.

Turning an email export (eml files, an mbox, or an Outlook .pst) into a searchable, cross-referenced part of a carrel desk — split, index, thread, pull attachments, link messages to the invoices and cases they mention. Use when the user has a mailbox export or a folder of .eml files and wants to search it, find what belongs together, or file its attachments.

Recipes for automating folders with carrel watch — auto-thumbnail new images, auto-index documents into the desk db, auto-convert a drop folder. Use when the user wants something to happen automatically whenever files land in or change inside a directory.