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Developer Productivity Source: Hacker News August 21, 2026

Show HN: Clean Agent Skill Automatically Reclaims Local Developer Cache Space

Show HN: Clean Agent Skill Automatically Reclaims Local Developer Cache Space

Open-source developer `Andassyn` has published Clean, an automated developer utility designed as an agent skill to identify and remove redundant build junk across software repositories. On its initial reference run, the tool successfully freed 5.3 GB of disk space.

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Clean scans for orphaned `node_modules` directories, dangling Docker images, outdated cargo build caches, and temporary log files. It applies strict safety checks to prevent deleting active project dependencies or uncommitted work.

Developers can integrate Clean directly into agent workflows or execute it via standard shell commands for automated disk maintenance.