Create a new folder

Create a new folder in Visual Studio Code — with the four heights of help laid out: do it now, make it easier for the next person to accept, work out the right move when you are stuck, and learn the pattern so it stops coming back.

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The four heights

The same task, four distances: today's deadline, the next reviewer, the stuck moment, the pattern.

Execute — do the immediate task

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I need a new feature folder inside the frontend app. Create a folder named feature-cart under…
I need a new feature folder inside the frontend app. Create a folder named feature-cart under src/components of the current workspace, and confirm the folder appears in the explorer with a README.md inside so I can document the component purpose before I add files.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Before I add components, make creating a new folder less error-prone: offer to place it under the…
Before I add components, make creating a new folder less error-prone: offer to place it under the nearest package.json or src directory, prefill a README.md and index.js, and show the relative path where it will be created so I don’t accidentally nest it under the wrong module.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

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I attempted to create feature-cart but it ended up inside a nested test folder. I’m on a tight…

I tried to add a folder but it appeared in the wrong place

I attempted to create feature-cart but it ended up inside a nested test folder. I’m on a tight deadline and afraid I’ll scatter files across the repo. I don’t know whether I clicked the wrong tree node or the workspace has multiple roots. Tell me how to verify which workspace folder is active and how to create the folder explicitly under src/components so I don’t repeat this mistake.

Become — change the pattern

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Across projects I waste time moving folders because I habitually create them from the wrong tree…

I repeatedly create folders in inconsistent locations

Across projects I waste time moving folders because I habitually create them from the wrong tree node. I want one simple habit change to stop that. Suggest an action I can make mandatory when creating a folder—what to look at or a quick check—to ensure I always create new folders in the intended package or src root.

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