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Project Switching

by marcus

Project Switching is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by marcus in sidecar.

1K stars79 forkson marcus/sidecarAdded 2026/08/21Repository updated 2026/08/21
agentic-aiagentic-workflowsclaude-codetui
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Install Project Switching
Copy Project Switching into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/marcus/sidecar/tree/main/.claude/skills/project-switching ~/.claude/skills/project-switching

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only β€” not the rest of the repository β€” into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/marcus/sidecar.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
.claude/skills/project-switching/SKILL.md in marcus/sidecar
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/project-switching
Collection
One of 16 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
Automation β€” 1523 skills

What Project Switching does

Project Switching opens a modal to filter and switch between configured projects without restarting Sidecar. It manages project state, previews themes, and reinitializes plugins after a switch.

Project Switching is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Project Switching comes from a repository tagged agentic-ai, agentic-workflows, claude-code and tui.

Documentation

README

Project Switching

Switch between git repositories without restarting sidecar. Press @ to open the project switcher modal.

Architecture Overview

The project switcher uses the app's declarative modal library (internal/modal/) for rendering and mouse handling.

Key Files

File Contents
internal/app/model.go State, init, reset, filter, switch, theme preview
internal/app/update.go Keyboard and mouse handlers
internal/app/view.go Modal building and section rendering
internal/modal/ Modal library (builder, sections, layout)
internal/config/types.go ProjectConfig struct
internal/config/loader.go Config loading with path validation

Model State

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Project Switching

  • What else does marcus publish alongside Project Switching?

    Project Switching is one of 16 skills that DirSkills catalogs from marcus/sidecar, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Create Adapter, Create Modal and Create Plugin. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Project Switching does, and is maintained by marcus in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the marcus/sidecar page.

  • How does Project Switching compare to other Automation skills?

    Project Switching ranks #812 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Project Switching against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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