Stooges Herdr setup and teardown hooks. Add the two sh files with execute permission and then add the setup and teardown section to your .stooges-metadata.json file - Then just stooges branch|track|pr as normal and it will create the workspace in both stooges and herdr (if you run it from within herdr)

.stooges-metadata.json

{
  "setupScript": "stooges-setup.sh",
  "teardownScript": "stooges-teardown.sh"
}

stooges-setup.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

# Stooges setup hook: open the new workspace in Herdr and focus it.

if [[ -z "${STOOGES_FOLDER:-}" ]]; then
  echo "error: STOOGES_FOLDER is not set; run this as a Stooges setup hook" >&2
  exit 1
fi

for required_command in git herdr; do
  command -v "$required_command" >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
    echo "error: required command '$required_command' was not found on PATH" >&2
    exit 1
  }
done

workspace_path="${STOOGES_FOLDER_PATH:-$PWD}"
if [[ ! -d "$workspace_path" ]]; then
  echo "error: workspace directory does not exist: $workspace_path" >&2
  exit 1
fi

workspace_path="$(cd "$workspace_path" && pwd -P)"
if ! git_dir="$(git -C "$workspace_path" rev-parse --absolute-git-dir 2>/dev/null)"; then
  echo "error: workspace is not a Git repository: $workspace_path" >&2
  exit 1
fi

create_response="$(herdr workspace create \
  --cwd "$workspace_path" \
  --label "$STOOGES_PROJECT $STOOGES_FOLDER" \
  --focus)"
workspace_id="$(printf '%s\n' "$create_response" |
  sed -n 's/.*"workspace_id"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')"

if [[ ! "$workspace_id" =~ ^[[:alnum:]_:-]+$ ]]; then
  echo "error: Herdr did not return a valid workspace ID" >&2
  exit 1
fi

# Keep lifecycle state in Git's private directory so it does not dirty the workspace.
printf '%s\n' "$workspace_id" >"$git_dir/stooges-herdr-workspace-id"
echo "Opened and focused Herdr workspace: $STOOGES_FOLDER ($workspace_id)"

stooges-teardown.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

# Stooges teardown hook: close the Herdr workspace created by stooges-setup.sh.

if [[ -z "${STOOGES_FOLDER:-}" ]]; then
  echo "error: STOOGES_FOLDER is not set; run this as a Stooges teardown hook" >&2
  exit 1
fi

for required_command in git herdr; do
  command -v "$required_command" >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
    echo "error: required command '$required_command' was not found on PATH" >&2
    exit 1
  }
done

workspace_path="${STOOGES_FOLDER_PATH:-$PWD}"
if [[ ! -d "$workspace_path" ]]; then
  echo "error: workspace directory does not exist: $workspace_path" >&2
  exit 1
fi

workspace_path="$(cd "$workspace_path" && pwd -P)"
if ! git_dir="$(git -C "$workspace_path" rev-parse --absolute-git-dir 2>/dev/null)"; then
  echo "error: workspace is not a Git repository: $workspace_path" >&2
  exit 1
fi

state_file="$git_dir/stooges-herdr-workspace-id"
if [[ ! -f "$state_file" ]]; then
  echo "No recorded Herdr workspace for $STOOGES_FOLDER; nothing to close."
  exit 0
fi

workspace_id="$(<"$state_file")"
if [[ ! "$workspace_id" =~ ^[[:alnum:]_:-]+$ ]]; then
  echo "error: invalid Herdr workspace ID in $state_file" >&2
  exit 1
fi

workspace_list="$(herdr workspace list)"
if ! grep -Eq "\"workspace_id\"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*\"${workspace_id}\"" <<< "$workspace_list"; then
  rm -f "$state_file"
  echo "Herdr workspace $workspace_id is already closed."
  exit 0
fi

herdr workspace close "$workspace_id"
rm -f "$state_file"
echo "Closed Herdr workspace: $STOOGES_FOLDER ($workspace_id)"