Wrong working directory #3391

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1. somera

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   bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't working

   on Oct 23, 2025
2. github-actions commented on Oct 23, 2025

   

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   This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

   • Allow explicitly changing working directory #2177: Allow explicitly changing working directory - discusses working directory issues and the need for directory change commands
   • Create session with a different root/working directory #1143: Create session with a different root/working directory - similar working directory confusion in mono-repo setups
   • Unable to run opencode from source outside of packages/opencode directory on opentui branch #3220: Unable to run opencode from source outside of packages/opencode directory - related to directory path assumptions
   • Feature request: ability to disable "File X is not in the current working directory" error #3218: Feature request: ability to disable "File X is not in the current working directory" error - discusses working directory restrictions

   Feel free to ignore if none of these address your specific case.
3. rekram1-node commented on Oct 23, 2025

   

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   @somera this is the llm calling the tool to list root directory, I think we can do some prompt updates but we do tell the llm to use absolute paths and it is "doing that" but maybe we need to make it more clear that "/" is root :

   In tool args

   path: z.string().describe("The absolute path to the directory to list (must be absolute, not relative)").optional(),
   

   In the tool description:

   Lists files and directories in a given path. The path parameter must be absolute; omit it to use the current workspace directory. You can optionally provide an array of glob patterns to ignore with the ignore parameter. You should generally prefer the Glob and Grep tools, if you know which directories to search.
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   closed this as completedon Mar 25, 2026