FileCommand is a keyboard-driven, dual-panel file manager for the terminal, written in Rust (ratatui + crossterm). It recreates the Norton Commander 5.5 look and workflow with a small set of modern extras. Windows-first; cross-platform builds are best-effort.
The full application specification lives at docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-06-filecommand-design.md. Milestones M1–M5 are implemented in crates/filecommand-core (state/reducer, no UI deps) and crates/filecommand-tui (rendering); the OpenSpec specs under openspec/specs/ are the source of truth for current behavior. installer/ holds the WiX (v4/v5) MSI + Burn bootstrapper packaging (installer/README.md has build steps and scope semantics); see the windows-installer capability spec for its behavior.
- Nothing goes to
mainwithout explicit user confirmation. No exceptions. Changes reachmainvia pull request, and a PR is created or merged only after the user gives the go-ahead. - Never edit on
main. All work — every edit, of any kind — happens on a branch. Specbranch — application specification and research (spec documents, research notes/images). OpenSpec proposals may be drafted here.- OpenSpec proposals — authored with the OpenSpec CLI (
openspec/directory, once initialized). Proposals can be created on theSpecbranch, but they must be merged tomainbefore any implementation branch for them is created. - Implementation branches — named
build/<batch-name>, always branched offmain, and implement one or more approved OpenSpec proposals. - Ultracode — the user may invoke "ultracode" to build a batch of proposals. That is expected; the batch is built on its
build/branch offmainlike any other implementation work.
In short: research and proposals flow through Spec → main (PR, user-confirmed); implementation flows through build/<batch-name> off main → main (PR, user-confirmed).
This project is indexed by GitNexus as FileCommand (4171 symbols, 12232 relationships, 300 execution flows). Use the GitNexus MCP tools to understand code, assess impact, and navigate safely.
If any GitNexus tool warns the index is stale, run
npx gitnexus analyzein terminal first.
- MUST run impact analysis before editing any symbol. Before modifying a function, class, or method, run
gitnexus_impact({target: "symbolName", direction: "upstream"})and report the blast radius (direct callers, affected processes, risk level) to the user. - MUST run
gitnexus_detect_changes()before committing to verify your changes only affect expected symbols and execution flows. - MUST warn the user if impact analysis returns HIGH or CRITICAL risk before proceeding with edits.
- When exploring unfamiliar code, use
gitnexus_query({query: "concept"})to find execution flows instead of grepping. It returns process-grouped results ranked by relevance. - When you need full context on a specific symbol — callers, callees, which execution flows it participates in — use
gitnexus_context({name: "symbolName"}).
- NEVER edit a function, class, or method without first running
gitnexus_impacton it. - NEVER ignore HIGH or CRITICAL risk warnings from impact analysis.
- NEVER rename symbols with find-and-replace — use
gitnexus_renamewhich understands the call graph. - NEVER commit changes without running
gitnexus_detect_changes()to check affected scope.
| Resource | Use for |
|---|---|
gitnexus://repo/FileCommand/context |
Codebase overview, check index freshness |
gitnexus://repo/FileCommand/clusters |
All functional areas |
gitnexus://repo/FileCommand/processes |
All execution flows |
gitnexus://repo/FileCommand/process/{name} |
Step-by-step execution trace |
| Task | Read this skill file |
|---|---|
| Understand architecture / "How does X work?" | .claude/skills/gitnexus/gitnexus-exploring/SKILL.md |
| Blast radius / "What breaks if I change X?" | .claude/skills/gitnexus/gitnexus-impact-analysis/SKILL.md |
| Trace bugs / "Why is X failing?" | .claude/skills/gitnexus/gitnexus-debugging/SKILL.md |
| Rename / extract / split / refactor | .claude/skills/gitnexus/gitnexus-refactoring/SKILL.md |
| Tools, resources, schema reference | .claude/skills/gitnexus/gitnexus-guide/SKILL.md |
| Index, status, clean, wiki CLI commands | .claude/skills/gitnexus/gitnexus-cli/SKILL.md |