project-manager

Track and manage external repos: Learn (study) | Incubate (develop)

Golden Rule

ghq owns the clone → ψ/ owns the symlink

Never copy. Always symlink. One source of truth.

When to Use

Invoke this skill when:

• User shares a GitHub URL and wants to study/clone it
• User mentions wanting to learn from a codebase
• User wants to start developing on an external repo
• Need to find where a previously cloned project lives

Actions

learn [url|slug]

Clone repo for study (read-only reference).

# 1. Clone via ghq
ghq get -u https://github.com/owner/repo

# 2. Create flat symlink (NOT nested!)
GHQ_ROOT=$(ghq root)
ln -sf "$GHQ_ROOT/github.com/owner/repo" ψ/learn/repo-name

Output: "✓ Linked [repo] to ψ/learn/repo-name"

incubate [url|slug]

Clone repo for active development.

# Same flow, different target
ghq get -u https://github.com/owner/repo
GHQ_ROOT=$(ghq root)
ln -sf "$GHQ_ROOT/github.com/owner/repo" ψ/incubate/repo-name

Output: "✓ Linked [repo] to ψ/incubate/repo-name"

find [query]

Search for project across all locations:

# Search ghq repos
ghq list | grep -i "query"

# Search learn/incubate symlinks
ls -la ψ/learn/ ψ/incubate/ 2>/dev/null | grep -i "query"

Output: List matches with their ghq paths

list

Show all tracked projects:

echo "📚 Learn"
ls -la ψ/learn/ | grep "^l" | awk '{print "  " $NF " → " $11}'

echo "🌱 Incubate"
ls -la ψ/incubate/ | grep "^l" | awk '{print "  " $NF " → " $11}'

echo "🏠 External (ghq)"
ghq list | grep -v "laris-co/Nat-s-Agents" | head -10

Directory Structure

ψ/
├── learn/<slug>     → ~/Code/github.com/owner/repo  (symlink)
└── incubate/<slug>  → ~/Code/github.com/owner/repo  (symlink)

~/Code/               ← ghq root (source of truth)
└── github.com/owner/repo/  (actual clone)

Health Check

When listing, verify symlinks are valid:

# Check for broken symlinks
find ψ/learn ψ/incubate -type l ! -exec test -e {} \; -print 2>/dev/null

If broken: ghq get -u [url] to restore source.

Examples

# User shares URL
User: "I want to learn from https://github.com/SawyerHood/dev-browser"
→ ghq get -u https://github.com/SawyerHood/dev-browser
→ ln -sf ~/Code/github.com/SawyerHood/dev-browser ψ/learn/dev-browser

# User wants to develop
User: "I want to contribute to claude-mem"
→ ghq get -u https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem
→ ln -sf ~/Code/github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem ψ/incubate/claude-mem

Anti-Patterns

❌ Wrong	✅ Right
git clone directly to ψ/	ghq get then symlink
Nested paths: ψ/learn/repo/github.com/...	Flat: ψ/learn/repo-name
Copy files	Symlink always
Manual clone outside ghq	Everything through ghq

Quick Reference

# Add to learn
ghq get -u URL && ln -sf "$(ghq root)/github.com/owner/repo" ψ/learn/name

# Add to incubate
ghq get -u URL && ln -sf "$(ghq root)/github.com/owner/repo" ψ/incubate/name

# Update source
ghq get -u URL

# Find repo
ghq list | grep name