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Open Your Project in CLI

Open your Lens Studio project folder in a command line interface (CLI) before starting Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or other AI tools.

Select your platform:

  1. Press Command + Spacebar to open Spotlight Search.

  2. Type Terminal and press Return to open it.

  3. Run cd with the path to your project folder.

cd ~/Documents/MyProject

The prompt should show your project folder path at the start of each new line.

On Windows, use PowerShell, not Command Prompt (CMD).

  1. Open your Lens Studio project folder in File Explorer.

  2. Hold Shift, right-click inside the folder (or on empty space in the file list), and choose "Open PowerShell window here".

Alternatively, open PowerShell from Run and change directory

  1. Press Win + R to open the Run dialog.

  2. Type powershell and press Enter.

  3. Run cd with the path to your project folder.

cd C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\YourProjectName

The prompt should show your project folder path at the start of each new line.