From e8465bd7f28cd961e49e015c6699e65bde860441 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shinto C V <cshintov@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 01:27:31 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(app): auto-register server working directory as a project
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On connecting to a server, open its working directory as a project so
that a fresh `opencode web`/`serve` started in a folder surfaces that
folder and its sessions in the UI, instead of an empty "Add project"
screen.

The web nav and session list are driven by the app's local open-projects
store (keyed on worktree), not the server `/project` table. Previously
nothing appeared until the user manually typed the folder path into the
picker — a common first-run confusion that recurs across #39655, #39040,
#27837 and others.

Skip the user's home directory and the filesystem root, which the file
finder cannot index and would otherwise render as empty projects.

Fixes #39655
---
 packages/app/src/context/global.tsx | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/app/src/context/global.tsx b/packages/app/src/context/global.tsx
index 83438898b54d..2033ef69e453 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/context/global.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/context/global.tsx
@@ -110,6 +110,22 @@ function createServerCtx(
   const sdk = createServerSdkContext(conn, scope)
   const sync = createServerSyncContext(sdk)
 
+  // Register the server's working directory as an open project so a fresh
+  // `opencode web`/`serve` in a folder surfaces that folder and its
+  // sessions in the UI without requiring a manual "Add project". Skip the
+  // user's home dir and the filesystem root, which the file finder cannot
+  // index and would otherwise appear empty.
+  createEffect(() => {
+    const directory = sync.data.path.directory
+    const home = sync.data.path.home
+    if (!directory || !home) return
+    const key = pathKey(directory)
+    if (key === pathKey(home) || key === "/") return
+    if (projects.list().some((project) => pathKey(project.worktree) === key)) return
+    projects.open(directory)
+    projects.touch(directory)
+  })
+
   function enrich(project: { worktree: string; expanded: boolean }) {
     const [childStore] = sync.child(project.worktree, { bootstrap: false })
     const projectID = childStore.project