Problem
DMC cleanup workflows still encourage or rely on filesystem JSON plan files for review/apply loops. That is the wrong storage shape for a WordPress/Data Machine plugin.
Observed during workspace cleanup on intelligence-chubes4:
- Operator/agent workflow created
/Users/chubes/Developer/.dmc-cleanup-plans.
- The directory accumulated loose JSON plan/apply files.
- It was small in this run (
5.2M), but the pattern is wrong: plans can pile up indefinitely, are not queryable from the site, are not tied to Data Machine jobs, and bypass the database/evidence surfaces DMC already has.
Expected behavior
Cleanup plans, chunks, status, and evidence should be stored in Data Machine/WordPress storage, not loose files.
Required shape:
- Dry-run review creates a database-backed cleanup run/plan record.
- Apply references a
plan_id / run_id, not --apply-plan=/path/to/file.json for normal operator use.
- Chunk payloads live in Data Machine job engine_data or dedicated cleanup tables/records.
- Evidence is queryable through
workspace cleanup evidence <run-id>.
- Retention policy prunes old cleanup plan/evidence records.
- CLI may still accept stdin/file input only as an escape hatch, not as the primary documented workflow.
Current bad shape to remove
- Documented examples that redirect JSON to files.
- Agent/operator workflows that write
.dmc-cleanup-plans or /tmp/*.json.
- Any code paths that require filesystem JSON to safely apply a reviewed cleanup.
Acceptance criteria
- Primary docs/help show DB-backed
run_id / plan_id flow.
- No
.dmc-cleanup-plans convention.
- No filesystem plan retention burden.
- Evidence/status can reconstruct what was planned, applied, skipped, failed, and reclaimed from DB-backed records.
Problem
DMC cleanup workflows still encourage or rely on filesystem JSON plan files for review/apply loops. That is the wrong storage shape for a WordPress/Data Machine plugin.
Observed during workspace cleanup on
intelligence-chubes4:/Users/chubes/Developer/.dmc-cleanup-plans.5.2M), but the pattern is wrong: plans can pile up indefinitely, are not queryable from the site, are not tied to Data Machine jobs, and bypass the database/evidence surfaces DMC already has.Expected behavior
Cleanup plans, chunks, status, and evidence should be stored in Data Machine/WordPress storage, not loose files.
Required shape:
plan_id/run_id, not--apply-plan=/path/to/file.jsonfor normal operator use.workspace cleanup evidence <run-id>.Current bad shape to remove
.dmc-cleanup-plansor/tmp/*.json.Acceptance criteria
run_id/plan_idflow..dmc-cleanup-plansconvention.