New PDFs in a folder are read and filed by what they are: contract, invoice, receipt, reading or other, each into its own folder under Documents/Sorted. If Jev is not confident, the file stays put and you get a notification. Never overwrites. Setup: choose the folder and connect Jev.
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Keeps your Downloads folder tidy on its own. New PDFs, images, archives and installers each move into a matching subfolder as they arrive. Everything else is left alone, nothing is deleted, and it never overwrites a file. No AI. Setup: choose your Downloads folder.
Read-only — ready right away
- Runs when
- Watch Downloads
- You'll set up
- A folder to watch
- It can
- Move files
- It never
- Deletes anything · leaves your Mac
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How it works
- 1
Something arrives
A new file lands in Downloads.
- 2
Its kind is worked out
PDF, image, archive or installer — Watchflows looks at what it actually is.
- 3
It goes to its folder
Each kind moves into a matching subfolder. Anything that does not match is left alone.
The whole flow
Every node, in the order it runs 9 nodes · read-only
Watch Downloadstrigger.directory_changed
Is It an Installer?condition.compare
Is It a PDF?condition.compare
Move to Installersaction.move_file
Is It an Image?condition.compare
Move to PDFsaction.move_file
Is It an Archive?condition.compare
Move to Imagesaction.move_file
Move to Archivesaction.move_file
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New images in a folder get a name that says what is in them, such as golden-retriever-park.png. An AI model looks at each new image and renames it with a short description. It never overwrites an existing file. Setup: choose the folder and an AI provider with a model that can read images.
Clears screenshots off your Desktop as you take them. Each new screenshot moves to Pictures/Screenshots, so they are all in one place. Nothing is deleted and it never overwrites a file. No AI. Setup: choose the folder your screenshots save to. On a non-English Mac, change one word in the rule.
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