Handbook

Workspace setup

Choosing which folders Lenses scans: usually a parent directory that contains your product repos and the forge-lenses checkout as siblings.

What it is

Choosing which folders Lenses scans: usually a parent directory that contains your product repos and the forge-lenses checkout as siblings.

When to use it

Before you rely on multi-repo overview, project cards, or cross-repo links — or when the dashboard shows the wrong tree.

Prerequisites

  • Server runs (Install and run).
  • You know the absolute path to the folder that should be the workspace root.

Topics

Topic Page
Common layouts Common layouts
Choosing the root Choosing the root
Scan and host setup Scan and host setup

Topic order (visual)

Read layouts, then root choice, then scan and host if multi-repo overview misbehaves.

Workspace setup — common layouts, then choosing the root, then scan and host troubleshooting

How to verify success

  • Projects and Overview reflect repos you expect under the chosen root.

What to do next