# Media Library Organizer

> Use when organizing media files (movies, TV, anime) on NAS or local storage - cleaning junk files, merging scattered episodes, normalizing folder names to "Title (Year)" format, and verifying episode completeness against TMDB

- Skill: `tomevault-io/media-library-organizer` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tomevault-io/media-library-organizer`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tomevault-io/media-library-organizer/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: tomevault-io (https://skillmd.com/u/tomevault-io)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tomevault-io/media-library-organizer

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# Media Library Organizer

## Overview

Systematically clean, merge, rename, and verify media libraries so that Jellyfin/Emby/Plex can correctly identify and scrape all content.

## When to Use

- Media directory has messy folder names with encoding info
- Same show scattered across multiple folders
- Junk files wasting space
- Need to verify episode completeness against TMDB

## Workflow

```dot
digraph media_org {
  rankdir=TB;
  "1. Scan & Analyze" -> "2. Clean Junk";
  "2. Clean Junk" -> "3. Identify Duplicates";
  "3. Identify Duplicates" -> "4. Merge Scattered Episodes";
  "4. Merge Scattered Episodes" -> "5. Normalize Folder Names";
  "5. Normalize Folder Names" -> "6. Verify vs TMDB";
  "6. Verify vs TMDB" -> "7. Report & Confirm Deletion";
}
```

## Steps

Each step has detailed instructions and reusable scripts:

1. **[Scan & Analyze](docs/scan-and-analyze.md)** - Survey directory, identify issues, generate report
   - Script: `scripts/scan-media.sh`
2. **[Clean Junk](docs/clean-junk.md)** - Remove temp files, empty dirs, orphan fragments
3. **[Identify Duplicates](docs/identify-duplicates.md)** - Find same content across folders by title/year matching
4. **[Merge Scattered Episodes](docs/merge-scattered-episodes.md)** - Combine split episodes into one folder
   - Script: `scripts/check-episodes.sh`
5. **[Normalize Folder Names](docs/normalize-folder-names.md)** - Rename to `Title (Year)` format
   - Script: `scripts/normalize-names.sh`
6. **[Verify vs TMDB](docs/verify-against-tmdb.md)** - Compare local episode count against TMDB
7. **[Report & Confirm](docs/report-and-confirm.md)** - Present findings, wait for user confirmation

## Common Mistakes

| Mistake | Fix |
|---------|-----|
| Renaming folders breaks PT/BT seeding | Confirm with user if they're still seeding |
| Gap detection only checks internal gaps | Must compare against TMDB total count |
| macOS `grep` lacks `-P` flag | Use `egrep -o` instead of `grep -oP` |
| `sed` with multi-line input fails on macOS | Use `awk` for complex text processing |
| Merging without checking overlaps | Always verify no episode overlap before merge |
| Guessing Chinese titles from English | Search TMDB/MyDramaList for authoritative names |
| Movie in TV folder or vice versa | Check if content is film or series before placing |

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> Source: [Innei/media-library-organizer-skill](https://github.com/Innei/media-library-organizer-skill) — distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io).
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