From 46314405df61a24a32cfa0cecd49dfb2ce624167 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?n=CE=B9c=D0=BDola=D1=95=20w=CE=B9lde?= <ncwilde43@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 12:42:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add script and skill to deduplicate zensical.toml

---
 .agents/skills/dedupe-zensical.md | 18 ++++++++++++
 Taskfile.yaml                     |  6 +++-
 scripts/dedupe_zensical.py        | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .agents/skills/dedupe-zensical.md
 create mode 100755 scripts/dedupe_zensical.py

diff --git a/.agents/skills/dedupe-zensical.md b/.agents/skills/dedupe-zensical.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6849f33a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/skills/dedupe-zensical.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+name: dedupe-zensical
+description: Remove duplicate array entries in the zensical.toml configuration file.
+---
+
+# Dedupe Zensical Skill
+
+This skill removes duplicate array entries in `zensical.toml` (such as duplicate recipe links under menu categories like `Sides = [...]`).
+
+## Usage
+
+When a user requests to deduplicate or remove duplicates from `zensical.toml`, you should simply run the following task:
+
+```bash
+task dedupe-zensical
+```
+
+This task executes the `scripts/dedupe_zensical.py` Python script, which parses `zensical.toml`, finds exact string duplicates within any array blocks (lines between `[` and `]`), removes them, and overwrites the file in place. It prints the number of duplicates removed.
diff --git a/Taskfile.yaml b/Taskfile.yaml
index bf1c6aeb..8e8fbc13 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yaml
+++ b/Taskfile.yaml
@@ -260,8 +260,12 @@ tasks:
           sops --decrypt --input-type json --output-type json --output settings.json settings.json.enc
         fi
 
+  dedupe-zensical:
+    desc: Remove duplicate array entries in zensical.toml
+    cmds:
+      - uv run python3 scripts/dedupe_zensical.py
+
   default:
     cmds:
       - task -a
     silent: true
-
diff --git a/scripts/dedupe_zensical.py b/scripts/dedupe_zensical.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..65059c0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dedupe_zensical.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+
+def dedupe_zensical(filepath="zensical.toml"):
+    if not os.path.exists(filepath):
+        print(f"Error: {filepath} not found.")
+        return
+
+    with open(filepath, "r") as f:
+        lines = f.readlines()
+
+    new_lines = []
+    seen_in_section = set()
+    in_array = False
+    removed_count = 0
+    
+    for line in lines:
+        # Detect the start of an array section (e.g., `Sides = [`)
+        if "=" in line and "[" in line and "]" not in line:
+            in_array = True
+            seen_in_section = set()
+            new_lines.append(line)
+            continue
+        elif "]" in line and in_array:
+            in_array = False
+            new_lines.append(line)
+            continue
+            
+        if in_array and "{" in line and "}" in line:
+            trimmed = line.strip()
+            if trimmed in seen_in_section:
+                removed_count += 1
+                continue
+            seen_in_section.add(trimmed)
+            
+        new_lines.append(line)
+        
+    if removed_count > 0:
+        with open(filepath, "w") as f:
+            f.writelines(new_lines)
+        print(f"Successfully removed {removed_count} duplicate entries from {filepath}.")
+    else:
+        print(f"No duplicate entries found in {filepath}.")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    dedupe_zensical()