Add your first project
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Add your first project to lpm on your Mac: open a folder that's already on disk, or clone a Git repository by pasting its URL. lpm finds the dev server in package.json, and every new project opens ready to start Claude Code or Codex in it.
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Two ways to add a project
In lpm, a project is just a folder of code. Open one from your Mac or clone one from Git, and Claude Code works right inside it. Open a folder is for code already on your Mac, and Clone a repository for code that lives in Git. The others are for another computer or a server.
Open a folder
Start with code on your Mac: click Open a folder, and the Mac's folder picker opens. Select the folder your code is in, here client-portal, and click Open. lpm read the folder's package.json and found its dev server, ready to run with Start. And client-portal is in your sidebar now, named after its folder, with your files right where they were.
Clone a repository
Now for code that lives in Git. Once you have a project, new ones come in through the plus next to Projects. Up top, Local folder and Clone repository are the same two ways in, so choose Clone repository. Paste the repository's URL; on GitHub, it's under the Code button. HTTPS or SSH both work, private repos included, with your usual Git login. lpm names the project after the repository, and clones it into a new folder inside the destination you choose, here my Projects folder. Then, click Clone repository. A few seconds later, spoon-knife is cloned, listed in your sidebar, and open.
Ask Claude Code about it
Each project opens on this box, where you start a terminal, Claude Code, or Codex. Pick Claude, ask what this project is, and click Start Claude. Claude Code runs right inside spoon-knife's folder, so it answers from the files it finds there. That's both ways in: Open a folder for code on your Mac, Clone a repository for code in Git, and for every project after your first, the plus next to Projects.
