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magus-where

Print the absolute path of a project

Synopsis

magus where [flags] [filter...]

Description

Fuzzy-match a project by leaf-anchored substring and print its absolute path to stdout. Designed for shell substitution:

cd "$(magus where api)" code "$(magus where dash)"

Filters are AND-combined substrings. On a unique top score the path is printed and the command exits 0. On ambiguity, candidates are listed on stderr and the command exits 2. No interactive picker - use magus x for that.

Options

-A
Short for --all
--all
Print all matching paths to stdout; do not error on ambiguity
--filter string
Restrict file search by pattern. Form: type=<glob|regex|literal>,pattern=<value>
--glob string
Restrict file search to paths matching a doublestar glob (shorthand for --filter type=glob,...)
--literal string
Restrict file search to paths containing this exact segment (shorthand for --filter type=literal,...)
--regex string
Restrict file search to paths matching a Go regexp (shorthand for --filter type=regex,...)

Examples

Navigate to a project

cd "$(magus where api)"

Open in editor

code "$(magus where dash)"

AND-filter: must match both tokens

magus where api gateway

See Also

magus(1), magus-ls(1), magus-describe(1), magus-run(1), magus-affected(1), magus-x(1), magus-clean(1), magus-shell(1), magus-query(1), magus-refs(1), magus-explain(1), magus-path(1), magus-graph(1), magus-diff(1), magus-vcs(1), magus-session(1), magus-job(1), magus-notes(1), magus-queue(1), magus-watch(1), magus-events(1), magus-server(1), magus-broker(1), magus-mcp(1), magus-status(1), magus-buzz(1), magus-spell(1), magus-agent(1), magus-init(1), magus-doctor(1), magus-config(1), magus-completion(1), magus-man(1), magus-self(1), magus-version(1)

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Glossary

Project

A directory magus recognizes as a unit of work (it has a magusfile); the unit of caching, scheduling, and dependency tracking. Project in full.

Op

A single tool-native command a target composes (long form: operation); the middle of the work hierarchy (Spell to Op to Target). Op in full.

Spell

A language/runtime adapter (e.g. go, md) that maps generic targets onto a toolchain's real commands. Spell in full.

Buzz

The language magusfiles are written in (the .buzz engine). Buzz in full.

Affected

The set of projects touched by a change; magus affected <target> runs a target only over them. Affected in full.

Broker

The per-user background process that holds this host's capacity: the machine budget every run claims slots from, and the shared services runs keep warm. A run starts it on demand; broker: off in magus.yaml runs without one. Broker in full.

MAGUS.md

The committed routing index at a workspace root, regenerated from the knowledge graph: it lists every node and points at the exact query for a given question, so it is the entry point an agent reads first. MAGUS.md in full.

Agent

A model working through an agent host such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or OpenCode. magus treats an agent as one more caller of its CLI, MCP tools and console, held to the same checks as a person. Agent in full.

Session

An agent host's conversation, by the id the host delivers to its hooks. magus never mints one: a record with no session is unattributed, and the OS user it carries says whose account ran it. Session in full.

Job

The unit of delegated work, and one row of the job store: what an orchestrating agent handed out, with its goal, the checkpoint it was cut against, the paths it may write or must not touch, and the one check it runs. A job's holder is either a session, for work an orchestrator handed out, or the daemon, for its own maintenance. The store records; the agent guard is what reads those facts back when grading a write. Job in full.

Run

One target executing under one magus invocation, such as magus run test web or magus affected ci. A run keeps its captured output behind an output reference. Every magus run is a run whether or not any job asked for it; see Job for how the two relate. Run in full.

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