Mention Another Project
A Projects tab in the Agent Input @ picker hands your agent the context of a sibling repository without leaving the terminal you are in. Mention the workspace itself and it expands to one block per member project at send, with per-project size caps and an honest truncation line.
Why You Need This
How this feature boosts your daily productivity
When the bug is in the API but you are working in the web app, the usual fix is copy-paste: open the other project, find the file, paste it in, and hope you grabbed enough. Mentioning the sibling project instead gives the agent that project's real context by name, and retargets file search to that project's root so your @ file mentions reach across the repo boundary rather than stopping at it. Mentioning the whole workspace does the same for every member project at once, and tells you plainly when it had to truncate rather than silently dropping half the context.
How It Works
Get started in 4 simple steps
Type @ in Agent Input
The picker opens with tabs for Files, Terminals, Agents, Projects and Templates. Tab switches between them.
Open the Projects tab
Sibling projects are listed with their paths, and the workspace itself sits at the top as a single entry covering every member project.
Insert the mention
@Backend inserts that project’s context. @Acme — the workspace — expands to one block per member project at send, with per-project size caps and an honest truncation line.
Reach its files too
Mentioning a single sibling project retargets file search to that project’s root, so @ file mentions cross the repo boundary instead of stopping at it.
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Key Capabilities
Everything included with Mention Another Project
Why It Matters
The productivity impact of having project management built into your workspace
Instant Project Switching
Switch between projects in one click with complete state restoration. No more 5-minute setup rituals.
Visual Organization
Color-coded projects, file type icons, and layout presets keep your workspace organized and recognizable.
Smart File Navigation
.gitignore-aware filtering, instant search, and context menus make finding and opening files effortless.
Workspace Memory
Every project remembers its terminals, open files, database connections, and layout. Pick up exactly where you left off.
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Multi-Project Workspace
Work on multiple projects simultaneously with instant switching. Entire workspace state is preserved per project.
Smart File Explorer
Real-time file tree with type icons, .gitignore filtering, search, and right-click context menus.
Per-Project Code Intelligence
Spawn real typescript-language-server, gopls, pyright, rust-analyzer, clangd, solargraph, intelephense, or sourcekit-lsp for the projects you opt into — with project-aware errors and zero false positives.
Color-Coded Projects
Assign accent colors to each project for instant visual identification across your workspace.
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