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Operator Project Index Setup

Builds or refreshes the Operator Project Index by driving the `operator-helper` CLI end to end.

Dev & CodingIntermediate★ 426⑂ 16AI score 6/10Last updated: Oct 11, 2026

What it does

  • Checks the CLI with operator-helper version and runs operator-helper upgrade first when an update exists.
  • Runs operator-helper index init and follows the emitted "Project Index Setup" guide, including when inspection reports failures.
  • Tells the user to run $operator-project-init if the Project Brain is missing.
  • Ships a recovery path: install or repair the global npm package @aerovato/operator-helper and retry on failure.
  • Instructs the agent to treat Helper output as working context rather than re-implementing Helper logic.

Who it's for

  • Developers already using the Operator / Project Brain workflow.
  • Teams that need a codebase index kept current so AI context stays accurate.
  • Users who want Claude to read CLI output and handle follow-up steps automatically.

Examples

  1. First-time setup on a new repo — ask to "set up the project index" and it chains version check → upgrade → index init.
  2. After a large refactor — rebuild the index so stale file paths are cleared.
  3. When index init errors out — diagnose from the CLI output, rerun, and report the blocker clearly if unresolved.

Note: the skill holds no logic of its own; @aerovato/operator-helper does the work, so that package is a hard prerequisite.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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Copy the packages/codex/skills/operator-index folder from the GitHub repo aerovato/operator-memory into my ~/.claude/skills/operator-index/.
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Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/aerovato/operator-memory.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r operator-memory/packages/codex/skills/operator-index ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Verify Node.js and npm: node -v, npm -v
  3. Install the required CLI globally: npm i -g @aerovato/operator-helper
  4. Confirm it works: operator-helper version
  5. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/aerovato/operator-memory.git
  6. Copy the skill into place: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r operator-memory/packages/codex/skills/operator-index ~/.claude/skills/
  7. Restart Claude Code and ask it to "build the project index" to verify.
  8. If it reports a missing Project Brain, run $operator-project-init first.
View source on GitHub ↗License: BSD-3-Clause