Configure lpm

Create and modify lpm config on macOS exclusively through lpm config get and lpm config apply. Never modify a live project, repo, global, or template config directly with an editor, filesystem tool, patch, redirection, or script. The CLI validates the candidate before the app atomically replaces the destination.

Load only the relevant reference

• Read references/core.md for project identity, services, dependencies, profiles, duplicates, linked Git worktrees, auto pull, and project creation.
• Read references/actions.md when adding or changing actions, buttons, terminals, inputs, ports, shortcuts, colors, dynamic labels, popups, agent prompts, or nested menus.
• Read references/zones.md when creating, filling, rearranging, or removing button zones or zone layers.
• Read references/sharing.md for .lpm.yml, global config, templates, extends, layering, and sparse overrides.
• Read references/ssh.md for remote projects or mode: sync.
• Read references/validation.md before preparing a candidate and follow its transactional workflow.

Resolve the target

Honor an explicit project or layer from the user. Otherwise run:

lpm config resolve --cwd . --json

Interpret the result:

• One match: use the returned project name with lpm config get; never edit the returned path. A match locates the file even when the app cannot load it; validation reports what to fix.
• Multiple matches: ask which candidate to use.
• No match: offer to create a project for the current directory or configure one of the returned available projects.

Use these explicit layer overrides:

• “globally” or “all my projects” → ~/.lpm/global.yml
• “share with the team”, “check it in”, or “for everyone” → <root>/.lpm.yml
• “template” or “reuse across projects” → ~/.lpm/templates/<name>.yml

When lpm config resolve is unavailable, inspect the YAML project files read-only. Match the current directory against expanded root paths by path components; the deepest root wins. An SSH project never matches by root or ssh.dir (a path on the host); only its local sync mirror ~/.lpm/sync/<project> matches, where <project> is the project's file name (~/.lpm/projects/<project>.yml), not its name: field. Do not parse YAML with line-oriented tools and do not write a config without lpm config apply.

Choose the shape

Ask only when the requested shape is genuinely ambiguous. For “button with options,” distinguish a split button, dropdown, and input prompt. For a terminal action, distinguish one reused pane from a fresh pane each run.

Apply the change

For a new project, inspect repo signals such as package.json, Makefile, docker-compose.yml, Procfile, and mise.toml. Detect long-running services separately from one-shot test, lint, build, migration, and deploy actions.

Read the selected layer and its revision:

lpm config get --layer project --project <name> --json
lpm config get --layer repo --project <name> --json
lpm config get --layer global --json
lpm config get --layer template --template <name> --json

Use --create with both get and apply when intentionally creating a missing project or template. Build the candidate from the returned content in a temporary file, preserving unrelated fields and formatting where practical. Use shorthand only when an entry needs no options. Set confirm: true for destructive operations.

Apply the candidate using the exact returned revision:

lpm config apply --layer <layer> <target-args> \
  --if-revision <revision> --file <candidate-path> --json

The command must return applied: true before reporting success. Fix validation errors in the temporary candidate and retry. On a revision conflict, run get again and reapply the intended change to the new content instead of forcing an overwrite.

Confirm only before replacing an existing config during intentional creation. Do not confirm an unambiguous edit. Config deletion must go through the lpm app; never delete a config file directly.

If the app is not running or config get/apply is unavailable, tell the user to start or update lpm. Do not fall back to direct writes.