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Set a filename convention that sorts, searches, and survives — date-first ISO format, the descriptor grammar, version suffixes that end the FINAL-final2 era, and the rollout that gets a team actually using it. Use when asked set up file naming rules, our filenames are chaos, what should we call our files, or fix the v2-final-FINAL problem. Produces the convention with its grammar, examples for the team's real file types, the version rule, and the one-line cheat sheet.

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# Filename Convention Skill

`Report_final_v2_FINAL_johns-edits(2).docx` is a filesystem crying for grammar. A working convention is small — date first in ISO form so files sort themselves, a few descriptor slots in fixed order, a version rule that bans "final" — and it's *enforced by usefulness*: names that sort chronologically and surface in search within seconds pay their own adoption. The convention fits on one line; everything longer goes unused.

## What This Skill Produces

- **The grammar** — the slot order (`YYYY-MM-DD_project_doctype_descriptor_v2`) tuned to the team's real files
- **Worked examples** — the team's actual recent files, renamed per the grammar
- **The version rule** — `v1, v2, v3` + `-draft`/`-approved` states; "final" banned by decree with the reason
- **The one-line cheat sheet** — the whole convention, postable in the folder guide

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