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New project: a folder with a memory
A project folder on your computer, its twin repo on GitHub, and the expert skills your agent will follow.
≈ 20 minMilestone · Your first repo
What your agent will do
- A1Creates the project folder inside Development, with a lowercase, hyphenated name.
- A2Switches Git on, hides your secrets with
.gitignoreand installs the skills it will follow. - A3Creates the private repo on GitHub and pushes the first checkpoint.
What you do
- Pick a project name: lowercase, with hyphens (
my-first-app). It becomes your future address,my-first-app.vercel.app. - Approve each step when your agent asks (you're in Manual mode).
- When asked, reopen the session inside the new folder: Open folder… → your project.
- Open the GitHub link your agent shares and look around your repo.
- Pick a project name: lowercase, with hyphens (
my-first-app). It becomes your future address,my-first-app.vercel.app. - Approve each step when your agent asks (you're in Manual mode).
- When asked, reopen the session inside the new folder: Open folder… → your project.
- Open the GitHub link your agent shares and look around your repo.
The ideas behind it
When something goes wrong
Your folder is inside iCloud, OneDrive or DropboxMove it out: syncing clashes with Git. GitHub is your backup. More help →
GitHub rejected your pushUsually the remote has changes you don't. Your agent pulls first, then pushes. More help →
You're lost: where am I?Ask your agent to read
tasks/todo.md and show where you are. More help →Quick check · 1 question
What's the difference between your local repo and the remote one?
Copy for your agent
We're starting a new project. Check it's in my Development folder, that Git is on, secrets are ignored and the repo is on GitHub. Then show me the repo and explain local vs remote in two sentences.
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