Writing: read docs/skills/shared/writing-rule.md before you write a durable artifact.

/projects — List Managed Projects

Show every project ApexYard is managing, with a one-line health snapshot. Reads apexyard.projects.yaml at the root of the ops repo (your fork of apexyard) and iterates the registry.

Path resolution

Read the registry path via portfolio_registry, the per-project docs dir via portfolio_projects_dir, and the ideas backlog via portfolio_ideas_backlog — all from .claude/hooks/_lib-portfolio-paths.sh. Source the helper at the top of any bash block that touches those paths:

source "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.claude/hooks/_lib-read-config.sh"
source "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.claude/hooks/_lib-portfolio-paths.sh"
registry=$(portfolio_registry)

Defaults match today's single-fork layout (./apexyard.projects.yaml, ./projects, ./projects/ideas-backlog.md). Adopters in split-portfolio mode override the portfolio.{registry, projects_dir, ideas_backlog} keys in .claude/project-config.json. Don't hardcode literal apexyard.projects.yaml or projects/ paths in bash blocks — the helper resolves whichever mode the adopter is in. See docs/multi-project.md.

Usage

/projects
/projects --status active
/projects --json

Behaviour

Read apexyard.projects.yaml:

version: 1
projects:
  - name: example-app
    repo: your-org/example-app
    workspace: workspace/example-app
    docs: projects/example-app
    status: active
    roles: [tech-lead, backend-engineer]

For each project, gather:

# If a local workspace clone exists, use it for git data
if [ -d "{workspace}" ]; then
  BRANCH=$(git -C {workspace} rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
  LAST=$(git -C {workspace} log -1 --format='%h %ar %s')
  DIRTY=$(git -C {workspace} status --porcelain | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
else
  BRANCH="(not cloned)"
  LAST="-"
  DIRTY="-"
fi

# Always go to GitHub for PRs / issues (project of record)
PRS=$(gh -R {repo} pr list --state open --json number --jq 'length')
ISSUES=$(gh -R {repo} issue list --state open --json number --jq 'length')

If apexyard.projects.yaml doesn't exist at the ops-repo root, print a clear error pointing the user at apexyard.projects.yaml.example and docs/multi-project.md for the setup guide.

Output format

A markdown table:

| Project | Status | Branch | PRs | Issues | Last Commit | Dirty |
|---------|--------|--------|-----|--------|-------------|-------|
| example-app | active | main | 3 | 12 | 2h ago — fix(...) | 0 |
| billing-api | handover | feature/GH-4 | 1 | 8 | 1d ago — feat(...) | 2 |
| marketing-site | paused | main | 0 | 1 | 30d ago — chore(...) | 0 |

After the table, a summary line:

3 projects · 4 open PRs · 21 open issues · 1 dirty workspace

And, if relevant, flag rows that need attention:

⚠ marketing-site: last commit 30 days ago (paused or stale?)
⚠ billing-api: 2 uncommitted files in workspace

Filters

Flag	Effect
--status active	Only show projects with status: active
--status handover	Only show projects mid-handover
--status paused	Only show paused projects
--status archived	Only show archived projects
--json	Emit machine-readable JSON instead of a table

Errors and edge cases

Condition	Behaviour
No apexyard.projects.yaml at the ops-repo root	Print a clear error and a sample registry to copy
Project listed but workspace path missing	Show row with (not cloned) — don't fail
gh not authenticated	Show row with ? for PRs/issues — don't fail
repo field looks invalid	Skip with a warning, continue with the rest

Rules

1. Registry-driven — the registry is the source of truth; no discovery fallback
2. Source of truth for PRs/issues = GitHub — never read from a stale local file
3. Source of truth for branch state = local workspace — gh doesn't know about your dirty files
4. Don't silently fail on a missing project — show the row, mark the gap
5. Sort by status then name — active first, then handover, then paused, then archived
6. Never modify the registry from this skill — read-only

Related skills

• /inbox — same registry, but filtered to "needs your attention"
• /status — per-project deep dive (current branch, recent commits)
• /tasks — actionable list with URLs
• /handover — onboard a new repo into the registry

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