ak projects prune

ak projects prune

Remove stale project registry entries

Synopsis

What it does: Remove entries from ~/.agentkit/projects.json that no longer correspond to a directory on disk (orphans). Default is dry-run - pass --yes to actually prune. Use --all --force --yes to wipe the entire registry.

Who it's for: Power devs who need to clean up stale registry entries after moving or deleting projects.

When to use it: ak doctor reports orphaned registry entries and suggests ak projects prune --orphans.

Examples: ak projects prune --orphans # dry-run: preview orphans ak projects prune --orphans --yes # remove orphan entries ak projects prune --orphans --yes --json # machine-readable output ak projects prune --all --force --yes # wipe entire registry

What changes on disk: Writes ~/.agentkit/projects.json atomically (removes matched entries). No-op in dry-run mode.

Output modes: pretty default on TTY (colors, ASCII markers) plain auto when stdout piped or --no-interactive json --json (single-object envelope, NDJSON-safe)

Exit codes: 0 success 1 runtime error 2 invalid flags 3 user-cancel (SIGINT, prompt-cancel)

ak projects prune [flags]

Options

      --all              Remove every registry entry (requires --force and --yes)
      --dry-run          Preview what would be removed without modifying the registry
      --force            Required safety gate when using --all
  -h, --help             help for prune
      --json             Emit machine-readable JSON (implies --no-interactive)
      --no-interactive   Disable interactive prompts (CI-safe)
      --orphans          Remove entries whose project directory no longer exists on disk
  -q, --quiet            Suppress non-error output on stderr
  -V, --verbose          Extra diagnostic output on stderr (loses to --quiet)
  -y, --yes              Assume yes for all prompts

SEE ALSO

• ak projects - Manage the global AK project registry