Agent UX: pm init <path> creates a tracker that workspace discovery then cannot find — "Run pm init first" loop right after running pm init

Version: pm 2026.7.10

pm init . (or any path argument) switches init into tracker-path mode and roots the tracker at that path directly (settings.json, tasks/, … in the directory itself). But workspace discovery for every subsequent command only probes <cwd>/.agents/pm — it never considers "cwd itself is a tracker root". Result: the very next command fails with tracker_not_initialized telling the agent to run pm init first, which it just did. That's a hard loop for an agent: the error's own next_steps re-suggest the action that caused the state.

Repro

$ mkdir /tmp/ws && cd /tmp/ws
$ pm init .
ok: true
target:
  mode: "tracker-path"
  tracker_root: "/tmp/ws"      # tracker rooted at cwd itself

$ pm list --json
{ "code": "tracker_not_initialized",
  "detail": "Tracker is not initialized at /tmp/ws/.agents/pm. Run pm init first.", ... }

$ pm --pm-path . list --json   # works — the tracker exists, discovery just can't see it
{ "items": [], "count": 0, ... }

Plain pm init (no argument) uses workspace-discovery mode → .agents/pm → everything round-trips fine.

Why this bites agents specifically

pm init . is an extremely natural spelling for "init here" (git/npm muscle memory). The failure is delayed (init reports ok:true), and the recovery bundle for tracker_not_initialized neither detects the tracker sitting at cwd nor mentions --pm-path, so the agent has no path out other than re-initializing (possibly creating a second tracker at .agents/pm and silently splitting state — worst case for project management = context management).

Suggested fixes (any of)

Make discovery also accept cwd (or an ancestor) as a tracker root when it contains a valid settings.json + tracker layout.
Treat pm init . as the workspace-discovery spelling (init .agents/pm under it) and require something explicit like --tracker-path for raw-root mode.
At minimum: tracker_not_initialized should probe for a tracker rooted at cwd and, when found, say A tracker exists at <cwd> but is outside discovery; rerun with --pm-path . — an executable next step instead of a loop.

⚠️ Possible Duplicate Issue(s)

Agent UX: pm init <path> emits follow-up commands that cannot find the initialized tracker #488

🔗 Related PRs

#142 - Guard pm tracker path targeting for agents [closed]
#266 - Harden init targeting and extension command contracts [merged]
#428 - Harden SDK extension runtime packaging [merged]
#491 - Harden init target safety and package install verification [merged]

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} succeeds with implicit cwd-rooted tracker discovery. The root-layout discovery fix already landed through the GH-495/GH-488 init-path work, so this report is resolved without an additional patch.

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pm-69nl — Agent UX: pm init <path> creates a tracker that workspace discovery then cannot find — "Run pm init first" loop right after running pm init #501: pm init roots a tracker that workspace discovery cannot find — tracker_not_initialized loop right after init

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Agent UX: `pm init <path>` creates a tracker that workspace discovery then cannot find — "Run pm init first" loop right after running pm init #501