directory-management

Development

Manages project directory setup and artifact organization. Use when starting a new project, resuming an existing one, or when a PLAN.md needs to be associated with a project directory. Creates the project folder structure (specs/, scripts/, notebooks/, manifests/, agent_memory/) and resolves project naming.

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Directory Management

Project Setup

Before any work begins, resolve the project name:

If the project name is already known from conversation context, use it.
Otherwise, scan for existing */PLAN.md files in the current directory. If found, ask the user if they are resuming an existing project and load that PLAN.md into context.
If no existing projects are found, recommend a ≤64-char lowercase slug based on what you know from the conversation (only [a-z0-9-]), or ask directly if there isn't enough context. Present the recommended name and wait for user confirmation.

Once project name is resolved:

Create and/or use the <experiment-name>/ directory using the confirmed name for storing all the artifacts

Directory Structure

When working with the agent, all generated files are organized under an project directory.

<project-name>/
├── specs/  
│   ├── PLAN.md             # Your customization plan
├── scripts/                # Generated Python scripts
│   ├── <project-name>_transform_fn.py
├── notebooks/              # Generated Jupyter notebooks
│   ├── <project-name>.ipynb
├── manifests/              # Machine-readable outputs (JSON)
└── agent_memory/           # Session persistence (git-ignored)
    └── session-notes.md    # Progress, artifacts, next steps