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A tool can open different projects; check which one is active.
Why this milestone?
Open your project folder in the tool so later changes reach the right files.
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01What do you need, and what should you keep?
The project folder or web workspace you created.
The reported location matches your project.
Which files should AI read and save in this step?
In your tool’s project chat, ask it to open the files below. If a file is missing, follow the link back to the step that creates it.
Ask AI to read these materials first: Confirmed material and project location
Ask AI to save the result to: Read-only; no file changes
Missing these materials? Return to the step that creates them →
02What will this step help you do?
Open your project folder in the tool so later changes reach the right files.
Understand it, then judge for yourself
What does this concept mean?
A tool can open different projects; check which one is active.
How would you decide in a different situation?
How can the target folder be verified?
See a reference answer
Compare AI’s actual read-only paths and files with the “Create the project folder” record and the file manager.th/files with the “Create the project folder” milestone and the file manager; a chat title is insufficient.
Answer in your own words; if unsure, compare the explanation above and check it against your own project.
03What exactly should you do in this step?
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The AI tool’s project picker
Send one action at a time: select and copy its prompt (⌘C on Mac, Ctrl+C on Windows), switch to your tool’s project chat, paste it, replace bracketed fields and send. Wait for the reply and check the stated result before continuing.
Use Open folder or the equivalent project entry and choose your new folder.OpenClose
Afterwards, you should see: The tool shows the expected project.
Open a conversation inside this project. Replace the brackets with your folder path, or your web workspace name and URL, before sending.OpenClose
Suggested prompt:
Check whether the current project is [full local path, or web workspace name and URL]. Report its actual location and existing files. Inspect only; do not modify files.
Afterwards, you should see: The reported location matches your project.
Practice: personal journal (frontend + backend + database)
Use the same learning-journal project throughout this example. For your own project, compare applicable requirements without creating another project.
Open the new folder, start its chat and send the read-only path check.
- What should you see after this step?
- The returned location matches the folder you created.
- What should you do first if you get stuck?
- Switch projects if mismatched; do not move another project’s files to force a match.
Check the project on the left. Click the lower Ask for follow-up changes composer, paste and review this step’s confirmed prompt, then use the upward arrow at its lower right. Wait for the reply, then check its result.
04Not sure how? Follow each action
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Use Open folder or the equivalent project entry and choose your new folder.
- What should you see after this action?
- The tool shows the expected project.
- What should you do if that result is missing?
- Use the screenshot below or the tool’s official project instructions.
Open a conversation inside this project. Replace the brackets with your folder path, or your web workspace name and URL, before sending.
- What should you see after this action?
- The reported location matches your project.
- What should you do if that result is missing?
- Select the correct project if different; do not move unrelated files to make it match.
05Words in this step
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Working directory ↗
The directory a command currently operates from.
The warehouse currently being worked in.
Context ↗
The conversation, files, and background available for this turn.
Documents currently on the desk are readily available.
06How should you handle a problem here?
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AI names a different project
- Where should you look to understand the problem?
- Compare the folder name AI reports with the project folder you created (viewed in your file manager).
- Follow these steps to resolve the problem
- Stop build requests. Select learning-journal in the project picker and repeat the inspection.
- Expected recovery
- Both places identify the same project.
Edit the template with actual material, confirm, then copy into the current project conversation. Mark unknowns as undecided and replace examples as needed.
Confirmed · personalized content ready to copy
I am at “Open that folder in the AI tool”. Expected: The tool and user identify the same verifiable project location.. Actual screen/error: [add here]. Inspect existing files first. Give one reversible action at a time, its location, and expected result. Do not recreate the project or delete existing work.07Material for this step (fill or copy)
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If you completed the individual prompts above, do not resend this full template. Use it to organize this step’s material when needed; replace bracketed fields, confirm and copy into the project chat.
Edit the template with actual material, confirm, then copy into the current project conversation. Mark unknowns as undecided and replace examples as needed.
Confirmed · personalized content ready to copy
First check access to the current project location. If missing or inaccessible, identify the prerequisite and owner action, then stop rather than invent prior work.
Intended project folder: [full path]
Only compare the tool’s actual project location with this path and list existing files. If inaccessible, explain where to select the folder. Do not change files. Return the path, list and match result.Journal practice: fill or supplement this step
For this full-stack practice only: use this combined prompt, fill its fields and send it once instead of also sending the generic template. It does not authorize later steps.
Edit the template with actual material, confirm, then copy into the current project conversation. Mark unknowns as undecided and replace examples as needed.
Confirmed · personalized content ready to copy
First check access to the current project location. If missing or inaccessible, identify the prerequisite and owner action, then stop rather than invent prior work.
Intended project folder: [full path]
Only compare the tool’s actual project location with this path and list existing files. If inaccessible, explain where to select the folder. Do not change files. Return the path, list and match result.
I selected the full-stack journal practice.
Use my supplied practice directory. Inspect location only; do not install Flask or create an app yet.08Check this before continuing
The tool and user identify the same verifiable project location.
09What should you do if the expected result is missing?
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Use the screenshot below or the tool’s official project instructions.
Compare with an example (illustration, not your result)
Pass: the actual path matches the “Create the project folder” record and verifiable files. Fail: a suggested path only.
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References for this milestone
Open these when the question arises; they are not extra required actions.
- Which AI tool and what budget?
Before starting, or when the current tool cannot perform the task.
- How can AI stay on task?
When sending a new task, requesting an edit or reporting an error.
My project material and backups
Material stays in this browser, not in project files or AI chat. Chinese and English template drafts are separate; project selection and progress are shared. Do not enter passwords or API keys here.
Includes idea, progress, template drafts, personal checks and selection conditions, but not project code. Restore creates a new draft and preserves existing projects.
Download/import unavailable? Restore backup text
Draft and progress stay in this browser.
Complete the actions in order; expand the matching checks and remedies if you get stuck.