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The Cleaner

The Cleaner removes a podcast episode from its feed after you finish listening to it. You build it in Kortex Automation with the trigger Episode Finishes, so a feed of Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) Audio Overviews stays tidy.

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The Cleaner: finished, then gone The Episode Finishes card in the Trigger step

Why use the Cleaner?​

It is like a waiter who clears your plate when you are done. The table stays tidy without you asking.

  • Your feed only holds new things.
  • You never clean up by hand.
  • It suits news and daily updates best.

How do I set it up?​

  1. Open Automation and click Create Pipeline.
  2. Name it, for example "Clean Morning Commute". Press Next.
  3. For the trigger, click Episode Finishes.
  4. In Select Podcast, pick the podcast to keep tidy. Kortex shows Auto-Delete Enabled and a note that episodes will be deleted after playing.
  5. This rule needs no other actions. Press Next and save.

Example​

You finish an episode in Morning Commute. Kortex takes that episode out of the feed.

Good to know
  • Older versions of Kortex had a separate Cleaner screen. Today it is simply a pipeline built in the same wizard as every other rule. If you had a Cleaner rule before, Kortex moved it into a pipeline once, named after the old type.
  • Removed episodes leave the feed. Turn the rule off with its switch if you want to keep them.

When does the Cleaner run?​

Rules run in the background whenever Chrome is open. Scheduled rules are checked every 15 minutes. Whether a rule is on or off is kept on this computer.

Related: Automation Rules, The Pipeline, Podcasts.