create-job-folder

name	create-job-folder
description	Bundle one or more print-ready PDFs into a single "print job" folder with a manifest, ready to hand to a digital printer or share with collaborators. Triggers on phrases like "create a print job", "bundle these PDFs", "make a job folder for the printer".

Create Print Job Folder

Group multiple finished PDFs into a single, named folder with a manifest describing the job.

Inputs

• Job name (required) — short label, e.g. 2026-04-27-family-photo-book. If not given, auto-generate from date + first PDF name.
• PDF paths (required) — one or more files to include.
• Printer (optional) — printer name or print shop, recorded in the manifest.
• Notes (optional) — free-text notes for the printer (paper stock, duplex preference, copies, finishing).
• Parent folder (optional) — defaults to the user's printing folder from upload-to-printing-folder's config ($CLAUDE_USER_DATA/digital-printing/config.json); falls back to ~/Documents/Printing/ if no config.

Layout

<parent>/<job-name>/
├── manifest.json
├── README.md
└── files/
    ├── 01-cover.pdf
    ├── 02-body.pdf
    └── 03-appendix.pdf

Files are copied (not moved) and prefixed with a 2-digit ordinal so they sort in print order.

manifest.json schema

{
  "job_name": "2026-04-27-family-photo-book",
  "created": "2026-04-27T14:32:00+03:00",
  "printer": "Office Depot — Talpiot",
  "notes": "Duplex, 120gsm matte, 2 copies, spiral bound long edge",
  "files": [
    {
      "order": 1,
      "filename": "01-cover.pdf",
      "source_path": "/home/user/work/cover-final.pdf",
      "pages": 1,
      "page_size": "A4",
      "verified": {
        "bleed_safe": true,
        "fonts_embedded": true,
        "checked_at": "2026-04-27T14:30:00+03:00"
      }
    }
  ]
}

README.md

Auto-generated human-readable summary — printer name, notes, file list with page counts. This is what you'd hand to the print shop.

Workflow

1. Resolve parent folder (config → fallback).
2. Create <parent>/<job-name>/files/.
3. For each input PDF:
   • Copy into files/ with ordinal prefix.
   • Probe pdfinfo for page count and size.
   • If the file came from a recent verify-bleed-safe / embed-fonts run in this session, record those check results in the manifest.
4. Write manifest.json and README.md.
5. Report folder path and contents.

Caveats

• Source files are copied, not moved — original locations untouched.
• This skill does not run preflight checks itself. If the user wants verification before bundling, run verify-bleed-safe etc. on the source files first (or invoke the print-prep-orchestrator agent).

Output

Path to the new job folder. Suggest share-job-folder as the natural next step.