{"record":{"id":"5cc6dd1e93f398e5","repo":"davila7/claude-code-templates","slug":"warning-could-not-scan-commands-in-commandsdir","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Warning: Could not scan commands in ${commandsDir}:","messagePattern":"Warning: Could not scan commands in (.+?):","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"warning","filePath":"cli-tool/src/command-scanner.js","lineNumber":99,"sourceCode":"        const commandName = path.basename(file, '.md');\n        const filePath = path.join(commandsDir, file);\n        \n        // Read the command file to extract metadata\n        const content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8');\n        const metadata = parseCommandMetadata(content, commandName);\n        \n        commands.push({\n          name: commandName,\n          displayName: createShortDisplayName(commandName, metadata.title),\n          description: createShortDescription(metadata.description, commandName),\n          category: category,\n          filePath: filePath,\n          checked: metadata.defaultChecked || false\n        });\n      }\n    });\n  } catch (error) {\n    console.warn(`Warning: Could not scan commands in ${commandsDir}:`, error.message);\n  }\n  \n  return commands;\n}\n\n/**\n * Parses command metadata from markdown file content\n * @param {string} content - The markdown content\n * @param {string} commandName - The command name\n * @returns {Object} Parsed metadata\n */\nfunction parseCommandMetadata(content, commandName) {\n  const metadata = {\n    title: null,\n    description: null,\n    defaultChecked: false\n  };\n  ","sourceCodeStart":81,"sourceCodeEnd":117,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/blob/a0851ed10c7c60463dac8cfaaca124cf32d5804d/cli-tool/src/command-scanner.js#L81-L117","documentation":"scanCommandsInDirectory() walks a directory of markdown command files and warns when the traversal/read/parse of any entry fails — e.g. ENOENT if commandsDir doesn't exist, EACCES on unreadable files, or a YAML frontmatter parse error inside the per-file try block. It returns whatever commands it collected so far, so scanning degrades gracefully.","triggerScenarios":"Passing a commands directory that doesn't exist (typo'd path, project without .claude/commands), unreadable files (permission denied), or a command .md file whose YAML frontmatter is malformed so parsing throws inside the loop.","commonSituations":"Running command scanning in a fresh project with no commands directory yet, syncing files with odd permissions from another machine, or hand-editing a command file and breaking its frontmatter.","solutions":["Verify the directory exists before scanning: `fs.existsSync(commandsDir)`.","Fix permissions on the directory tree: `chmod -R u+rw ~/.claude/commands`.","Check each command .md for valid `---`-delimited YAML frontmatter (the error.message names the failing file).","Create the directory (`mkdir -p .claude/commands`) if you expect it to exist."],"exampleFix":"// before\nconst commands = scanCommandsInDirectory(dir);\n// after\nconst fs = require('fs');\nif (!fs.existsSync(dir)) return [];\nconst commands = scanCommandsInDirectory(dir);","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"const fs = require('fs');\nif (!fs.existsSync(commandsDir)) return []; // skip scan entirely","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try { return scanCommandsInDirectory(dir); } catch (e) { if (e.code === 'ENOENT') return []; if (e.code === 'EACCES') { /* warn */ } throw e; }","preventionTips":["Existence-check directories before scanning.","Validate YAML frontmatter of command files in an editor linter.","Normalize permissions on synced command directories."],"tags":["filesystem","scanner","frontmatter"],"backgroundTag":"directory-scan-permission-error","analyzedSha":"a0851ed10c7c60463dac8cfaaca124cf32d5804d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-28T14:11:56.058Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-28T16:17:29.566Z"}