Auto-delete old files from cloud storage after two weeks

Every day the system removes files older than two weeks from your cloud storage and tells you on Telegram.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each file in storage.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13)

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Starts itAn outside serviceRuns once per itemResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Messaging & Notifications
Connects
Cloudflare R2Telegram

The problem it solves

Old files pile up in cloud storage and quietly drive up your bill if nobody clears them out. Going through and deleting them by hand is tedious and easy to keep putting off.

Who it fits

A business or IT operator that stores temporary files in cloud storage and wants automatic cleanup.

How it works

  1. The system runs automatically once a day
  2. It lists all the files in your cloud storage folder
  3. It checks each file's age and flags anything older than two weeks
  4. Flagged files are deleted from storage
  5. You get a Telegram message confirming each deletion
What you get

Clutter that never piles up in your storage

Files older than two weeks are automatically cleared out of your cloud storage and you get a confirmation on Telegram.

What you get

A cleaned-up storage bucket and a Telegram log of every file that was removed.

What you need

A Cloudflare R2 account and a Telegram bot.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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