Skills

Freeze File Edits

Restricts file edits to one directory for the rest of the session.

Install

npx skills add garrytan/gstack --skill freeze -g -a claude-code -y
Repository
garrytan/gstack139k
Category
Engineering
Updated
3d ago
License
MIT
Context cost
Lightabout 860 tokens
Runs scripts
Yes, review before use

What it does

Restrict file edits to a specific directory for the session. (gstack)

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/freeze, Restrict Edits to a Directory

Lock file edits to a specific directory. Any Edit, Write or NotebookEdit operation targeting a file outside the allowed path will be blocked (not just warned).

GSTACK_STATE_ROOT=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-paths --get GSTACK_STATE_ROOT); : "${GSTACK_STATE_ROOT:?gstack-paths failed; reinstall with ./setup or /gstack-upgrade}"
mkdir -p "$GSTACK_STATE_ROOT"/analytics
echo '{"skill":"freeze","ts":"'$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)'","repo":"'$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null)" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")'"}'  >> "$GSTACK_STATE_ROOT"/analytics/skill-usage.jsonl 2>/dev/null || true

Setup

Ask the user which directory to restrict edits to. Use AskUserQuestion:

  • Question: "Which directory should I restrict edits to? Files outside this path will be blocked from editing."
  • Text input (not multiple choice), the user types a path.

Once the user provides a directory path:

Set the user-selected boundary with the shared state writer. It resolves the physical absolute path and serializes replacement with investigation cleanup:

bash "$HOME/.claude/skills/gstack/freeze/bin/freeze-state.sh" set "<user-provided-path>"

Only report success if the helper succeeds. On FREEZE_BUSY or unexpected state, preserve it and ask the user to inspect recovery after any active writer finishes; never write or delete the state file directly.

Tell the user: "Edits are now restricted to <path>/. Any Edit, Write or NotebookEdit outside this directory will be blocked. To change the boundary, run /freeze again. To remove it, run /unfreeze."

How it works

Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub

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