# Generate the Index from the Directory

> A technique for producing an index by reading the directory it describes instead of editing entries by hand.

Record: `lexicon:generate-the-index-from-the-directory`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-generate-the-index-from-the-directory

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Check the Projection's Shape](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/check-the-projection-s-shape.md) and before [Check Both Directions](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/check-both-directions.md).

## Category

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/coordination-surfaces.md)

## Refactors

- [Two-Direction Index](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/two-direction-index.md)
- [Hand-Kept Index](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/hand-kept-index.md)

## Linked from

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-coordination-surfaces.md)