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Use when cleaning up stale larch session temp directories by age and reaping dangling /design session-env symlinks.

character-ai By character-ai schedule Updated 6/11/2026

name: cleanup description: "Use when cleaning up stale larch session temp directories by age and reaping dangling /design session-env symlinks." allowed-tools: Bash

cleanup

Remove stale larch session temp directories from ~/.cache/larch/sessions/ (the canonical location) and from /tmp (legacy fallback). Retention is age-based (LARCH_CLEANUP_RETENTION_DAYS, default 7): directories are removed only when no file within the bounded maxdepth 5 nested-activity scan is newer than the cutoff, so a directory with fresh deep activity is retained. Matching loose /tmp files are removed by top-level age and pattern match. Symlinked top-level session or pattern entries are skipped. Also reaps dangling current-design-env-*.sh symlinks in the sessions parent. Always runnable — multiple concurrent Claude sessions do not block cleanup.

NEVER

  • Never abort cleanup just because SESSION_COUNT is greater than 1; the count is informational only.
  • Never invent removal counts if the cleanup script exits non-zero or omits any required stdout key.

Flags

  • --run-id <ID>: Optional run identifier; when set, used as the run ID for this invocation instead of the auto-generated one. Default: empty (auto-generate).
python3 "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/python/cli.py" cleanup run

Parse SESSION_COUNT, CACHE_REMOVED, TMP_REMOVED, and SYMLINKS_REMOVED from stdout and relay them to the user.

Verify the script exited successfully (exit code 0). Confirm stdout emitted all four keys (SESSION_COUNT, CACHE_REMOVED, TMP_REMOVED, SYMLINKS_REMOVED). If it exited non-zero, stop and surface the error; do not invent removal counts.

Install via CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/character-ai/larch --skill cleanup
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