Open Windows Explorer

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Opens Windows Explorer at the root of the current git worktree directory. Useful for quick navigation through project structure.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
ProductivityBeginner
306/2/2026
Claude Code
#windows#file-explorer#git-root#navigation

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Our review

Opens Windows Explorer at the current git worktree root.

Strengths

  • Direct access to the project root directory in Explorer
  • Works with or without a Git repository (falls back to current directory)
  • Quick and simple command to trigger

Limitations

  • Requires Windows and cygpath (Cygwin or Git Bash)
  • Does not work on macOS or Linux
  • Only opens the root, not a specific subfolder
When to use it

When the user wants to open file Explorer in the project root directory.

When not to use it

On non-Windows systems or if the user wants to open a specific subfolder.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score85/100

The skill merely opens Windows Explorer in a specified directory. It uses git rev-parse and cygpath to resolve the path, but only triggers a GUI explorer window. There is no destructive action, data exfiltration, or execution of arbitrary code. The use of cmd.exe is controlled and limited to launching explorer.

No concerns found

Examples

Open explorer
Open explorer in the project root.
Show in explorer
Show the current repository in Windows Explorer.

name: explorer description: | Open Windows Explorer in the current git worktree root. Use when user says "open explorer", "open folder", "show in explorer". allowed-tools:

  • Bash

Open Explorer

cmd.exe /c "explorer $(cygpath -w "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)")"

Confirm to the user which folder was opened.

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