From f5609ec3aa591e93938992e329c4732332288517 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 22:06:53 -0400
Subject: feat(ai): discover ~/.dotfiles in the launcher picker

build_candidates() only scanned ~/.emacs.d, ~/code/*, and ~/projects/*, so ~/.dotfiles (a bootstrapped AI project living directly in $HOME) never showed in the launcher picker. I added it as an explicit candidate next to ~/.emacs.d. The maybe_add_candidate guard keys off .ai/protocols.org, so the line stays inert where ~/.dotfiles isn't bootstrapped.
---
 claude-templates/bin/ai                     |  1 +
 working/ai-dotfiles-discovery/proposed.diff |  7 -----
 working/ai-dotfiles-discovery/request.org   | 41 -----------------------------
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 48 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 working/ai-dotfiles-discovery/proposed.diff
 delete mode 100644 working/ai-dotfiles-discovery/request.org

diff --git a/claude-templates/bin/ai b/claude-templates/bin/ai
index 5a806ec..994dc1f 100755
--- a/claude-templates/bin/ai
+++ b/claude-templates/bin/ai
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ maybe_add_candidate() {
 build_candidates() {
   candidates=()
   maybe_add_candidate "$HOME/.emacs.d"
+  maybe_add_candidate "$HOME/.dotfiles"
   if [ -d "$HOME/code" ]; then
     while IFS= read -r d; do
       maybe_add_candidate "$d"
diff --git a/working/ai-dotfiles-discovery/proposed.diff b/working/ai-dotfiles-discovery/proposed.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index f22c7a8..0000000
--- a/working/ai-dotfiles-discovery/proposed.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
---- a/claude-templates/bin/ai
-+++ b/claude-templates/bin/ai
-@@ build_candidates() {
-   candidates=()
-   maybe_add_candidate "$HOME/.emacs.d"
-+  maybe_add_candidate "$HOME/.dotfiles"
-   if [ -d "$HOME/code" ]; then
diff --git a/working/ai-dotfiles-discovery/request.org b/working/ai-dotfiles-discovery/request.org
deleted file mode 100644
index 3535daf..0000000
--- a/working/ai-dotfiles-discovery/request.org
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#+TITLE: Add ~/.dotfiles to the ai launcher's project discovery
-#+DATE: 2026-06-16
-
-* Request
-
-Add =~/.dotfiles= as an explicit discovery candidate in the =ai= launcher (=claude-templates/bin/ai=), the same way =~/.emacs.d= is handled.
-
-* Why
-
-=~/.dotfiles= was migrated out of archsetup into a standalone stow repo and just got bootstrapped as its own AI project (=.ai/protocols.org= now present). But =build_candidates()= only scans three roots — =~/.emacs.d=, =~/code/*=, and =~/projects/*=. =~/.dotfiles= sits directly in =$HOME=, under none of them, so the fzf picker (bare =ai=) and the "launch dotfiles" by-name trigger never see it. Explicit =ai ~/.dotfiles= already works (=single_mode= only checks for the marker, not a discovery root), but the picker and by-name launch don't.
-
-This is the launcher half of making =~/.dotfiles= a first-class project. The inbox-send half is already handled downstream: =~/.dotfiles= was added to =~/.claude/inbox-roots.txt= (its config-file extension point), so =inbox-send= reaches it now.
-
-* The change
-
-In =claude-templates/bin/ai=, inside =build_candidates()= (currently ~line 89, right after the =~/.emacs.d= line), add:
-
-#+begin_src bash
-  maybe_add_candidate "$HOME/.dotfiles"
-#+end_src
-
-So the head of =build_candidates= reads:
-
-#+begin_src bash
-build_candidates() {
-  candidates=()
-  maybe_add_candidate "$HOME/.emacs.d"
-  maybe_add_candidate "$HOME/.dotfiles"
-  if [ -d "$HOME/code" ]; then
-  ...
-#+end_src
-
-=maybe_add_candidate= already guards on =.ai/protocols.org=, so this is inert on any machine where =~/.dotfiles= isn't bootstrapped — same safety as the existing =~/.emacs.d= line.
-
-* Notes
-
-- I did NOT edit the rulesets canonical from archsetup's session — rulesets had a dirty tree and an interrupted session-context when I checked, so this goes through your own flow instead of interleaving.
-- Worth a glance: if =bin/ai= has a discovery test that enumerates the expected candidate roots, it may need the new line added there too.
-- Generalization to consider (your call, not requested): =~/.emacs.d= and =~/.dotfiles= are both single-project roots in =$HOME=. If more of these accrue, a small explicit list (or a =~/.claude/ai-roots.txt= mirroring =inbox-roots.txt=) would scale better than one =maybe_add_candidate= line each. Not needed for two.
-
-Sender: archsetup (2026-06-16 task-audit follow-through).
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