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Inspect, pause, resume, and reset the Baloo file indexer. Use when search is missing files, indexing is hammering disk/CPU, or the user wants to add/remove indexed paths.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/kde-plasma:baloo-opsThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Baloo backs KRunner file search and Dolphin's content search. Daemon: `baloo_file`. CLI: `balooctl6` (Plasma 6) / `balooctl` (Plasma 5).
Baloo backs KRunner file search and Dolphin's content search. Daemon: baloo_file. CLI: balooctl6 (Plasma 6) / balooctl (Plasma 5).
balooctl6 status
balooctl6 monitor # live progress
balooctl6 indexSize # disk usage of the index
balooctl6 suspend
balooctl6 resume
balooctl6 disable # stop daemon and disable on boot
balooctl6 enable
balooctl6 purge # wipe and rebuild
# Or nuke the on-disk index manually:
balooctl6 disable
rm -rf ~/.local/share/baloo
balooctl6 enable
Config: ~/.config/baloofilerc.
[General]
exclude folders[$e]=$HOME/Downloads,$HOME/.cache,$HOME/VirtualBox VMs
only basic indexing=false
Apply:
balooctl6 disable && balooctl6 enable
balooctl6 indexed /path/to/file # is it indexed?
balooctl6 fileinfo /path/to/file # extracted metadata
~/.local/share/baloo/index.balooctl6 suspend, then exclude noisy directories before resuming.npx claudepluginhub danielrosehill/claude-code-plugins --plugin kde-plasmaCreates, edits, and optimizes skills for Claude Code, including drafting, evaluating with test prompts, iterating on performance, and improving skill descriptions for better triggering accuracy.