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Project Organization

Standardize file locations, naming conventions, and directory structure for projects.

When to Use

• Creating a file and need the correct path
• Organizing existing files after a messy session
• Enforcing naming conventions across the project
• Other skills need to know where to save output (advisory mode)

Explicit: the project-organization skill [targets]

Workflow Integration

Operates in Phase 6 (Reflect) or advisory mode (called by any skill). Output supports the documenter agent.

Modes

Mode	Trigger	Behavior
Advisory	Other skills reference this skill	Return correct path + naming for file type
Organize	User invokes directly	Scan → propose → confirm → execute

Process (Organize Mode)

1. Scan + categorize — list all files, assign each to directory category per references/directory-rules.md, check naming conventions
2. Propose — present changes as from → to table, ask user approval
3. Execute + report — move/rename files, create missing directories, list final structure

Process (Advisory Mode)

1. Determine file type from context (source? doc? plan? test? asset?)
2. Look up correct path from directory categories
3. Apply naming rules (timestamped / evergreen / variant)
4. Return: {path}/{name}.{ext}

Output Format

## Project Organization: {scope}

**Mode:** {advisory | organize}
**Files scanned:** {N}
**Issues found:** {N}

### Changes
| From | To | Reason |
|------|------|--------|
| {old path} | {new path} | {rule violated} |

### Final Structure
{tree view of organized directories}

References

Reference	When to load	Content
directory-rules.md	Steps 2-4 — categorizing + naming	Directory categories, naming patterns, nesting logic

Failure Handling

Failure	Recovery
File conflict (target exists)	Ask user: overwrite, rename, or skip
Protected path (.git, .env, node_modules)	Skip silently — never touch
No files found in target	Report "No files found in {path}"

Constraints

• Never overwrite existing files without confirmation
• Never touch .git/, node_modules/, .env files
• Respect .gitignore patterns
• Use mk: prefix conventions for .cursor/skills/ directories

Gotchas

• Monorepo package name in package.json and the directory name can diverge silently — a workspace package at packages/auth-service/ with "name": "@company/auth" is referenced by consumers as @company/auth, but path aliases, Docker build contexts, and some bundlers resolve by directory name; mismatch causes "cannot find module" errors that only appear after a fresh install in CI.
• tsconfig.json path aliases are NOT honored by test runners without separate config — paths: { "@/*": ["src/*"] } in tsconfig.json resolves in tsc and Vite but Vitest and Jest use their own module resolvers; tests using @/ aliases silently fall through to node_modules lookup and fail with "Cannot find module '@/utils'" unless moduleNameMapper (Jest) or alias (Vitest) is configured separately.
• Circular path aliases break tree-shaking and cause undefined at runtime — src/utils/index.ts re-exporting from src/components/ which imports from src/utils/ creates a circular dependency that bundlers resolve non-deterministically; the symptom is a component that is undefined when imported via the alias but defined when imported by relative path.
• Absolute imports (src/) vs relative imports (../../) inconsistency prevents reliable refactoring — mixing both styles means automated refactoring tools (VS Code "move file", ts-morph) update only the form they recognize; half the import sites break silently on any file move; enforce one style via ESLint import/no-relative-parent-imports or import/no-absolute-path.
• .gitignore patterns not applying to already-tracked files causes dist/ to appear in PRs — if dist/ was committed before being added to .gitignore, git continues tracking it; git rm -r --cached dist/ is required to untrack it, and omitting this step means every build output change appears as a diff in PRs.