diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Services/RepoScanner.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Services/RepoScanner.cs
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+namespace ClaudeDo.Ui.Services;
+
+public sealed record RepoCandidate(string Name, string FullPath);
+
+public static class RepoScanner
+{
+    public static IReadOnlyList<RepoCandidate> Scan(string parentFolder)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(parentFolder) || !Directory.Exists(parentFolder))
+            return Array.Empty<RepoCandidate>();
+
+        var result = new List<RepoCandidate>();
+        IEnumerable<string> subdirs;
+        try { subdirs = Directory.EnumerateDirectories(parentFolder); }
+        catch { return Array.Empty<RepoCandidate>(); }
+
+        foreach (var dir in subdirs)
+        {
+            var gitPath = Path.Combine(dir, ".git");
+            if (Directory.Exists(gitPath) || File.Exists(gitPath))
+                result.Add(new RepoCandidate(Path.GetFileName(dir), dir));
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/ClaudeDo.Ui.Tests/RepoScannerTests.cs b/tests/ClaudeDo.Ui.Tests/RepoScannerTests.cs
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+using ClaudeDo.Ui.Services;
+
+namespace ClaudeDo.Ui.Tests;
+
+public sealed class RepoScannerTests : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly string _root =
+        Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "repo-scan-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+
+    public RepoScannerTests() => Directory.CreateDirectory(_root);
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        try { Directory.Delete(_root, recursive: true); } catch { }
+    }
+
+    private string MakeDir(string name)
+    {
+        var p = Path.Combine(_root, name);
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(p);
+        return p;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Scan_ReturnsSubfoldersWithGitDirectory()
+    {
+        var repo = MakeDir("repo-a");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(repo, ".git"));
+
+        var result = RepoScanner.Scan(_root);
+
+        Assert.Single(result);
+        Assert.Equal("repo-a", result[0].Name);
+        Assert.Equal(repo, result[0].FullPath);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Scan_TreatsDotGitFileAsRepo()
+    {
+        var repo = MakeDir("worktree-repo");
+        File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(repo, ".git"), "gitdir: ../somewhere");
+
+        var result = RepoScanner.Scan(_root);
+
+        Assert.Single(result);
+        Assert.Equal("worktree-repo", result[0].Name);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Scan_IgnoresPlainFolders()
+    {
+        MakeDir("not-a-repo");
+
+        var result = RepoScanner.Scan(_root);
+
+        Assert.Empty(result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Scan_IsNotRecursive()
+    {
+        var nested = MakeDir(Path.Combine("outer", "inner"));
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(nested, ".git"));
+        // outer itself has no .git
+
+        var result = RepoScanner.Scan(_root);
+
+        Assert.Empty(result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Scan_ReturnsEmptyForMissingFolder()
+    {
+        var result = RepoScanner.Scan(Path.Combine(_root, "does-not-exist"));
+
+        Assert.Empty(result);
+    }
+}