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workspace-initlisted

Sets up a multi-repo workspace so one session can see a whole system — sibling repos plus the cross-cutting folders no single repo owns — and generates the root CLAUDE.md map by reading each repo rather than being told. Use when starting work across several related repos, onboarding onto an unfamiliar system, or when Claude keeps missing context that lives in a sibling repo. Trigger: "set up the workspace", "map this project", "I have several repos", "onboard me onto this", "create the root CLAUDE.md".
makieali/claude-code-engineer · ★ 0 · AI & Automation · score 72
Install: claude install-skill makieali/claude-code-engineer
# Workspace Init — One Boundary Around A Whole System Most real systems are several repositories. Opening one of them means everything else is invisible: the API contract lives next door, the deploy config lives somewhere else, and the agent guesses at both. The fix is a **parent directory** holding the repos as siblings, plus the folders no single repo can own. Open the session at the parent, and one context sees the whole system. ``` <workspace>/ ├── CLAUDE.md ← the map. What exists, where, on which port ├── <repo-a>/ ← real git repos, each with its own remote ├── <repo-b>/ ├── <repo-c>/ ├── server-info/ ← how to reach the machines (GITIGNORED) ├── plans/ ← /architect output, dated handoffs ├── project-knowledge/ ← durable knowledge, not session narrative └── docs/ ← runbooks, audits, decisions ``` The parent is usually **not** a git repo. If you make it one, `server-info/`, `.env`, and anything with a credential must be ignored before the first commit — history is forever. --- ## MODEL ROUTING | Role | Used here for | Effort | |---|---|---| | **bulk** | reading each repo's manifest, entrypoint, and scripts | `low` | | **orchestrator** | writing the map, deciding what earns a line | `high` | *Mapping as of 2026-07-25 — re-check on every model release:* bulk `claude-haiku-4-5`, orchestrator `claude-opus-5`. Reconnaissance across N repos is the one genuinely parallel step here — one cheap