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Directory Management

awslabs/directory-management

Manages project directory setup and artifact organization. Use when starting a new project, resuming an existing one, or when a PLAN.md needs to be associated with a project directory. Creates the project folder structure (specs/, scripts/, notebooks/, manifests/, agent_memory/) and resolves project naming.

440 tokens
context cost
the whole folder, loaded on every use
1
files
instructions only
0
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
850
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/awslabs/agent-plugins --skill directory-management

The instruction itself

3 sections, as written by the author

Directory Management

Project Setup

Before any work begins, resolve the project name:

  • If the project name is already known from conversation context, use it.
  • Otherwise, scan for existing */PLAN.md files in the current directory. If found, ask the user if they are resuming an existing project and load that PLAN.md into context.
  • If no existing projects are found, recommend a ≤64-char lowercase slug based on what you know from the conversation (only [a-z0-9-]), or ask directly if there isn't enough context. Present the recommended name and wait for user confirmation.

Once project name is resolved:

  • Create and/or use the <experiment-name>/ directory using the confirmed name for storing all the artifacts

Directory Structure

When working with the agent, all generated files are organized under an project directory.

<project-name>/
├── specs/  
│   ├── PLAN.md             # Your customization plan
├── scripts/                # Generated Python scripts
│   ├── <project-name>_transform_fn.py
├── notebooks/              # Generated Jupyter notebooks
│   ├── <project-name>.ipynb
├── manifests/              # Machine-readable outputs (JSON)
└── agent_memory/           # Session persistence (git-ignored)
    └── session-notes.md    # Progress, artifacts, next steps

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take awslabs/directory-management from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.