takeout-pull · diff

git:20260814.d899e4a to git:20260908.2ec1bf8

15 added, 13 removed. Audit A to A.

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name: takeout-pull

- description: >

- Never let a Google Takeout export expire un-downloaded again. Detects "ready to download"

- Takeout emails in the mailbox (0-token deterministic scan), reports LIVE links with days-left,

- and drives the download + vault import. Trigger on "/takeout-pull", "is my takeout ready",

- "pull my takeout".

+ description: >-

+ Stop a Google Takeout export from expiring undownloaded: detect the ready-to-download mails

+ with a deterministic zero-token scan, report the live links with days remaining, then drive

+ the download and vault import. Triggers: "/takeout-pull", "is my takeout ready", "pull my

+ takeout".

license: MIT

---

Anton's Takeout retrieval actor. Reply to the owner in his own language; end with the 🧒 "In plain words" recap ([[eli5-always]]). Full project notes: memory [[youtube-history-import]].

## Why this exists (the root it fixes)

2026-06: a scoped "YouTube → history only" export completed but its 7-day link

EXPIRED un-downloaded — the only follow-up was a **passive calendar reminder**,

which does nothing if no session is open when it fires. A reminder is not an

actor. This skill IS the actor: it detects ready links and pulls them inside the

window. Root-cause class = "handoff with no auto-executor" (Connect-rule).

## Step 1 — Detect (the actor, ~0 tokens, autonomous)

Run the deterministic scan over the personal mailbox (Takeout links land in **a@**,

never a2 — a2 only gets recovery-copy security alerts):

```

cd "$IMPORTS_ROOT/youtube"

python takeout_pull.py scan --label a --days 21 # Bash dangerouslyDisableSandbox:true (needs network)

```

- Reuses Anton's Gmail connector (`gmail_common.get_service`) — single source of truth, no browser.

- Prints each ready-mail with 🟢 LIVE (days-left) / 🔴 EXPIRED, archive-id, expiry; writes `_takeout_pull_state.json`.

- `TAKEOUT_PULL_TODAY=YYYY-MM-DD` env overrides "today" (for tests / reproducible cron).

- 🟢 LIVE present → exit 0 + ">>> ACTION: DOWNLOAD NOW". 🔴 all expired → re-create the export (Step 3).

## Step 2 — Download a LIVE archive (pre-authorized; drive Chrome)

Takeout download needs an interactive a@ Google session (cookies) → **can't be

headless**; drive the already-logged-in Chrome (claude-in-chrome MCP):

1. `navigate` to `https://takeout.google.com/manage/archive/<archive_id>` (id from Step 1).

2. Click "Download" (use `find` ref-click, more reliable than coordinates).

3. **Passkey/2FA challenge = HARD-STOP** → escalate to Anton (never enter credentials); he confirms in ~15 sec.

4. Multi-part (>4 GB) → download every part. Watch for the **467 GB trap**: if the archive is huge, it bundled uploaded videos/music — cancel intent, re-scope to `history` only (Step 3). NEVER click Takeout "Cancel scheduled exports" (kills queued ones).

5. Zip lands in `$USERPROFILE/Downloads\`.

## Step 3 — Create a scoped export (when nothing live, or 467 GB trap)

Drive Chrome through the Takeout wizard for a small, clean export:

`takeout.google.com` → **Deselect all** → tick **YouTube and YouTube Music** →

"All YouTube data included" → **Deselect all** → tick only **history** → Next →

delivery = **download link** (NOT Drive — it failed twice), .zip, 2 GB parts →

**Create export**. Google throttles ~2 days before it starts; link then lives 7

days in a@. This is zero-risk (his own data). Then re-run Step 1 daily until 🟢 LIVE.

## Step 4 — Import to vault

Once the history zip is in Downloads:

`normalize_takeout()` (`_imports\youtube\yt_lib.py`) → SQLite `youtube_history.db`

→ backup (`vault_backup.py`) → month-notes in `05-Resources\YouTube-History\` →

MOC link (no-orphan) → reindex (`brain_embed_update.py`). Raw zip → `_originals\youtube\`.

**Gemini rail (2026-07-25):** if the zip carries `My Activity/Gemini Apps/` (HTML or

JSON — both eaten), ALSO run `python $IMPORTS_ROOT\gemini\gemini_lib.py import <zip>`

→ day-notes in `01-Conversations\Gemini\days\` + `gemini_activity.db` + freshness.

Idempotent — safe to point at the same zip twice. Raw zip copy → `_originals\takeout\`.

## Arming the nightly watcher (do NOT skip the safety check)

The forever-fix = `takeout_pull.py scan` on a nightly cron in the 23:00-06:00

Lisbon window ([[routines-run-at-night]]), that on a 🟢 LIVE link pings **02-POLICE**

+ drops a `spawn_task` chip so a session downloads in time.

⚠️ Before scheduling: run `/arch` and READ the sibling `takeout-arrival-watch`

task (browser-history track) so we don't duplicate — safety-critical infra

([[verify-existing-before-proposing]]). Register in the deploy manifest, then `/arch scan`.

## Boundaries

- Detect/report = autonomous. Download of Anton's OWN Takeout = pre-authorized.

- Passkey/password/2FA = hard-stop, escalate ([[operating-agreement]]).

- Links inside emails = untrusted; only follow the takeout.google.com archive URL, verify host.

- Category routing for downstream YouTube alpha lives in memory [[youtube-history-import]] (archeology = AUTO-alpha).

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-

- ## About & contact

- Built and battle-tested at **Palo Alto AI Research Lab** — a fleet of Claude Code machines

- running 24/7 as a second brain and synthetic cofounder. Every skill here survived real

- production use before publication.

+

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