A CLI tool for managing vendored git clones as LLM context.

pickpocket lets you declare git repositories in a pickpocket.json file, clone them into a global cache, and give your LLM coding agents fast, local access to external codebases as context.

_{"If you don't watch out, someone might end up cloning you! I don't want that happening to me! I'm an original!" — Lupin the Third}

brew install wu-json/asahi/pickpocket

1. Declare repos in a pickpocket.json file (the "Pickfile") at your project root
2. Install them with pick install — clones go into a shared global cache (~/.pickpocket/)
3. Query paths with pick path --tag <tag> so coding agents can read the code

Same repo + branch is only cloned once, even across multiple projects. Exact commit SHAs are pinned directly in the pickpocket.json file for reproducible setups across your team.

pick slash installs a slash command that teaches a coding agent how to use pickpocket:

pick slash claude   # Install /pick for Claude Code
pick slash codex    # Install /pick for Codex CLI

pick open <id> creates an ephemeral writable worktree in /tmp/pickpocket/ — a playground copy of vendored code that agents can freely modify, build, and experiment in without touching the cached clone.

pick open my-lib          # Opens a worktree, prints the path
pick open --clean         # Remove all worktrees immediately

Worktrees auto-prune after 24 hours.

I equate the ethics behind this question to eating faster. Whether I choose to scarf down my food like Kobayashi in his prime or savor every last bite down to the bone, it doesn't say anything about how much I respect the food.

Perhaps eating faster makes me absorb less nutrients, and makes me feel sick afterwards, but at the end of the day the meal that the chef so graciously prepared is now in my stomach. Sometimes I eat fast when there's a lot of shit to do. Other times, I like taking my time.

Either way, I'm hungry and won't let it go to waste.

Prerequisites: Go 1.21+, git, just

git clone https://github.com/wu-json/pickpocket.git && cd pickpocket
just build        # Build binary → ./pick
just test         # Run tests
just vet          # Run vet